Biographical notes 
Guendalina Salimei, Architect and Professor in Architectural Design, she founded T-Studio in Rome, combining the practice of ethical design with experimental research, preferring interventions in built and natural environments, often in conditions of discomfort and degradation, pursuing responsible living in the social, environmental and technological spheres. She is director of the Master in Building Design and member of the scientific committees of prestigious institutions such as the Villa Vigoni Centre of Excellence, the Accademia Angelica Costantiniana di Lettere Arti e Scienze and the Michelucci Foundation.

In addition to her participation in conferences, publications and intense teaching and field activities, she has realised more than a hundred works including redevelopments, reuses and public architectures, in Italy and abroad, winning national and international prizes and awards.

Biographical notes
Elena Granata, professor of Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Milan, vice-president of the School of Civil Economy. Member of the Sherpa Staff, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, G7/G20 (2020-21). Founder of PLANET B, a research group on urban, environmental and civil economy regeneration. Articles and research on the city, environment and territory are collected on www.planetB.it. Her recent books: Il senso delle donne per la città (Einaudi, 2023); Ecolove (ed. Ambiente, 2022), con Fiore de Lettera; Placemaker. Gli inventori dei luoghi che abiteremo (Einaudi, 2021); Biodivercity (Giunti, 2019).