Ambra Borin

PhD candidate in Design at Politecnico di Milano. Her PhD research investigates the concept of proximity applied to urban and remote contexts, through the crystallization of short-term actions towards long-term change. Master Degree in Interior and Spatial Design (2018) at Politecnico di Milano with a thesis called “Oltre il Vuoto”, after a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design (2015) at La Sapienza University in Rome.
She is part of Polimi DESIS Lab (since 2018) to collaborate on research projects that involve communities activating co-design processes in a bottom-up perspective focus on spaces and services.
She collaborates in miniFARB project from Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, titled Mnemosphere aims to investigate the different ways in which the identity and memory of places are designed and communicated through experiential spaces capable of stimulating emotions.
Also, she collaborates as teaching assistant with the School of Design and ASP Programm of Politecnico di Milano and Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona.