 Saracino was born in 1976 in Apulia, in the south of Italy, and attended the La Sapienza University of Architecture in Rome, where he graduated with a Master's Degree in 2003.He worked at La Sapienza as an assistant professor of architectural design and also worked with several international architectural firms.In 2004 Saracino began collaborating with Steve Blatz, an architect based in New York.