Find out who we are
Ivana Passamani, Presidente di Citislab
Ivana Passamani
FOUNDER – President – Scientific Coordinator and Technical Director.
An architect, I am a full professor of Design at the University of Brescia. Since 2016, I have been serving as the Rector’s Delegate for University Building – Sustainable Campus.
I am UniBs Representative in the UNISCAPE Association, the European Network of Universities that are dedicated to landscape education and study. I am a Component of the Interdepartmental Laboratory BrAL Brixia Accessibility Lab – Cultural Heritage Accessibility & Wellbeing. A member of UniBs RUS (Sustainable University Networks) Commission, I am also a Lecturer in the College of Civil, Environmental, International Cooperation and Mathematical Engineering at DICATAM. PhD in “Design and Surveying of Built Heritage.”
I founded CITISLAB because…
I am convinced that normalcy is not only limited to the ability for anyone to live with dignity, but should also extend to having an equal right to access culture: culture gives joy and infuses well-being.
I believe IN CITISLAB because.
I want everyone to understand that access to knowledge gives well-being and happiness, and that sensory modes of communication other than sight and multisensory can be used to enrich landscape, cultural and spatial content.
Olivia Longo
FOUNDER & Operating Partner
PhD Architectural Design, associate of Architectural and Urban Composition (UniBs). She has been invited to foreign schools of architecture. Her recent research focuses on the design of micro-architectures for All.
Participating in CITISLAB is a mission that can raise awareness in a society increasingly drawn to divisive and segregative drifts.
I believe in CITISLAB because.
it can innovatively offer a repertoire of alternative possibilities, as opposed to a homogenizing urban and housing context that does not specialize in the value of diversity.
Olivia Longo
Daniela Fiordalisi
Daniela Fiordalisi
FOUNDER & Operating Partner
Blind woman, c.v. characteristic because she turned her life story into her professional expertise. Disability Manager in Unibs, expert in accessibility of art places for sensory disabilities.
I am in CITISLAB to contribute my own, inevitably different, way of exploring the world.
I believe IN CITISLAB because.
it combines great professional skills, a passion for accessible beauty and a desire for a concretely more inclusive world.
Mario Redaelli
COFOUNDER – Vice President – Head of Sales and Business Development
Freelancer with decades of experience in the commercial sector, specializing in sales management and business development. He has developed a solid expertise in Advanced Technologies and Government Services, with a proven ability to generate concrete and valuable results.
I am in Citislab to contribute to business development, developing strategic relationships with clients and expanding market presence. I will also develop Marketing and specifically Digital Marketing, defining effective communication strategies and using digital tools for generating leads and implementing brand awareness.
I believe IN CITISLAB because……
my business knowledge can add significant value in a society oriented toward ethical behavior useful to those who manifest certain disabilities by identifying specific needs, in a market today filled with gaps, in the products and services offered and in particular by developing solutions useful for cultural inclusion.
Mario Redaelli
Virginia Sgobba
Virginia Sgobba
COFOUNDER – Advisor – Technical and Artistic Communications Coordinator.
A freelance architect and an expert in Architectural Design and Composition, he combines his professional work with teaching assistance at the University of Brescia. He conducts research on the topic of accessibility to cultural heritage, an area in which he has published contributions in specialized volumes and presented the results of his studies at international conferences and public meetings.
I am in CITISLAB because it offers an opportunity to make things sensitive, to give meaning to our surroundings by evoking emotions and fostering opportunities for dialogue with those who observe them.
I believe in CITISLAB because.
the activity of CITISLAB can contribute to the search for a universal graphic language through which to look at things with wonder, finding systems to understand and describe the world.
Federico Rossi
COFOUNDER & Operating Partner
Graduated in Engineering from the University of Brescia, freelancer and lecturer in Drawing in the Building Engineering – Architecture Course at UNIBS.
The main area of interest of his profession concerns civil engineering, with great sensitivity and interest regarding environmental and social issues.
Participating in CITISLAB represents an opportunity to contribute in a concrete way to the process of empowering society regarding disability and accessibility.
I believe in CITISLAB because it is.
composed of competent and motivated people who believe in the value of culture and knowledge as tools for growth.
Federico Rossi