She earned her degree at the Milan Polytechnic in 1951, and after a long working relationship with Marco Zanuso, she started her own professional business in 1963, concentrating on civil architecture, interior architecture, and industrial design. She has designed, in Italy and abroad, single family homes, apartments, offices, and shops, dedicating great attention to the functionality of the spaces and the psychological relationships between people and their surroundings.

In the industrial design sector she has been particularly concerned with designing furnishing elements and tableware. A number of her pieces are present in international museums and exhibitions. Her project for the new Museum and Treasure of the Cathedral of Monza dates back to 2007. In 1986 she took part in the Progetto Domestico (domestic project) during the 17th Milan Triennale.

She has also published numerous articles in specialised magazines, the book The human dimensions of the house and numerous other essays. In 2011, she was nominated as Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito (officer of the order of merit) of the Italian Republic.