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Simone Ferracina is a writer, educator, and founding director of Exaptive Design Office (EDO), currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Ecologies at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), University of Edinburgh. His research and teaching focus on the technical infrastructures, theories, and methodological approaches necessary to move architectural discourse and practice towards addressing issues of extraction, ecocide, and environmental injustice. He challenges narrow disciplinary economic understandings of authorship, habitation, use, and value, with particular interest in the conceptualization, production, and circulation of building materials, emphasizing reuse and repurposing. His notable publications include "Ecologies Inception: Design Potentials for a Warming Planet" (Routledge 2022) and contributions to various design research series and journals. Ferracina has exhibited work internationally, including at the Venice Art Biennale and Design Council’s Design Planet Festival. He supervises PhD students and has taught design studios at both undergraduate and graduate levels, contributing to architectural theory courses. Additionally, he co-convenes the ESALA Climate Action group, promoting responsive pedagogies and research practices concerning the climate emergency.
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