Sandra Giraudi, Thomas Radczuweit. Giraudi Radczuweit Architetti Sagl

Giraudi Radczuweit Architetti is a Swiss architecture studio founded in 2010 by Sandra Giraudi and Thomas Radczuweit, based in Lugano, Switzerland. The practice develops architectural and urban projects at different scales, including residential buildings, educational facilities, public infrastructure and urban regeneration.

Sandra Giraudi was born in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1962. She graduated in architecture from ETH Zurich in 1989, studying under Flora Ruchat-Roncati, and attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in 1988. Between 1990 and 1992, she worked at Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos in Seville. In 1995, she established Giraudi Wettstein Architetti in Lugano with Felix Wettstein, a practice she maintained until founding Giraudi Radczuweit Architetti in 2010.

Alongside her professional work, Giraudi has pursued an extensive academic career. She was an assistant at ETH Zurich and a visiting professor at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio (2004–2007), EPFL Lausanne (2012–2013) and IUAV Venice (2013). She has also contributed to architectural publications and served on committees concerned with landscape and territorial protection.

Thomas Radczuweit graduated in architecture from ETH Zurich in 1990, following studies between 1984 and 1990, including an exchange at Nanjing University in China in 1989. He collaborated with several Swiss architectural practices, including those of Manfred Schafer, Vittorio Pedrocchi, Ivano Gianola, Giraudi Wettstein and Giovanni Guscetti. His professional experience includes residential buildings, educational facilities and the Basel railway station. In 2007, he established his own architecture studio in Minusio before joining Sandra Giraudi to found their current practice in 2010.

Their professional trajectories include projects such as the Basel railway station, the University of Italian Switzerland's computer laboratories in Lugano, the Casa Le Terrazze in Viganello and the educational facilities in Massagno. Their earlier work received distinctions including the SIA Award, the Holger Reiners Foundation Award and recognition for the Basel railway station from Swiss Heritage and the Velux Foundation.