My name is Lily Penelope. I'm a Swiss architect turned artist/artisan. I received my Bachelor Degree in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles.  After a couple of semesters at UCLA I went back to SCI-Arc to enroll in a new program called MR+D (Metropolitan Research + Design) and, in 2001, I received a Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning.​ After graduating I went back to my native Switzerland and started working at my family architecture firm based in Canton Ticino. My portfolio includes residential, commercial and entertainment projects all based in Switzerland. After 20 years of construction I decided to close the firm and started learning and exploring different media and revisiting materials and textures I was already accustomed to.  ​Influenced by the Bauhaus, by the Situationist International and by the Dada movements I finally went back to the things I really love and really matters to me such as photography, art, interior design and object design.​ Today, all of my work and explorations in the art+architecture world revolves around the Funky Room, an interdisciplinary Design Studio.