Andrea Cadioli is a designer architect operating in the field of applied and theoretical arts.
Born in Italy, he worked as a musician and tv presenter for EMI and MTV before moving to Beijing to complete his master studies with a double degree program in partnership with Polytechnic of Turin and Tsinghua University. In 2016 is the winning recipient of the 2016 European Union Scholarship for the Master program of Southern California Institute of Architecture. His master thesis won the SCI-Arc Thesis Award and, in the same year, he became the 2018 Alpha Rho Chi medal recipient. His work has been exhibited in Hauser & Wirth, MOCA, and Venice Biennale.
After working for Graft Architects, Plasma Studio, Sou Fujimoto Architects, Atelier Manferdini, and HMC Architects, Andrea Cadioli is currently Visual Study faculty at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and Designer at Belzberg Architects.
Born in Italy, he worked as a musician and tv presenter for EMI and MTV before moving to Beijing to complete his master studies with a double degree program in partnership with Polytechnic of Turin and Tsinghua University. In 2016 is the winning recipient of the 2016 European Union Scholarship for the Master program of Southern California Institute of Architecture. His master thesis won the SCI-Arc Thesis Award and, in the same year, he became the 2018 Alpha Rho Chi medal recipient. His work has been exhibited in Hauser & Wirth, MOCA, and Venice Biennale.
After working for Graft Architects, Plasma Studio, Sou Fujimoto Architects, Atelier Manferdini, and HMC Architects, Andrea Cadioli is currently Visual Study faculty at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and Designer at Belzberg Architects.
Teaching
2022, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies - “AlterNature”
2022, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies with Kumaran Parthiban - “Portfolio Workshop”
2021, Workshop - SCI-Arc, Making+Meaning - “Portfolio Workshop”
2021, Design Faculty - SCI-Arc, First-Year Graduate Studio (1GB) with Matthew Au, Jasmine Benyamin, and Natou Fall - “Building Pico Boulevard”
2021, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies - “Arrangements”
2021, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies - “Portfolio Workshop”
2021, Workshop - DEZACT/LAC in collaboration with SCI-Arc with Elena Manferdini and Kumaran Parthiban - “POP-UP”
2021, Workshop - DEZACT/LAC in collaboration with SCI-Arc with Elena Manferdini and Kumaran Parthiban - “Playground”
2021, Workshop - Studio Alpha in collaboration with SCI-Arc with Elena Manferdini and Kumaran Parthiban - “Unreal”
2020, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch I Visual Studies with Devyn Weiser- “Meubles”
2020, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, Introduction to Digital Design with Rachael Mccall - Graduate and Post-Graduate Workshop - “Somewhere Over the Overlay”
2020, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies - “Portfolio Workshop”
2020, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies with Elena Manferdini - “Invisible”
2019, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies with Curime Batliner - “Slice It”
2019, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, Introduction to Digital Design with Rachael Mccall - Graduate and Post-Graduate Workshop - “House of HyperPop”
2019, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies - “Portfolio Workshop”
2019, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies with Elena Manferdini - “Glow”
2018, Design Studio - SCI-Arc, MArch II Visual Studies with Casey Rehm - “Hyper Flat”
2018, Design Studio - SCI-Arc in collaboration with Nike, MArch II Applied Studies with Howard Lichter - “Nike Project”
2018, Teaching Assistant - SCI-Arc, MArch II Theories of Contemporary Architecture with Jeremy Lecomte - “Is There Plumbing?”
2018, Teaching Assistant - SCI-Arc, First-Year Design Studio in the M.Arch II (2GBX) with Elena Manferdini - taught Maya, Zbrush, Unity, and Grasshopper - “Typologies over Topologies”
2017, Teaching Assistant - SCI-Arc, First-Year M.Arch II Applied Studies with Maxi Spina - taught Grasshopper and McNeel Rhinoceros - “Advanced Structural Systems”
2017, Teaching Assistant - SCI-Arc, Introduction to Digital Design with Rachael Mccall and Ryan Tyler Martinez - Graduate and Post-Graduate Workshop - taught Autodesk Maya, V-Ray, and McNeel Rhinoceros - “Portraits of Edible Form”
Lecture
2021, Making+Meaning Workshop Lecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California
2021, 1GX Xover Lecture
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California
2020, SCI-Arc Graduate Portfolio Workshop
Archimedia, Los Angeles, California
2019, Faculty Talk: Andrea Cadioli: Weak Postures
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Invited Reviews
Elena Manferdini 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California. 10/22/2021
Making+Meaning Final Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California. 07/30/2021
Zelig Fox 3rd Year Undergraduate Design Studio Final Review - Guest Critic
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. 04/28/2021
Brendan Ho 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. 03/30/2021
Jacklin Bloom 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California. 03/05/2021
Rachael McCall 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Final Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 12/18/2020
Elena Manferdini 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Final Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 12/16/2020
Kristy Balliet 1st Year Undergraduate Design Studio Final Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 12/14/2020
Florencia Pita 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 10/30/2020
Elena Manferdini 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 10/19/2020
Florencia Pita Graduate Thesis 2020 Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 07/02/2020
Elena Manferdini 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 03/06/2020
CityX China for Venice Biennale - Italian Pavilion
Cityxchina.com, Venice, Italy, 05/21/2020
Elena Manferdini 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 10/21/2019
Rachael McCall 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Final Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 11/09/2019
Angelica Lorenzi 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture, 11/09/2018
Elena Manferdini 2nd Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture. 10/26/2018
Casey Rehm 1st Year Graduate Design Studio Midterm Review - Guest Critic
Southern California Institute of Architecture, 10/08/2018
Exhibitions
Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2021, Venice (IT)
K41cph, 2021, Copenhagen (DENMARK)
SCI-Arc Spring Show, 2019, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc Selected Thesis, 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
Miniatures at Hauser & Wirth, 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc Spring Show, 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc Spring Show, 2017, Los Angeles (CA)
The Future of Brno - Finalist Exhibition, 2016, Brno (CZ)
Beijing Design Week, 2014, Beijing (CN)
Awards and Achievements
Young Architects Program MoMA New York 2019: Nominee, New York (NY)
SCI-Arc Merit Graduate Thesis 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc Graduation with Distinction 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
Alpha Ro Chi Medal 2018 recipient, Los Angeles (CA)
Los Angeles Design Festival RISE Award Recipient 2018, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc Continuing Scholarship 2017, Los Angeles (CA)
Thom Mayne Scholarship 2017, Los Angeles (CA)
SCI-Arc European Union Scholarship 2016, Los Angeles (CA)
Tsinghua University Master Graduate Continuing Scholarship, 2015, Beijing (CN)
Tsinghua University Master Graduate Scholarship, 2014, Beijing (CN)
Polytechnic of Turin and Tsinghua University Double Degree Programme selected, 2014, Turin (IT)