Giada Pilo — Profile

Architect SIA / REG-A — Founder and director of AFLOW architecture

Professional experience

  • Since 2024 — Lecturer, “Project” studio, first-year bachelor, Swiss Design Center, Lausanne
  • 2023–2025 — External examiner, Swiss Design Center, Lausanne
  • 2023 — Coaching collaboration with BetterUp
  • 2022 — Founding of AFLOW architecture Sàrl (CH) — Director and architect
  • 2019–2021 — Itten + Brechbühl, Lausanne (CH) — Project manager
  • 2015–2019 — CHUV, CIT-S, Lausanne (CH)
  • 2011–2015 — Itten + Brechbühl, Lausanne (CH)
  • 2006–2011 — Foster + Partners, London (UK) — Associate
  • 2005–2006 — Gregori Chiarotti, London (UK)

Education

  • 2021 — ICF-certified professional coach diploma
  • 2020 — SIA and REG-A membership
  • 2007–2017 — ARB membership (UK)
  • 2006 — Professional Register membership (IT)
  • 2005 — Master’s degree in architecture
  • 2004–2005 — University of East London, Architecture (UK)
  • 2003–2004 — École d’architecture de Paris-Belleville (FR)
  • 1999–2003 — Università di Genova, Architecture (IT)

Some key projects of her career

  • 2020–2021 — Tilia Tower, Prilly (CH) — Itten + Brechbühl
  • 2019–2020 — La Source Clinic, Lausanne (CH)
  • 2019–2020 — Aminona Resort, Aminona (CH)
  • 2015–2017 — Sylvana Clinic, Épalinges (CH) — Project manager for CHUV | CIT-S
  • 2015–2017 — UHI BH19, Lausanne (CH) — Project manager for CHUV | CIT-S
  • 2016 — CHUV addiction medicine department, Lausanne (CH)
  • 2013–2014 — Chaplin Museum, Corsier-sur-Vevey (CH) — Project manager
  • 2013 — Reposoir school and sports centre, Nyon (CH)
  • 2011–2013 — Médran concert hall, Verbier (CH)
  • 2010–2011 — Slussen, Stockholm (Sweden) — Associate, Foster + Partners
  • 2010 — VietinBank HQ, Hanoi (Vietnam)
  • 2008–2010 — Bab al Bahr masterplan, Rabat (Morocco)
  • 2006–2008 — New Holland, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

What people say about Giada

Giada has extensive professional knowledge and long experience in her field of activity as well as in related areas. The breadth of her skills allows her to tackle new tasks efficiently and to manage the priorities of projects and construction sites in a focused and positive way.

Giada has a high level of systemic thinking and action: her capacity for critical and constructive reflection, together with her communication skills, help her understand complex project situations in their entirety.

She is able to correctly identify difficult situations in projects and quickly find the appropriate solution. Thanks to her high level of understanding and her flexibility, she knows how to control and support complex projects.

Her great capacity for work, her coordination abilities and her sense of organisation allow her to face any difficult situations, in which she keeps her calm and manages to solve problems thanks to her particularly objective approach and her skill in communication and mediation.

Giada sees the project as an opportunity for collaboration between the various stakeholders and points of view. Through her strong social skills, Giada supports cooperation within the team and keeps a mediating role between the different positions. Her collaborative and caring stance has a very motivating effect on partners and other stakeholders; in this way she fosters a positive team and project culture that promotes a shared understanding of the project.

Giada is also an ICF certified professional coach. About your coach