Giovanni Valenti was born in Florence in 1970, after having got his high school diploma (Liceo scientifico) he attended the University of Florence and graduated from the Architecture Department with first class honors degree in Architecture. Then he achieved his professional qualification as Architect and registered with Florence’s Guild of Architects (Ordine degli Architetti) orienting his work towards restoration, planning and building site safety.
Later on he developed an interest and studied the digital graphic representation of Architecture which emerged in the middle of the 90s when he received his first vocational training in digital computer design and made the digital plan of the restoration of the Colonia XXVIII Ottobre in Marina di Massa –Italy the subject of his thesis.
At the end of the 90s he worked in Florence with many architectural offices starting out as a freelance and through that work he gained the experience in restoration, energy saving building, building site safety.