VPS is an architecture firm formed in 2008 after the decades-long professional collaboration of partners Giuseppe Vallifuoco, Mirco Pani and Ilene Steingut. VPS specializes in architectural and urban design and planning with a focus on participation and communication. VPS responds to client needs and programmatic requirements through a collaborative and non-hierarchical approach with an integrated vision of all factors - physical, social, economic - involved in the design process. VPS focuses on three main areas of professional practice: public spaces and services, private residences and other building types and spaces, urban and landscape planning and public participation. Giuseppe Vallifuoco, Mirco Pani e Ilene Steingut have developed considerable expertise in working within collaborative networks based on the integration of different viewpoints and skills, demonstrated by a wide range of collaborations with regional, national and international partners.