Andrea Zanocchi
Co-Founder of Z&S, Andrea was born in 1987 in Torino, Italy. He studied Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino and at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. He worked in Torino in the architectural firm De-Ga (now DUE Costruzioni) dealing with residential projects, and in Rio de Janeiro with RioUrbe working on urban development projects for the City and following the design of the infrastructure for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Andrea is also Co-Founder and Creative Director of the international and multicultural architecture initiative GNAM.
Carolina Starke
Co-Founder of Z&S, Carolina was born in 1990 in Blumenau, Brazil. She studied Industrial Design at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná and at the Politecnico di Torino and she attended the courses of the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino.
Already during university, she started her independent activity of design and prototyping, which led her to participate to important design competitions. In 2013, again in Italy, in parallel with Z&S she has collaborated with the Milan-based designer Carlo Tamborini.