Michele Saee


Michele Saee is a Los Angeles based architect, designer and educator. In 1981, he received his Master of Art in Architecture degree from the University of Florence Italy. In 1982, Saee's go his post graduate degree in Technical Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Milan. In 1985, Saee started his own architectural design office in Los Angeles. Michele Saee believes that architecture is a part of everyday life, and that the work of architecture reflects our needs, our desires and our ability to improve the quality of our relationships with creativity and adventure. Saee also believes that the practice and education of architecture are inseparable; therefore he began teaching environmental and architectural design at Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. In 1990, Saee began teaching at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and other schools in the US and abroad. Saee exhibits and lectures on architecture in many countries around the world. Saee's exhibitions includes: “The Venice Architectural Biennial 2002, Italy”, “Busan Biennial, Korea 2002”, “Venice Architectural Biennial 2004”, “The First Architectural Biennial Beijing China 2004”

Early career

Saee started his professional career working with the avant-guard architectural office of
superstudio in Florence and joined
Morphosis when he moved to Los Angeles in 1983.

Saee Studio

Saee started his design studio in 1985, since then he has designed more than 100 projects and more than half of them are built.

Teaching

University of southern California, USC, Los Angeles, California, Visiting Professor, 2012
Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California, 1990–2007, Visiting Professor Spring 2009, 2010
Public Access Press Committee, 1994
WASC Accreditation Advisory Board, 1995
Tecnologico De Monterrey, CADi Cuorso de Actualizacion en las Disciplinas, Guadalajara Mexico, June 2010
UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, School of Architecture, Visiting Professor, 2001
Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, Visiting Professor, 1998–99
RWTH Aachen, Germany, Lehr-und Forschungsgebiet Architekturtheorie, Visiting professor, January 1999
UCLA Extension, Santa Monica, California,1995–1998
Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California,1986–1990

Major Projects

Completed
In Progress