Giancarlo Mazzanti holds an architectural degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, and a postgraduate degree in architectural history and theory and industrial design from the University of Florence, Italy. He has received several national and international awards and honors. Most of his architecture work involves social values at its core, and he looks for projects that empower transformations and build community.
El Equipo Mazzanti is a Colombian design studio specializing in socially driven architectonic design and academic research. With over twenty-five years in practice, the studio has gained wide national and international recognition. The practice is characterized by open, collective, and nonhierarchical working processes, which bring together architects, urban planners, sociologists, artists, and other professionals.