Integrated Design: Vision and Approach for Future Citiies | BODW 2025

03 Dec 2025

●  IDENTITY: ACPV ARCHITECTS’ distinctive practice, delivering a high volume of work globally across urban design, residential, workplace, and hospitality—rooted in the “Milanese School”, in authenticity and cultural sensitivity. 

 

●  COLLABORATION: The firm champions interdisciplinary collaboration while keeping a strong core in architecture and integrated interiors, and across various scales of intervention. 

 

●  VISION: Patricia highlights adaptable, hybrid buildings that support mixed uses and new urban services—linking digital intelligence, human behavior, and environmental context—to enable new ways of living and working. 

 

●  METHOD: In-house research, learning, and material labs inform design, with digital tools enhancing every stage of the process. 

 

Curiosity-driven questions to address in the keynote: 

●  How has ACPV ARCHITECTS developed its distinctive approach to architecture and urban design? 

●  Should architecture move beyond human-centric buildings? 

●  How will technology reshape the design process and enable more intelligent buildings and cities? 

 

Speaker:

Patricia Viel

Architect & Co-founder


ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel · Italy