Marco Facchinetti is an architect and assistant professor of urban planning at Polytechnic of Milano, Department of Architecture and Planning and visiting professor at State University of New York at Albany. During his studies he has been involved in national and international researches programs, publishing of books and articles and workshops. He is actively involved in many important processes of planning for urban regeneration and urban development projects, providing a new way to see urban transformations, as occasions to redevelop parts of cities, investing in urban form and in the quality of urban spaces.