Francesco Garofalo was born in France in 1983 – moved to the Netherlands in 2008 where he founded Openfabric in 2011; office specialized in landscape architecture for contemporary cities, with a special focus on complex social dynamics and public urban spaces.
Francesco Garofalo studied Landscape Architecture in ‘Van Hall Larenstein’ Arnhem, the Netherlands and in ‘Genoa University’ where he graduated ‘cum Laude’ in 2009.
Since he founded Openfabric, office for urban landscape architecture, he has lead various awarded competitions and some ongoing commissions, amongst others: a proposal for New Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt; an AIDS memorial park, New York, USA; renewal of the main boulevard in Genoa – Via XX settembre; Italy (First prize); an urban square, realized in The Hague, The Netherlands (First prize); Landscape vision for Pingdi low carbon Campus in Shenzhen, China; and for Jianshan Landscape City Haining, China; an urban vision for city center Athens, Greece; a vision for urban biodiversity and public transportation shared network in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Openfabric is currenlty active in Albania with 3 projects: an implementation project for the public spaces of Saranda; a riverfront and public space design commission for the Unesco Heritage city Berat; an agro-touristic regional vision for the coastal area of the southern Riviera.
Francesco has been co-teaching the studio ‘Colonizing Landscapes’ ad the Amsterdam Academy in 2015. He further more has been lecturing and guest critic at MIT (Cambridge MA), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), RAoB (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), Genoa University of Architecture (Genoa, Italy).
Architectural Qualification
2013 - Registered as a Landscape Architect (Genoa, Italy) with the number: 4279
2010 - Examination of professional architect, Genoa [Italy]
2009 - Master in Landscape Architecture, Graduated with honors - University of Genoa [Italy]. 2008 - International Course in Landscape Architecture, Van Hall Larestein, Velp [the Netherlands] 2003 - ELEE Workshop in Landscape Architecture, Evora [Portugal]
Previous Professional Experience
2010-2011 2009-2010 2008
Lola Landscape Architects, Rotterdam [NL] - Landscape Architect KCAP architects and planners, Rotterdam [NL] - Landscape Architect Mecanoo, Delft [NL] - Landscape Architect
Openfabric Exhibitions, Awards and Lectures
2011 - Exhibition International garden Festival Euroflora, “Play!”, Genoa [Italy]
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2011 - Exhibition Crazy Design, Gorinchem [the Netherlands]
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2012 - Award and Exhibition, New York [United States] - AIDS Memorial Park
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2013 - Award NIB [Italy] - 3d best Italian landscape architecture practices under 35y.o.
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2013 - Exhibitions and Lectures New Generation Festival, Milan [Italy]
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2014 - Exhibition Venice Biennale 2014, Italian Pavilion Innesti & Grafting, Venice [Italy]
2014 - Lecture “Il Sabato del Paesaggio” Verona’s Architects Register, Verona [Italy] 2014 - Lecture “Parco+” Un Parco Urbano Oggi, Villa Croce, Genoa [Italy]
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2014 - Exhibitions and Lectures, New Generation Festival, Florence [Italy]
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2015 - Lecture at Universiteti Polis, Tirana [Albania]
2015 - Lectures at University of Architecture and Landscape, Genoa [Italy]
2015 - Lecture at Technical University Delft, Delft [Netherlands]
2015 - Exhibition One architecture week, Plovdiv [Bulgaria]
2015 - Lecture at MIT, Cambridge MA [USA]
2015 - Lecture at Cornell, Ithaca NY [USA]
2015 - Workshop tutor ‘It doesn’t tak much’ at New Generation Festival, Genoa [Italy]
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2015 - Lecture RAoB, Rotterdam [Netherlands]
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2016 - Lecture and Workshop, Filbo Bogota [Colombia]
