Caputo Partnership has been working for the last thirty years in the architec­tural, urban and interior design field. Its activity is mainly oriented on feasibility studies and projects, town planning and architectural planning from preliminary phases throughout the final imple­mentation. We have gained expertise and professional know how thanks to our experi­ence in urban design, park planning, museums, religious buildings, public health and educational projects, commercial and multi-functional buildings, hotels, residential buildings and office centers for public and private entities. Paolo Caputo’s team first considers the location’s historical identity, then ap­plies a methodology aiming at interpreting and increasing its value, focusing on the connection between the new and the pre-existing context. Furthermore, our methodology utilizes the latest and most innovative tech­nologies in order to promote the highest standards of expertise from the environmental and technological points of view. Our expertise is mostly architectural, although the planning phase is always approached from an interdisciplinary perspective, thanks to our well-estab­lished collaborations in the fields of structural and plant engineering and urban law and economics. The team is therefore specially tailored for each project according to clients’ needs and the specific conditions of the project’s planning, designing and execution. We are specialized in tasks related to residential development and urban plan­ning. The results of our research, projects and plans have been published in various books and specialized journals and magazines, and have been exhibited at architectural conferences, exhibitions and seminars in Italy and abroad.

Paolo Caputo is Full Professor of Urban Architectural Design at the “ Architecture and Society” Faculty of the Polytechnic of Milan. Since 1978 he has exercised , along with didactic and research activities, his private career as designer within Caputo Partnership. He has been in charge of urban and architectonic scale projects. Among his early works are listed: the transformational project of the IP Area in La Spezia, the Santa Giulia project, the Parco Adriano and Cascina Merlata in Milan, the Bassetti and Falck Areas respectively in Vimercate and Arcore and finally the Necchi Area in Pavia. He has entered many National and International competitions and has been awarded , among the many awards the contract for Palazzo Lombardia (along with Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners), seat of the Lombardy Region in Milan and the contract to design Public (or Council) Housing blocks for Madrid’s Municipality. He has taken care of Exhibitions in Museums and Foundations such as the Triennale of Milan and of the interior design of some Civic Museums in Milan. His name has been associated to important projects and constructions in the residential building field, among which the Solea Tower for Hines within the “Porta Nuova Project” in Milan, and in other fields: industrial, touristic, accommodation and retailing facilities. He has designed and brought about both in Italy and abroad parks and public space systems, among which can be listed the new Abdali Park, integrated with the New Municipal Library and a Mosque in Amman. He has been visiting professor at Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Porto, Seville, Paris La Seine and Marseille’s University. He is member of the Teaching Body the Architectural and Urban Designing PhD at Polytechnic of Milan. He was appointed National Secretary of the “Istituto Nazionale di Architettura” ( National Institute of Architecture) as well as President of its Lombardy Division. From 2002 to 2008 he was member of the Board of Directors of the “Fondazione Triennale” (Foundation Triennale) of Milan and since 2009 he has been Member of the EIRE Scientific Committee (Expo Italia Real Estate).