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THIS WEBSITE DISPLAYS MAINLY GRAPHIC WORKS THAT SPAN FROM 2013 UNTIL 2017.
AN UPDATED PAGE WITH MORE RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL BE ONLINE SOON.
IN THE MEANTIME, GET IN TOUCH AT silvia.balzan@unibas.ch



Silvia Balzan is an interdisciplinary architect, designer, and researcher.
She was a research assistant at the Visual Communication Institute of HGK FHNW Basel,
where she was part of the SNSF funded research project (2018-2021)
“Visual Communication in Participative Urban Planning Processes.”
She is currently a graduate researcher at the Institute of Social Anthropology
of the University of Basel, where she examines the social and political aspects
of the built environment during colonial and postcolonial modernity in Africa (regional focus: Mozambique),
through the disciplinary lens of architecture history and theory and visual anthropology.

She holds an MA in Architecture from IUAV University of Venice, Italy
and an MA in Visual Communication and Iconic Research from HGK FHNW of Basel, Switzerland.
Alongside her professional experience, she worked for architecture offices,
clients, and teaching institutions.


Education

2022 (ongoing)
Ph.D. in Social Anthropology,
Theory and History of Architecture
University of Basel,
ETH Zurich

2017
MA Visual Communication
and Iconic Research
FHNW
The Basel School of Design
Basel, CH

2010
MA Architecture
Università IUAV di Venezia
Venice, IT

2009
Exchange period
TU Delft
Delft, NL
Experience

2018-2022
Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant 
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel
Visual Communication Institute, HGK FHNW, Basel

2015-2017
Research, Graphic and Exhibition Design
at Urban-Think Tank
ETH Zurich, CH

2014-Currently
Freelance Graphic Designer, Architect

2012-2014
Architect
at APDB Associati
Trento, IT

2011
Architect
at Studio Zordan
Venice, IT
© 2017