@enrico.cerrii
info@enricocerri.com Italian Graphic Designer and Photographer.

His works have been selected by realities such 
as Il Corriere della Sera, Agenzia Fotogramma, Perimetro, Osservatorio Fotografico, FrizziFrizzi
and the French daily Nice Matin.
He has collaborated with companies and institutions such as Mondadori, Cargo HighTech, Casa degli Artisti Milano, Laboratorio Formentini, AESS (Archivio di Etnografia e Storia Sociale) and 
the Municipality of Suvereto. His production 
has been shown in exhibitions of note, including EXPOSED Mindchangers at the Turin Photo Festival, Langhe Photo Festival, PAC (Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea) in Milan and at BASE Milan.

In the academic field, he is a lecturer at the Mohole School and the European Institute of Design (IED), where he teaches in the Graphic Design and Photography Departments. He also collaborated with the University of La Plata in Argentina, developing the mail art project “La Vida Después” in 2020. He has participated in talks and workshops at major cultural events such as BookCity Milano, Inchiostro Festival and AEdicola Lambrate.

In the Lambrate district of Milan, he constantly develops projects at the intersection 
of photography, graphics and participatory design, with a strong orientation towards visual studies 
and didactics.




Articles

Bohème Magazine
Corriere della Sera
FrizziFrizzi
GoodMorning Milano
Nice Matin
Osservatorio_FO
Perimetro
Talks

2025
TEDxUnicatt

2024
AEdicola Lambrate

2023
Bookcity Milano Paper&People

2022
Inchiostro Festival, Alessandria.

2021
BookCity Milano Laboratorio Formentini
Exhibitions

2025
Static Cinema, Art-Icon Venice

2024
EXPOSED Mindchangers TCC, Turin FotoFestival

2023
Langhe Photo Festival Neive (CU)

2023
Same Same, BASE Milan

2023 — Scusate il disturbo, PAC, Milan

2022 — Lightland
Casa degli artisti, Milan

2021 — Insuperlabel, Villa Favorita, Marsala

2020 — La Vida Después, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

2020 — ArtinBorgo, Suvereto
Clients

Auroflex
Bookcity Milano
Cargo HT
Casa degli Artisti Milano
Inchiostro Festival
Laboratorio Formentini
Mikah s.r.l.
Milieu Edizioni
Mondadori
Comune di Suvereto
Perimetro
Scuola Mohole
UNLP Argentina
Vita S.r.l.
AEdicola Lambrate
Lune Elettriche
ArtDesignBox
LanghePhotoFestival
Enrico CerriAbout
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In the Milanese neighborhood of Lambrate, once an industrial outskirts and now the epicenter of new real estate speculation, there are currently eight construction sites undergoing transformation. These
areas, once occupied by factories and production spaces, are now giving way to high-end residential buildings aimed at an affluent audience, with prices far beyond the affordability threshold for the middle class.

According to the latest data, the average price of properties for sale in the Lambrate area is around
€4,476 per square meter, with peaks exceeding €6,000 per square meter for new luxury constructions.
On the rental front, the average monthly rent is about €20.13 per square meter, with variations depending on type and location.

These figures highlight a trend: Lambrate is increasingly becoming an area of interest for investors and high-income buyers, while long-time residents and families face a market that seems more and
more out of reach.

This photographic project documents this phase of transition: a state of suspension where urban
space still exists as an absence, as a promise of a future already oriented toward a specific target.
The images do not just record the presence of construction sites but question the landscape of a neighborhood about to lose another part of its popular and productive identity in the name of an idea
of the city reserved for a few.

In this scenario, a broader reflection on the state of Italian urban planning arises. As Giuseppe Campos Venuti wrote, “after Reconstruction, Expansion, and Transformation, we have entered the phase of Metropolization”: a diffuse, radiocentric urbanization that transforms cities into fragmented and unequal organisms. The Milanese case, systematized after 2000 with the “Documento di Inquadramento” and based on individual negotiated variations with property owners, has become the paradigm of “contracted urbanism,” where rentier interests guide choices more than planning.

In Milan, indeed, urban rent can account for up to 50% of a property’s cost. In the absence of public housing policies, citizens make do, go into debt, and buy. But in neighborhoods like Lambrate, the
entry price is now reserved for a new global bourgeoisie rather than those who have inhabited the city for decades.

Where once factories and warehouses stood, panoramic terraces, high-end finishes, and “smart” concierge services are now imagined. The language of real estate brochures is homogeneous and equates “living well” with “living exclusively.” Yet, in the silence of still-empty construction sites, 
the central question remains: who is the city we are building for?