Federico Borello

Federico Borello is a registered Architect (OAT and ARB), currently based in London. He is the co-founder and Director of ENCODE – Design & Technology, a consultancy practice for Architects, Engineers, Manufacturers and Contractors to develop and deliver innovative projects from early design stages to construction, leveraging state-of-the-art virtual construction technologies and DfMA processes.

Federico worked for over 4 years in London as Senior Architect at Zaha Hadid Architects in t CODE group (Computation and Design), with a core focus on digital fabrication and structure-aware geometries, robotic-assisted manufacturing, and 3d printing. He also worked in Italy with Cesare Griffa Architects, Camerana & Partners, and Gufram. Federico is also Lecturer at UCL Bartlett BPro where in London and has taught numerous courses and conferences including AADRL (London), Bartlett BPro (London), Tonji University (Shanghai), CITA (Copenhagen), ACADIA (Austin).

He has a Master’s degree with Honors from the Polytechnic of Turin and a MArch degree from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (DRL) in London. He has also been Visiting Scholar at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) and has participated in multiple international workshops including AA Visiting School in Rome and London.