We are a group of Architects, interested in Landscape and Urban Design, with an innovative spirit and an interest in research and practice. We have international experience in research, teaching, and design.
Our research interest throughout our careers has been in the field of urban and landscape studies with a strong commitment in adopting a multidisciplinary approach – architecture, landscape, urbanism, transport – and in pursuing pioneering research through design.
Design by Research | Research by Design
We strongly believe that professional practice and theoretical apparatus must be combined together in order to achieve a comprehensive and informed applied knowledge. Our research background plays a fundamental role in developing concrete, feasible designs through research projects.
For a number of years we have worked on projects that required spatial and environmental planning and development, extensive on-site investigation, mapping and analysis, alternative scenarios development, planning methods and above all ‘research by design’/’design by research’ approaches.
We are eager to investigate the continuity and complexity of urban facts, drawing on fundamental historical-theoretical references while inspiring the advancement of inventive approaches.
Laura Cipriani, Founder
B.A. (hons.) | IUAV
M.Arch. (hons.) | IUAV
M.Des. (hons.) | Harvard GSD
Ph.D. in Landscape Urbanism | IUAV
Laura Cipriani is currently the principal of Superlandscape, a landscape design and research office.
Since June 2026, she has held the Full Professorship Habilitation from the Italian Ministry of Education. With over twenty years of experience in teaching and design, she has taught at numerous universities, including TU Delft, National University of Singapore, Iuav University of Venice, Politecnico di Milano, Venice International University, and Padova University. From 2020 to 2025, she was an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at TU Delft, serving as research coordinator for the doctoral program, coordinator of the International Office Committee, and member of the Faculty Board of Studies Council. From 2010 to 2013, she was an EU Marie Curie researcher at the assistant professor level at the University of Trento.
After working as an architect in London, Milan, and Padova, Laura founded Superlandscape in 2008. Her works were showcased at the Venice Biennale in 2016, at the 2023 Landscape Architecture Triennale in the Netherlands, and more recently, the 2025 Venice Biennale in the Italian Pavilion.
Laura received a Ph.D. in Urbanism (landscape urbanism) in 2008 from the Venice IUAV Ph.D. School, a Master’s degree (M.Des.) with distinction focused on landscape and urban studies from Harvard Design School in 2004 (attended with a grant), and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture with honors from Venice University IUAV in 2001.
Laura’s academic and professional pursuits focus on the interdisciplinary and inter-scale aspects of the landscape discipline. She is dedicated to employing site-specific and transdisciplinary ‘research through design’ methods. Her current research tackles climate change, emphasizing the materiality of ‘soil’ and ‘water’ while utilizing (co)design approaches with living and non-living systems. Previously, her work mainly focused on airports and industrial landscapes in relation to climate change and ecological issues.
Winner of numerous research fellowships, Laura was recently awarded the prestigious Comenius grant in 2023, the most important award for pedagogical innovations in the Netherlands. In 2011, she received the Marie Curie Cofund Fellowship within the European Union, one of the most prestigious research grants at the EU level. In 2002, Laura was awarded the Foundation CARIVE fellowship, which allowed her to graduate with honors from Harvard Design School.
Laura is a member of the UNISCAPE executive board.