MIDDLE EAST 2026 SPEAKER

Giovanni de Niederhäusern, Senior Vice President of Architecture & Product Design, Pininfarina

Giovanni de Niederhäusern, Senior Vice President of Architecture & Product Design, Pininfarina is speaking at Middle East's largest real estate tech event.
Who is Giovanni look forward to meeting?
“I’m looking to meet investors and forward‑thinking brands interested in innovative real estate and design opportunities.”

Bio:

The fusion of innovation, design and architecture has always been the leitmotiv accompanying Giovanni de Niederhäusern from his degree in engineering and architecture in 2008 to his important professional experiences (MIT Senseable City Lab as Research Affiliate, 2009 and Carlo Ratti Associati, as designer and PM and then as CEO in 2017). The same leitmotiv led him to his current position as Senior Vice President of Architecture at Pininfarina in 2019 (and of Product Design too in 2024). His research work and proximity to academic institutions as a lecturer and speaker allow him to lead his team to be at the forefront of architectural innovation. With an entrepreneurial approach sharpened by his experience in international project management and an MBA in 2014, he is leading the Architecture division with the aim of expanding the company’s activities, reinterpreting its philosophy and proposing a new perspective that identifies impact in the combination of beauty and technology.
Giovanni’s LinkedIn:
The fusion of innovation, design and architecture has always been the leitmotiv accompanying Giovanni de Niederhäusern from his degree in engineering and architecture in 2008 to his important professional experiences (MIT Senseable City Lab as Research Affiliate, 2009 and Carlo Ratti Associati, as designer and PM and then as CEO in 2017). The same leitmotiv led him to his current position as Senior Vice President of Architecture at Pininfarina in 2019 (and of Product Design too in 2024). His research work and proximity to academic institutions as a lecturer and speaker allow him to lead his team to be at the forefront of architectural innovation. With an entrepreneurial approach sharpened by his experience in international project management and an MBA in 2014, he is leading the Architecture division with the aim of expanding the company’s activities, reinterpreting its philosophy and proposing a new perspective that identifies impact in the combination of beauty and technology.

Bio:

Pininfarina’s Website and LinkedIn:
Global icon of Italian style, Pininfarina is recognized for its unparalleled ability to create timeless beauty through its values of elegance, purity, and innovation. Founded in 1930, Pininfarina has evolved from an artisan concern to an international service Group. Today the company is the supreme expression of automotive styling and engineering and an established reality in experience design, transportation, industrial design, architecture, interiors, nautical. A group employing 600 people, offices in Italy, Germany, China and the United States, listed on the Stock Exchange since 1986 and part of the Mahindra galaxy since 2016. Each of Pininfarina’s projects – which span multidisciplinary collaborations with luxury goods companies such as Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Princess and Rossinavi to multi-family residential work with Cyrela and Excem Real Estate and architectural projects such as the Istanbul Airport Control Tower and the Juventus Stadium – is rooted in the goal of humanizing innovation and technology, creating designs that are both aesthetically powerful and boundary-pushing and unique user experiences merging physical and digital worlds. This human-centered ethos reflects the core Pininfarina values with an approach to design that has been refined over the last 90 years and marries the best of each vertical to produce a wholly unique result every time. The firm’s work has been recognized on an international scale by programs such as the Compasso D’Oro, International Architecture Awards, the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, and 5th in a ranking of Top 100 Architecture and Design Companies operating in Italy.
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