PERSONE IS AN HONG KONG BASED STUDIO THAT FOCUSES ON PLACE BRANDING, PROGRAM, STRATEGIES AND USERS AT VARIOUS SCALES

 

WHO WE ARE

Massimiliano Dappero is the director of Persone Studio.

he defines himself as a “friendly neighborhood urban designer” and an “observer of cities and people”.

he is as adjunct Assistant Professor for the Master of urban design (mud) at the University of Hong Kong.

He has been working in the architecture and design industry since 1999 and moved to Hong Kong in 2011.

He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa and holds a Master’s in Urban Vision & Architectural Design from Domus Academy Milan.

 
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TEACHING

mentoring vtc thei landscape architecture students during their internship with ngo designing hong kong. (2015)


TALKS

Domus Academy - Connecting the Dots

Talk with Francesca Vargiu (Head of Architecture and Interior Design at Studio Urquiola) for the domus academy’s talk - connecting the dots

design anthology talks panel

hong kong (nov 2021)

Presentation at the central & western district council

hong kong (may 2021)

placemaking | connecting stakeholders

site walk with central & western district councilors

hong kong (jan 2021)

talk about hong kong public space (2016)

hong kong public space initiatives

public space seminar

lead8 Hong Kong (2015)

Presentation to architecture and engineering teams - mtrc hong kong (2015)

public space seminar at the institute of planners - hkip (2015)

Presentation

Can Design Hong Kong (2020)