Anna Maria Orrù
Cofounder Nordic Biomimicry
Affiliated Senior Lecturer at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts & Design
About Anna Maria Orrù
Dr. Anna Maria Orrù has been an educator, professional, researcher and enthusiast in the field of biomimicry since 2003. She has worked within architecture both in practice & research in London with Exploration Architecture, Grimshaw and at Arups. In 2010, she moved to Sweden and since has been teaching and driving biomimicry education in various Swedish departments of Architecture and Design, including institutes such as KTH, Chalmers and Konstfack. Her PhD ‘Wild Poethics’ furthered the topic of nature-inspired design using artistic and embodied methodologies. She is an Affiliated Senior Lecturer at Konstfack University of Arts, craft and Design where she enthuses Nature-inspired design inspiration. She is co-author on the study for the Nordic Council of Ministers and co-founder/director of Nordic Biomimicry. In her spare time, she is a beekeeper, a natural wine-maker, and takes care of an olive grove in her continued efforts to co-habit and collaborate with nature. In 2022, she launched a Nature Academy on the farm where she lives in Italy to further nature inspired learning and living at ‘Montepreti’.