Cofounder of UrbanistAI a GenAI platform to reimagine the future of our cities; and SPIN Unit an urban research practice. Product devlopment for Parkly and Embassador at BAITT. Currently running academic projects at Tampere University and EKA. Complementary photograpy.
Damiano is an urbanist, researcher and educator.
He cofounded SPIN Unit, an urban research and innovation practice; and UrbanistAI, a participatory design platform to reimagine the future of our cities. His practice focuses on urban research and policy design with a focus on transformative governance. Cerrone is also affiliated with and teaches at several academic institutions in Finland and abroad.
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Cerrone has held various positions, including consultant at Demos Helsinki, Principal Researcher at TERREFOM UR, and visiting researcher and professor at several institutions such as Chalmers University, Beijing University of Technology, Nokia Bell Labs, and Sapienza University of Rome. He has been recognized as an ESRI Scholar of the year and has served as a jury member for the European Capital of Innovation Award.
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Cerrone has worked with numerous clients and partners, including the United Nations Development Program, the European Commission, the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister's Office, the Architects' Council of Europe, various ministries and municipalities in the Nordics, and consultanted for private companies engaged with urban planning and governament innovation such as Ernst & Young, FYMA, Akkadian, the Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin.
Previous positions
Consultant, full-time @ Demos Helsinki
Consultant, independent @ Akkadian
Chief Urban Transformation @ Zeamly
Principal Researcher @ TERREFOM UR
Expert, part-time @ TalTech
Visiting Researcher @ Chalmers University
Visiting Professor @ Beijing University of Technology
Visiting Researcher @ Nokia Bell Labs
Visiting Researcher @ Sapienza University of Rome
Associate @ Spatial Ethnography Lab
Associate @ Postopia
OTHER COMMITMENTSAdvisory board @ City Destination Alliance
Jury member @ European Capital of Innovation
Fellow @ LINA (European Architecture Platform)
Reviewer @ Territorio and Swiss National Science Foundation.
CONTACTS
damianocerrone@gmail.com
+358 44 238 1084
WORKING FOR AND WITH
Warsaw
Singapore
Helsinki
Turku
Jyväskylä
Lahti
Vantaa
Pori
Sipoo
Tallinn
Tartu
Narva
Pärnu
European Commission
LINA Network
United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Office
Finnish Ministry of Environment
Estonian Ministry of Climate
Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication
Estonian Ministry of Finance
Estonian Museum of Architecture
Estonian Centre for Architecture
Estonian Museum of Natural History
Estonian Police and Border Guard Board.
LINA Network
United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Office
Finnish Ministry of Environment
Estonian Ministry of Climate
Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication
Estonian Ministry of Finance
Estonian Museum of Architecture
Estonian Centre for Architecture
Estonian Museum of Natural History
Estonian Police and Border Guard Board.
United Nation Development Program
Architects' Council of Europe
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Forum Virium Helsinki
Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin
Kosovo Architecture Foundation
Estonian Museum of Natural History
Architects' Council of Europe
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Forum Virium Helsinki
Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin
Kosovo Architecture Foundation
Estonian Museum of Natural History
Sweco - ALA Architects - Femma Planning - Karress+Brands
Group NAO - Strelka KB - Fyma - Kaupunkitilat
Ernst & Young - Miltton - Ramboll - Demos Helsinki
Group NAO - Strelka KB - Fyma - Kaupunkitilat
Ernst & Young - Miltton - Ramboll - Demos Helsinki
Tallinn Airport - Mainor Ülemiste
- Bolt
University of Twente
Luleå University
Aarhus University
Sciences Po
HafenCity University Hamburg
London School of Economics
IHS Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kyev School of Economics
University of Salford Manchester
Princetown University
Philipps University Marburg
TalTech, Tallinn Technical University
Estonian Academy of Arts
University of Helsinki
Princeton University
University of Turku
Universidad de Alicante.
Luleå University
Aarhus University
Sciences Po
HafenCity University Hamburg
London School of Economics
IHS Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kyev School of Economics
University of Salford Manchester
Princetown University
Philipps University Marburg
TalTech, Tallinn Technical University
Estonian Academy of Arts
University of Helsinki
Princeton University
University of Turku
Universidad de Alicante.
Swiss National Science Foundation
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HafenCity University Hamburg
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HafenCity University Hamburg
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Kyiv School of Economics
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United Nation Development Program
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Prime Minister Office of the United Arab Emirates
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University of Turku / Business Finland
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The Economist, Economist Impact
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Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin
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City of Tartu
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UNDP Kosovo
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Kosovo Architecture Foundation
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London School of Economics
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Helsinki University
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UNDP Accelerator Labs
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City of Tallinn
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Dubai Prime Minister Office
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Architects' Council of Europe (ACE)
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Dinnomo
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Estonian Museum of Natural History
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Kaupunkitilat / Femma planning
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Estonian Ministry of Climate
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City of Helsinki
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UNDP
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Group NAO
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Tallinn Architecture Biennale
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Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communication.
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City of Jyväskylä
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TalTech
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Millton / Forum Virium Helsinki
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Viru Keemia Grupp
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City of Tallinn
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Marburg University
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Akkadian
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Akkadian
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Harju County
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City of Jyväskylä
TalTech
Harju County
FYMA
Floorin
EIT Climate-KIC
Akkadian
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City of Narva
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Estonian Ministry of Finance
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UNDP
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City of Sipoo
Estonian Ministry of Finance
ALA Architects
Tallinn Airport, Mainor, City of Tallinn
Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin
City of Riga
Estonian Academy of Arts
TEACHING / TRAINING
Estonian Academy of Arts, Architecture
2023
This graduate for master students in Architecture is focused on developing spatial scenarios for urban and regional planning.
ADVANCED URBAN ANALYSES
Tampere University, Architecture
2020 > 2021 > 2022
This graduate course was designed for an interdisciplinary master program. It introduces advanced methodologies for mapping and analysing city form, focusing on innovative techniques to understand and address urban complexities using GIS and open data.
URBAN PLANNING
Tampere University, Architecture
2020 > 2021 > 2022
This graduate course was designed for an interdisciplinary master program. It introduces advanced methodologies for mapping and analysing city form, focusing on innovative techniques to understand and address urban complexities using GIS and open data.
URBAN PLANNING, RESIDENTIAL LAYOUT
Beijing University of Technology
2018 > 2019
Two graduate courses on Urban Planning and Residential Layout.
URBAN META-MORPHOLOGY
Tallinn Technical University, Landscape architecture
2017
A master course for landscape architects exploring theories and methods to study the relationships between the morphology and accessibility of green urban area and behavioural patterns. The lectures and the practical learning in GIS are focused on the collection and analyses of open social media data to reveal to the spatial patterns of human activities in the city.
URBAN MORPHOLOGY
Estonian Academy of Arts, Architecture
2013 > 2014 > 2015
A master course exploring theories and methods to study the relationships between city form and behavioural patterns. The lectures and the practical learning in GIS are based on the work of the Italian Typomorphological school of Caniggia, Maffei, Muratori and Rossi; and the Space Syntax theory developed by Hillier and Hanson.
Kosovo Architedture Foundation | 2023
What if?
Estonian Museum of Architecture | 2023
Urban goodcamp
Aalto University | 2023
metaNAR
Narva Art Residency | 2019
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
Tallinn Technical University | 2018
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
Institute of Housing and Urban Management, Erasmus University of Rotterdam | 2017
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
University of Turku and Åbo Akedemi University | 2017
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
Tampere University of Technology | 2017
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
CoDirected with Prof. Lev Manovich
St. Petersburg, European University of St. Petersburg | 2016
Open Gaza workshop
The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY, | 2016
Open Gaza workshop
Tampere Technical University, Architecture | 2016
metaMORPHOLOGY LAB
Urban Design London | 2015
Aalto University > Seasonal since 2016
Sciences Po
TalTech
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Burnes Center For Social Change
University of Groningen
CUNY Graduate center
CUNY The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
University of Alicante
ITMO University
Luelå University
BINUS University
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Westminster University
ARCH STUDIO REVIEWER
University of Insbruk | 2020
UCL, Urban Morphogenesis Lab | 2018
Westminster University, MA architecture studio | 2018
Westminster University, MA architecture studio | 2017