Roberto Silvestri - born 1965 in Genoa, Italy - graduated from the Department of Architecture of the University of Genoa in 1992 with full marks cum laude. Prior to that he studied at the Arkitekthogskolen of Oslo, Norway with Sverre Fehn, the Escola Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Spain and he attended international seminars with Oriol Bohigas, Giancarlo De Carlo, Herman Hertzberger, Peter Smithson and Aldo Van Eyck.

After an initial period of work in Spain, collaborating with the Martorell-Bohigas-Mackay practice in Barcelona, Roberto Silvestri returned to Italy to start his own firm in the field of architecture and urban design. The main interest of the office has been devoted to public building development, with a particular interest in the contemporary town, for the requalification of its spaces and its outskirts, and for the quality of the public architecture in general. Nevertheless within the office - located in a medieval building in the historic center of Genoa - all themes regarding architecture and urban design are equally studied. Another deep interest is directed toward residential architecture, offices and other facilities in general, often contracted for private clients or companies. In 1998 Roberto Silvestri founded the "Archimede srl - Engineering and Architecture"; a company working in the construction area and in the services for architecture and engineering, but that he leaves two years later to create Silvestri Architettura. Among the main works of the practice are: the Angeli Cemetery in Genoa, Piazza Bausan - Via Massara dei Capitani - Piazza Schiavone in Milan, and the Oncology Department for Children in Palermo.

Together with the practice management, Roberto Silvestri has always maintained a deep interest in theory of architecture and urban design. For this reason he has a fruitful cooperative relationship with the Department of Architecture of the University of Genoa since 1988, when he became Assistant Lecturer in Architectural Design. Since then he collaborates on the Composition and Project courses of the Department. In 1998 he obtained the Research Doctorate in Methodological Problems of Architectural Design with a final thesis titled: L'architettura dele Piazze (The architecture of the squares). In 1998 was named Professor in Urban Design and in 2001 Professor in Form and Construction in Contemporary Architecture. From 1996 to 1998 was member of the editorial staff of ARC-Architettura, Ricerca, Composizione (ARC-Architecture, Research, Composition), a magazine produced by the Politecnico of Milan and directed by Ernesto D'alfonso. Among the main publications are: Genoa, Projects for the Marina Walls (Genoa, 1992); Requalification of a Suburban District in Sienna, (Florence, 1988) and Hybrid and Superimposition (Genoa, 1994).

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