We do not only design for the next generation, we design with the next generation.

Founded by Mario Cucinella in 2015 as a practice based academy for young professionals and recent graduates, SOS School of Sustainability is now a Foundation that includes Mario Cucinella Architects and Iris Ceramica Group.
This collaboration is based on a common vision and goal of providing future decision-makers with the necessary tools to address environmental issues with an open, holistic, and research-driven approach.

As a Future Factory, a hub for the exchange of knowledge and visions on the future of sustainable architecture and design, SOS offers a first-level professional master’s degree.

The program integrates design activities, research, and practice, utilizing the most advanced sustainable tools to operate from urban to product scale, from developing communities to more advanced ones.

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©Mattia Mognetti

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SOS combines the know-how and experience acquired by Mario Cucinella Architects over more than thirty years of professional practice in the global context with the skills of the SOS faculty, and its partners, serving as a bridge between the education world and the job market.

Education and professional practice can no longer be considered separate from each other, therefore, SOS provides a highly practical educational experience.

To prepare students for future challenges, it is necessary to equip them with new skills, approaches, and working methods based on responsible and sustainable design processes and practices.

Transforming human environments into ecosystems requires a more cultural than technological change. In this sense, the school has developed and proposes a holistic, innovative, and visionary approach.

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By attending the SOS Master’s Program in Sustainable Architecture and Design, students learn and apply what their acquired knowledge by doing research on real projects. This aligns with the educational method promoted by founder Mario Cucinella, which combines theoretical teaching with practical application through workshops, case study analysis, simulations, and site visits.

The master is delivered in an innovative blended format, made possible by collaboration with Uninettuno University. The program structure combines e-learning with in presence project work carried out within the SOS campus and the Milanese headquarters of the MCA Mario Cucinella Architects.

This provides students the opportunity to work closely with SOS and MCA partners and the professionals from the studio.

The master lasts 12 months and is divided into two phases:

  1. Foundation Courses 
  2. ...

By attending the SOS Master’s Program in Sustainable Architecture and Design, students learn and apply what their acquired knowledge by doing research on real projects. This aligns with the educational method promoted by founder Mario Cucinella, which combines theoretical teaching with practical application through workshops, case study analysis, simulations, and site visits.

The master is delivered in an innovative blended format, made possible by collaboration with Uninettuno University. The program structure combines e-learning with in presence project work carried out within the SOS campus and the Milanese headquarters of the MCA Mario Cucinella Architects.

This provides students the opportunity to work closely with SOS and MCA partners and the professionals from the studio.

The master lasts 12 months and is divided into two phases:

  1. Foundation Courses 
  2. Project Tracks

©Mattia Mognetti

During their journey in SOS, students become active members of a professional community working to bring about a better future through coming together and sharing.

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