Chiara is an architect, educator and researcher based in London. In 2023, she completed her second PhD in History and Critical Thinking in Architecture at the AA, with a thesis entitled Intertwined Histories and Ecologies: Early architectural and hydraulic treatises and practices in the Venetian Region. Upon graduation from the Politecnico di Milano in 2002, she earned her first PhD in architectural and urban design, and in 2010 she was appointed as a postdoctoral research fellow. She has written several essays and books. Besides teaching urban and architectural design at the Politecnico di Milan, she worked for more than a decade as a senior architect at Cino Zucchi Architetti.