Stefano de Martino is an artist and architect. A graduate of UCL Bartlett and the Architectural Association, London, he combines his work with a long-standing commitment to education. He is a professor at the Institute of Design University of Innsbruck, where he directs STUDIO1. He initiated the periodical CORRESPONDENTS with Studio1 in 2009, to feature work by artists, architects and researchers who contribute significantly to the dialogue within Studio1. Correspondents is jointly edited with Karen Lohrmann, and under the design guidance of Lars Neckel.
He has taught for many years at the Architectural Association and been visiting faculty at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Danish Art Academy and the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, among others. He is currently visiting professor for architecture and landscape at the School of Architecture University of Southern California Los Angeles, where he is also working jointly with the School of Cinematography and the Roski School of Fine Arts on models of collaborative research. Most recently, he initiated URBAN STATES a research platform centered on Los Angeles as a laboratory for urban investigation. As a reflection of the complexity and plurality of the city, Urban States runs topical sequences to address specific issues, conditions and potentials, gradually generating an open index for reference, evaluation and exploration.

Stefano was an associate of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA, 1979-83), followed by the partnership with Alex Wall in architectural practice, research and as the curators of CITIES OF CHILDHOOD - ITALIAN COLONIE OF THE 1930s, widely exhibited since the 1990s. Other curatorial work includes A SOCIAL SCALE (2001) and TRANSGRESSING SYSTEMS (2004, with Dr. Hubert Salden) - both exhibitions, in their respective way, indicate a shift in the notion of space as a broadcasting device for cultural and social change. Together with Lars Neckel he currently works on the production of WORK BOOK, exploring, through his work, the shifting tension between a physical and a critical perception of space, forthcoming in 2012.