Saverio Silli
Associate Professor Of Design Practice
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolSaverio Silli is a multidisciplinary design and fabrication leader with 11 years of experience bridging architecture, product design, digital fabrication and education from Rome to Shanghai. As Executive Vice Director and manager at Fablab Shanghai he runs courses like FABO Academy X, instructs Fab Academy students, and builds community ties between Tongji D&I and global maker networks. His background spans hands-on modelmaking, construction supervision and propmaking to web, graphic and interaction design, enabling projects that move seamlessly from concept to machine-ready prototype. He combines academic research and teaching experience with practical production skills—CNC, woodworking and rapid prototyping—while advising and evaluating international Fab Academy cohorts. Known for turning analogue craftsmanship into scalable learning experiences, he also co-founded a propmaking firm and maintains a practice serving clients from Disney to IKEA.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Liceo Ginnasio Classico, Diploma Liceo Ginnasio Classico at Terenzio Mamiani Upper Secondary School, RomeBachelor of Arts (BA) Architecture, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Architecture at Università degli Studi di Roma TreElementary school diploma, Elementary school diploma at Santa Giovanna Antida Elementary School, RomeErasmus Program Architecture, Sustainable Development, Erasmus Program Architecture, Sustainable Development at Chalmers University of TechnologyFabricademy - Textile Academy, Fabricademy - Textile Academy at Academany - The Academy of (almost) AnythingDiploma Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication, Diploma Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication at Fab AcademyJapanese language, Japanese language at Nihon Bunkakaikan, The Japan Foundation, Rome
Japanese, English, Italian, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
faboshanghai/faboshanghai.github.io
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:41 commits, 74 pushes in 2 years 1 month
saveriosilli/Drawing-machine
Jul 2025 - Mar 2026
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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