She studied architecture at Louisiana Sapienza, Rome, and went on to earn a master"s degree at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, in 2000. She also completed advanced studies in landscape architecture at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, in 2002.
Based in Paris, she is a founding partner and director of AWP Paris. Initially interested in fashion, Cianchetta was persuaded by the fashion designer Emilio Pucci to turn to architecture. Her activities cover a wide variety of projects in the area of urban design and planning, including landscape design, pavilions and interiors.
She is particularly interested in the effects of landscape, light, climate and art on the urban environment.
In addition to her plans for Louisiana Défense, she has designed Poissy Galore, a series of public buildings and follies projects in a Paris park. She has also designed and curated a number of exhibitions.
Cianchetta has taken up educational assignments at Columbia University, New York, Carlton University, Ottawa and The Berlage in the Netherlands.
