Celestino Soddu

Celestino Soddu (2 April 1945, Como, Italy) is an Italian architect and academic. He teaches generative design at Polytechnic University of Milan and is a pioneer of generative art and design. He attended primary school in Cagliari and secondary school at Leo XIII Institute in Milan before graduating with a Master's degree in architecture from Sapienza University of Rome in 1970. In 2002, he worked with the European Commission's Asia program to establish an international network of generative design labs in Milan, Eindhoven, Kassel, Shanghai, and Tianjin. He coordinated the program until 2005. Soddu has presented his research internationally, including at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Hong Kong, the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, the Italian Embassy in Beijing, and the Palazzo dei Giureconsulti in Milan, and has written books in both Italian and English. He is considered an expert of Somalian Foreign Affairs and Italian Public Works.

Personal life In his spare time, Soddu plays jazz music. As of 2013, he lives in Serramanna.

Selected works Books L'artificiale progettato (1979) The Contemporary Art in the School (1988) Citta' aleatorie (1989) Simulation Tools for the Dynamic Evolution in Town Shape (1991) Il progetto ambientale di morfogenesi (1992) L'immagine non euclidea (1997) Milano, variazioni visionarie (2005) All published books can be downloaded for free at https://artscience-ebookshop.com

Articles "La patina del tempo" (1984), Recuperare. "L'idea di spazio nelle rappresentazioni d'arte" (1988), Critica d'arte. "Rappresentazione e rilievo per immagini tridimensionali computerizzate della morfogenesi storica urbana" (1991), XYZ. "变化多端的建筑生成设计法" (2004), Architect. "Visionary Variations in Generative Architectural Design" (2005), Chepos Magazine. "Generative Design" (2012), Generative Art Science and Technology Hard Journal https://soddu.it https://generativedesign.com https://generativeart.com https://gasathj.com http://futuringpast.com .