G. Bertrando Bonfantini (Milan, 1968), PhD in Urban Planning (Iuav, 1999), is full professor of Urbanism (ICAR/21).

He is Chair/Coordinator of the MSc Course in Urban Planning and Policy Design (2013-2020), at the School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano. He was also Coordinator of the BSc Course in Urban Planning: Cities, Environment and Landscapes (2013-2017).

Since 2017 he has been the editor of the journal Territorio (ISSN 1825-8689), after being deputy-editor of the journal Urbanistica (ISSN 0042-1022), of the National Institute of Urban Planning (2014-2017).

He took part in the drafting of the Plan for Bergamo Alta and Borgo Canale (2002-2004) and the Municipal urban plan of Jesi (Ancona, 2003-2006). He was collaborator in the general scientific advice of the Bologna Municipal plan (2006-2009) and co-responsible for the methodological advice for the new General urban plan of that city (2018-19).

Among his publications, the books: Progetto urbanistico e città esistente. Gli strumenti discreti della regolazione (2002); Milano incompiuta. Interpretazioni urbanistiche del mutamento (2007; ed., with M. Bolocan Goldstein); Piani urbanistici in Italia. Catalogo e documenti dell’Archivio RAPu (2007; with P. Gabellini and G. Paoluzzi); Bergamo. Piani 1880-2000 (2008), Bologna. Leggere il nuovo piano (2009; ed., with F. Evangelisti); Dentro l’urbanistica. Ricerca e progetto, tecniche e storia (2017).