Alessandra Fasoli
Faculties, departments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of 3D Design
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Design
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- Design, Arts and Creative Practice
Hourly Paid Lecturer
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am an interdisciplinary designer and illustrator, former architect, with more than ten years of experience in the industry and in education. I joined Kingston first as a postgraduate researcher in 2019 as an associate lecturer in 2022, where I mostly supervise and support students in their final independent research project alongside my work as a doctoral student. My main areas of work are sustainability and material cultures, design anthropology, social innovation, and design ethics.
My AHRC Techne-funded dissertation, Sustainability in the Making: Craft Programmes for Eco-Social Change, done in collaboration with the Craft Council UK, is a graphic ethnography study that explores how social craft initiative contribute to building cultures of sustainability and by enabling eco-social change.
I hold an MArch in Architecture Design and a BA in Architecture Science from Roma Tre University. I have been working in HE since 2012 as a lecturer and design researcher in universities and design institutes in Peru, Spain, Italy, and the UK. I am a signatory of the design justice principles, and have been working at the intersection of design, activism, artisanship, local cultures, and sustainability. In 2009 I co-founded the do-tank AK0 - architettura a kilometro zero, a non-profit enterprise since 2014, where I served in the Board of Directors until 2020 and as the Head of Communication until January 2024.
My work has been presented in international conferences, talks and seminars. I regularly write about design and craft anthropology, activism, and environmental justice.
Qualifications
- MArch Architectural Design, Roma Tre University
- BA Sciences of Architecture, Roma Tre University
Domains
Specialisms
- Sustainable Design
- Craft Cultures
- Design Anthropology
- Graphic Ethnography
- Drawing
- Design Ethics
Qualifications and expertise
- Italian Architect Professional Lincese
Publications
Information as an experience: a visual design approach to ethics for building mutual and reciprocal relationships between researchers and participants
Fasoli, Alessandra (2026). In: Degouzon, Frédéric, Gagnepain, Jade, (eds.), Aalto, Finland: Cumuluspp 2359–2369 [Published]
Making as culture: people, places, practices, and sustainability change
Fasoli, Alex (2023). In: Whittaker, Emma, Macpherson, Polly, (eds.), Plymouth, U.K.:pp 178-198 [Published]
Craft in makerspaces: the potential for social change for sustainability
Fasoli, Alessandra (2021). In: Di Lucchio, Loredana, Imbesi, Lorenzo, Giambattista, Angela, Malakuczi, Viktor, (eds.), Aalto, Finland: Cumuluspp 4773-4773 [Published]
Engaged by design: the role of emerging collaborative infrastructures for social development. Roma makers as a case study
Fasoli, Alessandra and Tassinari, Silvio (2017). In: Di Lucchio, Loredan, Imbesi, Lorenzo, Atkinson, Paul, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.: Taylor and Francis Ltd.pp S3121-S3133 [Published]