Summary
Saverio 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, Rome
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Architecture, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Architecture at Università degli Studi di Roma Tre
Elementary school diploma, Elementary school diploma at Santa Giovanna Antida Elementary School, Rome
Erasmus Program, Architecture, Sustainable Development, Erasmus Program, Architecture, Sustainable Development at Chalmers University of Technology
Fabricademy - Textile Academy, Fabricademy - Textile Academy at Academany - The Academy of (almost) Anything
Diploma, Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication, Diploma, Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication at Fab Academy
Japanese language, A2 Level, Japanese language, A2 Level at Nihon Bunkakaikan, The Japan Foundation, Rome
Japanese, English, Italian, Chinese