Marta Petteni
Marta is an Italian licensed Architect and the Founder and Principal of Studio Petteni- a Portland-based practice that merges research, engagement and design to help address the social-environmental needs of the most vulnerable communities in Portland and worldwide. Studio Petteni is built upon Marta's decade-long experience at the intersection of design justice, post-disaster scenarios, climate change, and community resilience. Marta is also the Co-Director & Project Manager of the AfroFuturism Oasis project, an innovative
proposal aimed at converting retiring MAX Trains into safe and healing spaces for Portland’s Black and Brown communities. She has been awarded the 2024 Van Evera Bailey Fellowship from the Architecture Foundation of Oregon to expand this work. Since 2015, Marta has worked on a variety of projects in Italy, Spain, Ecuador, Fiji, and the US, as an independent consultant, and as an adjunct professor at Portland State University.