Mariabruna Fabrizi

Born in Catanzaro, Italy, in 1982, Mariabruna Fabrizi is an architect (University of Rome 3, TU Munich), teacher and scientific curator based in Paris.

Together with Fosco Lucarelli, she founded the Paris-based Microcities agency, and works on projects on a wide range of scales, from interior renovation to urban planning.

Since 2006, Mariabruna Fabrizi has been conducting independent architectural research through the online visual atlas SOCKS. She has written for various publications and her work and research have been exhibited in New York, Paris, Rome and Seoul, among other places.

In 2018, Mariabruna Fabrizi began her doctorate in architecture at the Université Paris-Est (Ville, Transports et Territoires doctoral school) and is currently pursuing her thesis on the construction of architects' imaginations at the OCS laboratory under the supervision of Sébastien MAROT.

Mariabruna Fabrizi joined the École d'architecture de la ville & des territoires in 2015, where she teaches the history and theory of architectural representation and coordinates the 'Representation' field. She also takes part in the Architecture & Experience master's seminar. Previously, Mariabruna Fabrizi taught at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she was a scientific assistant, and at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.

Mariabruna Fabrizi was guest curator at the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Biennial (The Form of Form) and was part of the scientific curatorial team for the 2019 Lisbon Architecture Triennial under the direction of Éric Lapierre.