Born on November 13, 1957, Massimo Castagna graduated from Milan Politecnico in 1984. Castagna started his professional career in 1986 with the founding of AD architettura and has realized important projects in architecture, residential and commercial buildings, renovation and conservative restoration, hotels, interior design, art management and furniture design.

The “Pyramid” laboratory, one of the largest designs of the Everest-K2-CNR scientific committee of the Italian National Research Council, was built in Nepal at an altitude of 5050 m in 1991 for use as a high-altitude research laboratory built in 18. It is a project selected for the Milan Triennale.