The CHG | Members 

Maria Luisa Barelli

Associate Professor of Architectural Technology
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

marialuisa.barelli@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Maria Luisa Barelli, architect and Ph.D. in Architecture and building design, is associate professor of Architectural Technology at the Politecnico di Torino. She has carried out studies on the evolution of the ways of building and on the recovery and regeneration of the nineteenth and twentieth century building heritage. Her scientific research activity in the CH field covered topics as the use of the Hennebique patents, the industrial architecture, the construction systems of de l'Orme in some interpretations of the late nineteenth century, the artificial stone. Currently her main interests focus on the architecture of the second half of the twentieth century, with studies on some works by Sergio Jaretti and Elio Luzi, Giorgio Raineri, Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola, aiming to explore the use of materials and techniques, to reconstruct the developments of building production and construction site, to observe the relationships between technical choices and expressive and symbolic values.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction history; industrial architecture; de l'Orme arches; windows and glass façades; artificial stone; Jaretti and Luzi

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M.L. Barelli, C. Tocci, 'Masonry and its role in the mid-20th century: G area houses in the Le Vallette district of Turin', pp. 177-184, in J. Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume II. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

M.L. Barelli, D. Rolfo, Il palazzo dell'Obelisco di Jaretti e Luzi. Progetto e costruzione, Roma: Gangemi, 2018.

M.L. Barelli, A. Lucchesi, 'Pietra artificiale', pp. 66-83, in L. Cupelloni (Ed.), Materiali del moderno. Campo, temi e modi del progetto di riqualificazione, Roma: Gangemi, 2017.

M.L. Barelli, I tetti sono come alberi, pp. 216-221, in C. Piva (Ed.), Paesaggi piemontesi. Gabetti & Isola + Isolarchitetti + 9 architetture "minori", Firenze Aion, 2008.

M.L. Barelli, Maurizio Lucat, Silvia Mantovani, 'Stone Cladding Techniques in Handbooks', Stone in Modern Buildings. Principles of Cladding, Preservation Technology Dossier No. 6, april 2003, pp. 25-29.

M.L. Barelli, A. M. Zorgno, 'Un’architettura ritrovata: l’industria fra immagine e costruzione', pp. 67-118, in M.  Barelli (Ed.), Catalogue Fabbriche Formato Cartolina. Patrimonio industriale biellese e valsesiano nelle cartoline d’epoca, Torino: Celid, 1995.

Carla Bartolozzi

Full Professor of Restoration
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

carla.bartolozzi@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Carla Bartolozzi, architect, is Full Professor of Restoration at the Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design. Coordinator of the School of Architecture; member of the Teaching Boards of the Postgraduate School and of the PhD course in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. Scientific Responsible of LabDia Laboratory (Non Destructive Diagnostics, PoliTO); Member EAAE, ANVUR Disciplinary Expert. In the last ten years she has been Scientific Responsible of the following researches: 'Post Vatican II liturgical adjustments: the reasons of liturgy and the reasons of conservation' (CEI - Compagnia di San Paolo); 'Municipal Seats in Piedmont' (Compagnia di San Paolo) until 2010; 'Instead of Restoration: culture and practice of maintenance' (Compagnia di San Paolo, 2013 -15); 'Technologies applied to the enhancement and conservation of cultural heritage: Italy-Algeria bilateral project' (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2016); 'Save the traditional Village: research and teaching activities with Shanghai Jiao Tong University' (China, since 2016); European Erasmus + project : 'ERAMCA (Environmental risk assessment and mitigation on Cultural Heritage assets in Central Asia)', responsible for Restoration area (from 2020). Gold Medal Italian Award Sustainable Architecture XIII edition, University of Ferrara (2018). She has designed and directed numerous restoration projects in Italy (1998-2018).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Restoration

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Bartolozzi, XIX century memories and landmarks on Roosevelt Island / Memorie del XIX secolo e landmarks su Roosevelt Island, pp. 24-37, in F. Leoni, F. Novelli (Eds), Smallpox Hospital & Roosevelt Island. Preservation, reconfiguration and adaptive reuse. Studiesa and project for enhancement. Temi di conservazione, riconfigurazione e adaptive reuse. Studi e progetti per la valorizzazione, Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 2020.

C. Bartolozzi, Cosa perdiamo quando gli edifici non sono tutelati. Il riuso del Palavela e dei Padiglioni delle Regioni in occasione dei Giochi Olimpici Invernali di Torino del 2006, pp. 8, in G. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Architettura d'autore del secondo Novecento. Il diritto alla tutela, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2019.

C. Bartolozzi, Patrimonio architettonico religioso. Nuove funzioni e processi di trasformazione, Roma: Gangemi, 2016.

Silvia Beltramo

Associate Professor of Architectural Technology
DIST Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning,  Politecnico di Torino

silvia.beltramo@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Architectural historian, D.E.A. and PhD in Architectural History at the Politecnico di Torino. Since 2007 she has taught the courses of History of Architecture and Urban history (Modern and Medieval), Urban and Landscape Heritage. She is the director and scientific coordinator of the projects La chiesa di San Giovanni e la cappella dei marchesi di Saluzzo: materiali, tecniche e geometrie di un cantiere medievale (2010-2014), Cistercian Cultural Heritage: knowledge and enhancement in a European framework (CCH), Politecnico di Torino (DIST) (from 2019) and Medieval city. City of the friars (with Gianmario Guidarelli; www.friarscity.eu). She is an independent expert for the Council of Europe of European Cultural Routes from 2012. Member of the Scientific Committee ICOMOS (Italy) CIVVIH on historical urban cities (from 2020) and ICOMOS (Italy) on Cultural Routes (from 2021). Her research focuses on the architectural and construction history of the architecture and the city in medieval and early modern with special emphasis on XII^th and XV^th Italian history. She is also interested in studies related to historical building techniques and building site. She authored more than 130 publications on urban and architectural history of medieval architecture in Piedmont and Italy, including almost ten books (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2022).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Medieval and Early Modern (12th-15th century) architecture; historical building techniques and building site; historic cities.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

S. Beltramo, ‘I cantieri architettonici delle cattedrali del nord ovest dell'Italia alla fine del Quattrocento: il processo di trasformazione del Medioevo’, pp. 165-178, in I. Chave, E. Faisant, D. Sandron (Eds), Le chantier cathédral en Europe. Diffusion et sauvegarde des savoirs, savoir-faire et matériaux du Moyen Age à nos jours, Paris-New York: Le Passage Editions, 2020.

S. Beltramo, ‘Cistercensi foglianti e le abbazie medievali: interventi architettonici a Staffarda e Novalesa’, pp. 105-130, in G. Armando, S. Beltramo, P. Cozzo, C. Cuneo (Eds), I Cistercenti Foglianti in Piemonte tra corte e chiostro (XVI-XIX secolo), Roma: Viella, 2020.

S. Beltramo, ‘I sistemi costruttivi nell'architettura medievale: John Ruskin e le coperture a volta’, Restauro Archeologico, special issue Memories on John Ruskin. Unto this last, 2019, pp. 290-298.

S. Beltramo, ‘Rib valuts in 12th century religious architecture in the North-West of Italy’, Hortus Artium Medievalium, vol. 24, 2018, pp. 345-355.

S. Beltramo, ‘Perineto Zocchelli and Aneclino Sambla, stone masons between the South of France and the Marquisate of Saluzzo (Italy) at the end of the 15th century’, pp. 163-176, in B. Alfonso Ruiz, J.C. Rodriguez Estévez (Eds), 1514 Arquitectos Tardogoticos en la Encrucijada, Sevilla: Universidad de Sevilla, 2016.

S. Beltramo, ‘Medieval Vestiges in the Princely Architecture of the 15th Century’, pp. 28-52, in S. Beltramo, M. Folin, F. Cantatore (Eds), A Renaissance Architecture of Power. Princely Palaces in the Italian Quattrocento, Leiden: Brill, 2015.

S. Beltramo, ‘Tecniche costruttive materiali e murature nel territorio di Fenis (Valle d'Aosta)’, Archeologia dell'Architettura, vol. 13, 2009, pp. 77-95.

S. Beltramo, Stratigrafia dell'architettura e ricerca storica, Roma: Carocci, 2009.

Clara Bertolini Cestari

Full Professor of Architectural Technology
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

clara.bertolini@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Clara Bertolini is full professor of Architectural Technology at Politecnico di Torino (Department of Architecture and Design). She is a Member of the PhD course in "Technological innovation for built heritage". Clara is Tutor of the PhD research on "Nanotechnologies / nanosciences: from wood improvement to the reinforcement of timber and monitoring of interventions". She teaches the II° level Master classes in "Conservation, Management and Valorisation of Industrial Heritage". She has been Italian Co-ordinator of the international post-graduate Master course "URBANWOOD ". For this international MSc Program, students share their time between the three participating universities in Dresden, Turin and Vienna. In particular Module 2 on "Restoration and Refurbishment of Wood-based Buildings" is co-ordinated by Prof. Clara Bertolini Cestari. She is responsible of the Erasmus Exchange Programme for the Faculty of Architetcture of Politecnico di Torino; Member of RILEM, Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires d'Essais et de Recherches sur les Matériaux et les Constructions, of the Commission RILEM - TC 149-HTS: Diagnosis and repair of Historic load-bearing Timber Structures. Nominated by MIUR (Italian Ministry for University and Research) MC Member of EU COST Action FP1101 “Assessment, Reinforcement and Monitoring of Timber Structures” (2010-2013 ). She is a member of UNI SC10 Commission "Recommendations for structural restoration of civil works and architectural heritage" and Member designed by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage of UNI-NORMAL GL20 "Legno e derivati" (Wood and its derivates) Commission. She has coordinated several research activities, among the main researches:

-Research contract between Politecnico di Torino and Soprintendenza per i Beni architettonici, per il paesaggio e per il patrimonio artistico e Demoetnologico di Venezia e Laguna on "Survey of the wood of the foundations of the bell-tower of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Basilica in Venice”

-Research contract between Politecnico di Torino and Soprintendenza per i Beni architettonici, per il paesaggio e per il patrimonio artistico e Demoetnologico di Venezia e Laguna on "Survey of the wood of the foundations of the bell-tower of of the Church of Santo Stefano in Venice” .

RESEARCH KEYWORDS:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Bertolini, S. Invernizzi, T. Marzi, O. Pignatelli, A. Sartori, A. Crivellaro, ‘Diagnostics and assessment for the conservation of the historic timber structures of San Fermo Maggiore church in Verona’, pp. 559-568, in J.M. Branco (Eds), International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures, SHATiS'2019, Portugal: Guimaraes, 2019.

F. Accornero, C. Bertolini, S. Invernizzi, T. Marzi, M. Rossino, A. Spanò, ‘Retrofitting and Conservation of the Timbert Choir Loft of the Sanctuary Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo in Colletto, Pinerolo, Italy’, Transsylvania Nostra , 2019, pp. 53-60.

C. Bertolini, T. Marzi, R. Maspoli, ‘IAM Mountain Architecture Institute: a research centre of Politecnico di Torino between teaching and dissemination’, in World Conference on Timber Engineering WCTE, Austria: Vienna, 2016.

C. Bertolini, T. Marzi, ‘Next-generation footbridges. Ponti coperti in legno nelle alpi svizzere. Dai nuovi paradigmi ai precursori’, Archalp, 2015, pp. 45-48.

C. Bertolini, Il contributo di Giordano al Politecnico di Torino: aspetti e attualità, in Fondaazione Guglielmo Giordano (Ed.), Guglielmo Giordano. Scienza e arte del legno, Perugia: Italgraf, 2014, pp. 81-108.

Enrica Bodrato

Archivist, Responsible for the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Torino
DIST Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning

enrica.bodrato@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:  Enrica Bodrato is an archivist with a master degree in Architecture. Since 1998 she is responsible for the archives held by the History and Cultural Heritage Laboratory – LSBC at Politecnico di Torino and since 2016 she also manages the archives at the Central Library of Architecture “Roberto Gabetti”. She has been a member of numerous historical research teams and she has published several papers about the archival funds she manages.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: archival science; construction history; Early Modern architecture; Contemporary architecture; Polytechnic history

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

E. Bodrato, ‘Searching for women's architectural archives: the Italian case study’, pp. 89-93, in E. Garda, C. Franchini (Eds), Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement: an European Cultural Heritage, Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 2018.

E. Bodrato, ‘L'archivio Mollino al Politecnico di Torino’, pp. 18-20, in F. Zanot (Ed.), Carlo Mollino. Photographs 1934-1973, Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2018.

E. Bodrato; A. Perin, ‘Strada ferrata e militari: alcune stazioni sulla linea Torino-Genova’, pp. 353-361, in C. Devoti (Ed.), Gli spazi dei militari e l'urbanistica della città. L’Italia del Nord-Ovest (1815-1918), Acquapendente: Edizioni Kappa, 2018.

E. Bodrato, ‘Un documento per il mercato Giuseppe Pavia dagli archivi del Politecnico di Torino’, Monferrato Arte e Storia, Associazione Arte Storia, vol. 29, 2017, pp. 107-112.

E. Bodrato; A. Perin; C. Roggero, Mestieri d'arte e architettura: l'archivio Musso Clemente 1886-1974, Torino: Centro Studi piemontesi, 2011.

Alberto Bologna

Assistant Professor (RTDb) at DiAP, Sapienza University of Rome

alberto.bologna@uniroma1.it

arch.albertobologna@gmail.com

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Alberto Bologna is an architect, Ph.D. in history of architecture and town planning (Politecnico di Torino, 2011): currently is an Assistant Professor (RTDb) in architectural and urban design at the Department of Architecture and Design (DiAP) at Sapienza University of Rome. He has been an Assistant Professor (RTDa) in architectural and urban design at Politecnico di Torino (2017-2020), Visiting Scholar at the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University in Beijing (2018-2019), Adjunct Professor at Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, University of Genoa and University of Ferrara (2015-2020) and post-doc scientist at the EPFL-École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2011-2015).
He focuses his academic research on the relationship that exists between structural conception, tectonics, ornament and architectural space in contemporary architecture. He is co-editor of the column “Memory and Regeneration” of the magazine “World Architecture” published by Tsinghua University and correspondent for the Swiss architectural journal “Archi”. Among his books: Pier Luigi Nervi negli Stati Uniti (Firenze University Press, 2013), The rhetoric of Pier Luigi Nervi (with R. Gargiani, Routledge, 2016), The resistance of Laugier. The classicism of Murcutt (LetteraVentidue, 2019) and Chinese Brutalism Today. Concrete and Avant-Garde Architecture (ORO Editions, 2019)..

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Contemporary architecture, architectural engineering, concrete structures, tectonics in architecture, Chinese avant-garde architecture

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

A. Bologna, C. Gavello, 'Luigi Santarella: Reinforced concrete design culture through the technical literature', pp. 509-516, in J. Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume I. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

A. Bologna, Chinese Brutalism Today. Concrete and Avant-Garde Architecture, San Francisco: ORO Editions, 2019.

A. Bologna, The resistance of Laugier. The classicism of Murcutt / La resistenza di Laugier. Il Classicismo di Murcutt, Siracusa: LetteraVentidue, 2019.

A. Pugnale, A. Bologna, 'Dante Bini’s Form-Resistant Binishells', Nexus Network Journal. Architecture and Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2017. Special Issue Shell and Tension Structures, pp. 681-699.

R. Gargiani, A. Bologna, The rhetoric of Pier Luigi Nervi. Concrete and ferrocement forms, EPFL Press-Routledge, Lausanne-Oxford-New York, 2016.

A. Bologna, Pier Luigi Nervi negli Stati Uniti. 1952-1979. Master Builder of the Modern Age, Firenze: Firenze University Press, 2013.

A. Bologna, Pier Luigi Nervi ou l'art de la structure. Photographies de la collection Alberto Sartoris, Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2013.

Valentina Burgassi

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (CHG Webmaster and scientific assistant)
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino -
École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne)

valentina.burgassi@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

Valentina Burgassi is a post-doctoral research fellow at École Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne) in Histoire de l'Art de la Renaissance, with a project on the villa fortificata of XVI century in Malta and Italy. She is also Assistant Lecturer at Politecnico di Torino (DAD) in Architectural History courses and she completed a project at Politecnico di Torino DAD (2019-2020) on construction history and techniques in Early Modern Piedmont. Valentina holds a joint PhD in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at Politecnico di Torino and in Histoire de l'Art at École Pratiques des Hautes Études (PSL). She has a Post Master Degree Specialisation in Cultural Heritage and Landscape (2012, Politecnico di Torino), a MSc in Architecture (Politecnico di Torino) and a BSc in Structural Engineer – Architecture (Politecnico di Torino). She is teaching assistant in architectural courses at Politecnico di Torino since 2018 and at Politecnico di Milano from 2014 to 2018. She is member of international research groups, as Histara EA7347 and GIS Patrimoines militaires P2ATS (École Pratique des Hautes Études). Valentina’s main research lies in Early Modern architecture (Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Mediterranean Studies), Renaissance studies and cultural heritage.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Early Modern architecture; Order of Saint John of Jerusalem; architectural treatises; Mediterranean studies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

V. Burgassi, M. Volpiano, 'Building the ephemeral in Turin, capital of the Savoyard states', pp. 457-462, in J. Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume I. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

V. Burgassi, 'I Trattati del Rinascimento a Malta. Modelli, Migrazioni e Architettura in Età Moderna', Lexicon, vol. 30, 2020, pp. 21-36.

V. Burgassi, M. Volpiano, 'Traditions and Innovations: the construction of the court palaces and the role of professional figures in Eighteenth-century Piedmont', pp. 275-286, in J.W.P. Campbell (Eds) Iron, Steel and Buildings. Studies in the History of Construction. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2020.

V. Burgassi, 'Gran cosa he il fondar nuova Cita, mecterla in difesa, abitarla, honorarla et difenderla. Dalla città  ideale del Rinascimento alla città  reale: la nuova capitale dell'Ordine di Malta', ArtItalies, vol. XXV, no.3, 2019, pp. 33-43.

V. Burgassi, V. Vanesio, 'L'Albergia della Lingua d'Italia a Malta. L'avventurosa storia di un palazzo e delle sue carte (secoli XVI-XIX)', Nuovi Annali Olschki, vol. XXXI, 2017, pp. 163-190.

Gentucca Canella

Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

gentucca.canella@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Gentucca Canella, architect, is Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at Politecnico di Torino. After her degree she conducted teaching and research activity at the Scuola di Architettura Civile of the Politecnico di Milano and in 2003 she obtained the Ph.D. at La Sapienza University in Rome. She has participated in national and international architectural design competitions achieving some prizes and awards, continuously teaching in architectural design workshops of the three-year and master's degrees. She was invited as a speaker to numerous national conferences and seminars. She organized and curated national and international conferences and exhibitions on 20^th century masters of architecture and on the protection, enhancement and reuse of the Italian architectural heritage of the second half of the 20^th century.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Architectural Design; Architectural Heritage; Italian Architecture of the second half of the 20th century; Adaptive Reuse; Landscape

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Giorgio Raineri 1927-2012, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2020.

Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Il diritto alla tutela. Architettura d'autore del secondo Novecento, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2019.

Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Roberto Gabetti 1925-2000, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2017.

Ge. Canella, C. Coscia, P. Mellano, ‘Idee per la riqualificazione delle aree militari’, pp. 1-110, in D. R. Fiorino (Ed.), Military Landscapes. Scenari per il futuro del patrimonio militare. A future for military heritagte, Atti del convegno internazionale: Milano, Skira, 2017.

Ge. Canella, 'Architettura, tradizione insediativa e pianificazione energetica in nord Africa e in Africa orientale, Territorio, no. 81, 2017, pp. 54-58.

Ge. Canella, Verso un altro Mediterraneo. Architettura come strategia per il Sud del mondo, Milano: Nexo, 2016.

Michela Comba

Associate Professor
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

michela.comba@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Michela Comba teaches History of Contemporary Architecture (Politecnico di Torino). She has been Aggregate Professor at the Politecnico since 2004. She has taught seminars in Building History of the Exhibition Turin Palace (2008-2011); Costructive History of Architecture from drawing to the construction site (PhD in History of the Architecture, 2007-2010). Michela Comba is scientific manager, on behalf of Politecnico di Torino for the development of the ex Fiat Engineering Archive project (Maire Tecnimont SPA, Milano-Roma) since 2011. In the field of CH she participated in the projects on Structural Conception. Architecture and Engineering in the Fifties and Sixties  (PRIN 2008, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, IUAV di Venezia, Università di Udine, Università degli Studi Roma Tre). She was involved in Pier Luigi Nervi: Architecture as Challenge (2010-11), travelling exhibition sponsored by the Pier Luigi Nervi Association, MAXXI of Rome and CIVA of Bruxelles. Michela Comba partecipated in the project History of Building Industry and Profession of the Architect (Politecnico di Torino-Regione Piemonte, 2009-2010).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: engineering; structure; social study science and technology; mobility and transportation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M. Comba (Ed.), I progetti di Fiat Engineering 1931-1979, Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2018.

M. Comba (Ed.), I progetti di Fiat Engineering 1980-2008, Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2018.

M. Comba, ‘Il vocabolario strutturale di Carlo Mollino tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta’, pp. 75-85, in P. Desideri, A. Demagistris, M. Pogacnik, C. Olmo (Eds) La concezione strutturale. Ingegneria e architettura in Italia tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta, Torino: Allemandi, 2013.

M. Comba, ‘Arup Calling: Engineering gets to Paris. Centro Pompidou (1971-1977)’, pp. 1993-2000, in P. J. Sousa Cruz (Ed.), Strucures and Architecture: New Concepts and Challenges, London: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2013.

M. Comba, A. Astolfi, L. Bruno, C. Olmo, ‘Il fantasma del Regio’, pp.177-213, in S. Pace (Ed.) Carlo Mollino architetto, Milano: Electa 2006.

Annalisa Dameri

Associate Professor of History of Architecture
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

annalisa.dameri@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Annalisa Dameri PhD is associate professor in History of Architecture in the Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino.  In 2018 she became vice-coordinator of the PhD course in Architectural and Landscape Heritage and she is the Architecture Director for restoration work at Castello del Valentino, a residence of the Royal House of Savoy (Unesco World Heritage Site). After her first degree in Architecture from Politecnico di Torino she specialized in History, Analysis and Assessment of Architectural Heritage at the Postgraduate school there, going on to complete a PhD in History and Critical Analysis of Architectural Heritage in the same institution. Annalisa teaches History of the City and Architecture in the 19th century on the Master of Science in Architecture Heritage Preservation and Enhancement. From 2012 to 2018 she was Director of the Master of Science in Architecture Heritage Preservation and Enhancement. Since her PhD she has been involved in Italian and international research programs which involve many research units, requiring a high level of collaboration among scholars. These include a number of PRIN projects – interuniversity research programmes of national interest in Italy (Programmi di ricerca di interesse nazionale) and international projects such as The Culture of the City (2017-8), an exchange of visiting professors and students in collaboration with the Universidad Javeriana, Bogotà and Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotà. The innovative research skills developed through these partnerships have influenced the methods she uses to study, valorise and restore historic architecture. In 2012 she was awarded the Lerici Foundation Prize for her research project Paper Cities, published the following year in her book Città di Carta. Disegni dal Krigsarkivet di Stoccolma.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; 19th century architecture; Alessandro Antonelli; architecture of eclecticism

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

A. Dameri, F. Stella, ‘Torino 1898-Parigi 1900. Carlo Ceppi, Costantino Gilodi e Giacomo    Salvadori tra tradizione e innovazione', MDCCC 1800, vol. 6, 2017, pp. 97-105.

A. Dameri, ‘Il positivismo e il cantiere di architettura: tecmniche costruttive e materiali’, p. 74, in E. Dellapiana, G. Montanari (Eds), Una storia dell'architettura contemporanea, UTET: Novara, 2015.

A. Dameri, 'Il cemento armato e lo stile nuovo. Ecco lo stile nuovo come nasce! Non da arzigogoli senza senso; ma da razionali innovazioni', pp. 207-240, in L. Mozzoni, S. Santini (Eds) Architettura dell'eclessismo. Studi storici, rilievo e restauro, teoria e prassi dell'architettura. Atti di convegno. Napoli: Liguori, 2007.

A. Dameri, ‘L'essenzialità della struttura’, pp. III-V, in F. Stella (Ed.), I magazzini del sale di Tortona, Politecnico di Torino: Torino, 2009.

A. Dameri, Tradizione e sperimentazione. Costruire nel Piemonte del XIX secolo, Spagna: Publidisa, 2009.

A. Dameri, Per una storia delle tecniche architettoniche e costruttive in Piemonte tra Otto e Novecento, Spagna: Publidisa, 2009.

A. Dameri, 'Il cantiere antonelliano e il cantiere nel Piemonte del XIX secolo', pp. 112-117, in G. Dardanello, R. Tamborrino (Eds) Guarini, Juvarra e Antonelli. Segni e simboli per Torino. Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2008.

A. Dameri, 'Il cantiere di casa Priotti a Torino. Carlo Ceppi (1900-1908)', pp. 631-640, in G. Mochi (Ed.) Teoria e Pratica del costruire: saperi, strumenti, modelli. Esperienze didattiche e di ricerca a confronto. Theory and practice of construction: knowkedge, means, models. Didactic and research experiences. Ravenna: Moderna, 2005.

Giulia De Lucia

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
DIST Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning                             R3C Responsible Risk Resilience Centre

giulia.delucia@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Giulia De Lucia is a post-doctoral research fellow at Politecnico di Torino, with a project on the contribution of the history of architecture and construction in the structural and risk analysis of cultural heritage, in particular masonry churches and religious buildings. She obtained her PhD in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at Politecnico di Torino with a thesis in structural and seismic engineering, focused on a relevant Early Modern church, the sancturay at Vicoforte, with the world’s largest oval dome. She conducts her research at the Centre R3C of Politecnico di Torino, focusing on the analysis and protection of historical domes and the risk reduction for the historical ecclesiastical heritage. She is teaching assistant in architectural courses at Politecnico di Torino since 2016.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Masonry domes; Modern architecture; ecclesiastical heritage

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

G. De Lucia, E. Lenticchia, R. Ceravolo, ‘La geometria della cupola della Ss. Trinità: dal dato metrico alle valutazioni strutturali’, pp. 117-142, in M. Ruffino (Ed), Una chiesa per il Ducato. La Ss. Trinità di Torino, Torino: Clut, 2020.

G. De Lucia, ‘Cupole “barocche”: cultura tecnica e cultura artistica alla luce di una storiografia interdisciplinare’ p. 86, in Summer School Proceedings “Ripensare il Barocco (sec. XVII-XVIII). Nuove prospettive storico-critiche, Torino: Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura, 2019.

R. Ceravolo, G. De Lucia, E. Lenticchia, ‘Il terremoto del 1117, fra le esperienze documentate dalle fonti e le interpretazioni meccaniche’, pp. 125-142, in A. Calzona, G. M. Cantarella e G. Milanesi (Eds), Terremoto in Val Padana, Verona: Scripta, 2018.

P. Cozzo, G. De Lucia, A. Longhi, ‘Un prodigio “sfortunato”? Valori e ambizioni di un luogo “miracolato”: il Santuario di Vicoforte (Mondovì)’, pp. 63-70, in O. Niglio, C. Visentin (Eds), Conoscere, conservare e valorizzare il patrimonio religioso culturale. 2. Arte, architettura, paesaggio, Canterano: Aracne Editrice, 2017.

Vilma Fasoli

Full Professor of History of Architecture
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

vilma.fasoli@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:  Full professor of History of Architecture, Ph.D., V. Fasoli taught History of Architecture and Urban History at the Università degli Studi di Trieste - Faculty of Architecture from 2000 to 2008, and at the Politecnico di Torino since 2008. Faculty member of the Postgraduate School of “Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio” and of the Postgraduate School in “History, Analysis and Evaluation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage” at the Politecnico di Torino from 1998 to 2014. Now V. Fasoli is a faculty member of the Ph.D. program in “Preservation of the Architectural Heritage” at the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2010, she focuses her academic research on construction in contemporary history, vocational education, knowledge transfer of skills and capabilities centered on reinforced concrete (Hennebique patent) and on steel structures (relationship between Eiffel patent and Società Nazionale Officine Savigliano/SNOS) within Italian construction sites outside Europe. From 2010 to 2012, she took part in the Transnational cooperation project “Arching. Archives d’Ingénierie européenne” carried out as part of the European Commission Culture Programme 2007-2013 coordinated by CNRS-INHA (France). From 2010 to 2014, she was the Italian member of Management Committee for the COST project (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action IS0904 (Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) on the topic Architecture Beyond - European architecture beyond Europe: Sharing Research and Knowledge on Dissemination Processes, Historical Data and Material Legacy (19th-20th centuries), coordinated by Mercedes Volait (INHA, Paris).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; History of contemporary architecture; vocational education; knowledge transfer of skills and capabilities; Italian grants of Hennebique patent; SNOS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

V. Fasoli, 'Ingénieurs et entrepreneurs italiens en Libye et en Chine (1912-1939)', pp. 837-847, in F. Fleury, L. Baridon, A. Mastrorilli, R. Mouterde, N. Reveryon (Eds), Les temps de la construction. Processus, acteurs, matériaux, Proceedings of the second Congress of histoire de la construction, Picard: Paris, 2016.

V. Fasoli, F. B. Filippi, 'The penetration of Italian professionals in the context of Siamese modernization', ABE Journal, no. 5, 2014, pp. 1-28.

V. Fasoli, 'Le fonds d’archives de l’entreprise Porcheddu (Turin)', p. 198, in E. Godoli, C. Piaton, D.  Peyceré (Eds), Construire au-delà de la Méditerranée: l'apport des archives d'entreprises européennes, 1860-1970, Arles: Honoré Clair, 2012.

V. Fasoli, 'L'entreprise Porcheddu et les projets de réservoirs d'eau en béton armé: modèles constructifs et expériences de chantier(1912-1933)', pp. 74-81, in E. Godoli, C. Piaton, D.  Peyceré (Eds), Construire au-delà de la Méditerranée: l'apport des archives d'entreprises européennes,1860-1970, Arles: Honoré Clair, 2012.

V. Fasoli, 'Les archives de la Société nationale des ateliers Savigliano (Società nazionale officine Savigliano (SNOS), Turin' p. 195, in E. Godoli, C. Piaton, D. Peyceré (Eds), Construire au-delà de la Méditerranée: l'apport des archives d'entreprises européennes,1860-1970, Arles, Honoré Clair, Arles 2012.

V. Fasoli, 'La Société des ateliers Savigliano autour de la Méditerranée', pp. 28-31, in E. Godoli, C. Piaton, D. Peyceré (Eds), Construire au-delà de la Méditerranée: l'apport des archives d'entreprises européennes, 1860-1970, Arles, Honoré Clair, 2012.

V. Fasoli, 'Education and professional experiences of Italians engineers and architects in Istria and Dalmatia in The Presence of Italian Architects in Mediterranean Countries', pp. 232-242, Proceedings of the First International Conference 2007, Firenze: Maschietto, 2008.

Maurizio Gomez Serito

Assistant Professor - Aggregate Professor
DIST Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning

maurizio.gomez@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Master’s degree: Mining Engineering, Politecnico di Torino (1992). Ph.D. in Environmental Geoengineering at the Politecnico di Torino (1997), title of the thesis: ‘Riconoscimento, caratterizzazione e schedatura dei marmi colorati usati nella decorazione a Torino e nel Piemonte meridionale dalla fine del XVI secolo alla scomparsa di Filippo Juvarra’. 2004 - 2012 Aggregate professor at the second Faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico di Torino. Since 2001 he has been teaching ‘Preservation of materials in historical construction’, ‘Degradation of materials’ at the School of Specialisation in Architectural and Landscape Heritage (Politecnico di Torino). Tutor or cotutor for more than 70 master degree dissertations, PhD and Specialisation these. In the 80s-90s, professional and research photographer.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: historical natural stone; polychrome marbles; construction materials history; archeology and architecture

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M.V. Cattaneo, C. Devoti, F.P. Di Teodoro, E. Gianasso, M. Gomez Serito, M. Santangelo (Eds), Leonardo. Tecnica e Territorio, open source, 2019, pp. 1-193.

M. Gomez, ‘La certosa di Casotto. Una storia di cantieri e materiali d’eccezione’, pp. 87-92, in E. Lusso (Ed.), Paesaggi, territori e insediamenti della val Tanaro Un itinerario tra storia e valorizzazione, La Morra: Scripta, 2019.

M. Gomez, L. Finco, ‘La facciata lapidea della chiesa della Madonna di Loreto ad Arona. Materiali e fasi costruttive’, pp. 219-227, in S. Monferrini, I. Teruggi (Eds), La chiesa di Santa Maria di Loreto e la confraternita di Santa Maria di Arona dai Borromeo a oggi: storia, restauro e valorizzazione. Proceedings of the conference (Arona 2017), Novara: Interlinea, 2018.

M. Gomez, E. Rulli, ‘I materiali lapidei della Domus dei Putti danzanti: marmi bianchi e colorati’, pp. 309-316, in J. Bonetto, M. Salvadori (Eds), L’architettura privata ad Aquileia in età romana. Proceedings of the conference (Padova 2011), Padova: Padova University Press, 2012.

M. Gomez, V. Badino, ‘I marmi del Monregalese. I marmi policromi negli altari alla romana delle Valli Monregalesi’, pp. 399-417, in G. Galante Garrone, A. Griseri, S Lombardini, L. Mamino, A. Torre (Eds), I marmi del Monregalese. I marmi policromi negli altari alla romana delle Valli Monregalesi, Savigliano: L’Artistica, 1999.

Tanja Marzi

Architect, Ph.D., Lecturer in Architectural Technology
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

tanja.marzi@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Tanja Marzi, architect, received her PhD in Innovation technology for the built environment from the Politecnico di Torino, where she currently carries out research and teaching activities at the Department of Architecture and Design. She is actively involved in several national and international research projects on the subject of conservation and rehabilitation of architectural heritage, of timber structures and of Modern Architecture. She has been working in the coordination team of the 3-year EU-Project-Culture2000 Wooden Handwork/Wooden Carpentry: European Restoration Sites. She has been member of international research groups for the diagnosis/assessment of the state of conservation of historical timber roof structures in view of their restoration. She has been national Member of EU-COST-Action-FP1101 on In-situ assessment of timber structures” and of EU-COST-Action-TU1207 on 'Next Generation Design Guidelines for Composites in Construction'. She is member of Do.co.mo.mo.International and Do.co.mo.mo.Italia. She is member of the ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Wood.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Historic Timber Structures; Architectural Technology; Diagnosis and non-Destructive Testing; 20th Century Architectural Heritage; Innovation Technology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Bertolini Cestari, T. Marzi, ‘Conservation of historic timber roof structures of Italian architectural heritage: diagnosis, assessment, and intervention’, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Vol. 12, n. 4, 2018, pp. 632-665.

C. Bertolini Cestari, G. Brino, L. Cestari, A. Crivellaro, T. Marzi, O. Pignatelli, S. Rolla, A. Violante, ‘The Great Timber Roof of Porta Nuova Railway Station in Turin: The Role of Assessment and Diagnosis for Sustainable Repair and Conservation’, International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Vol. 13, n. 1, 2018, pp. 172-191.

C. Bertolini Cestari, A. Spanò, S. Invernizzi, T. Marzi, Retrofitting Assessment and Numerical Models for the Historical Timber Roof Structures of the Towers of Valentino Castle in Turin, pp. 321-333, in H. Cruz, J. Saporiti Machado, A. Campos Costa, P. Xavier Candeias, N. Ruggieri, J. Manuel Catarino (Eds), Historical Earthquake-Resistant Timber Framing in the Mediterranean Area, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

T. Marzi, ‘Nanostructured materials for protection and reinforcement of timber structures: A review and future challenges’, Construction and Building Materials, Special Issue ‘Reinforcement of Timber’, Vol. 97, 2015, pp. 119-130.

C. Bertolini Cestari, T. Marzi, E. Seip, P. Touliatos (Eds), Interaction between Science, Technology and Architecture in Timber Construction, Paris: Elsevier, 2004.

Rossella Maspoli

Associate Professor of Architectural Technology
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

rossella.maspoli@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: PhD doctor, since 1999 researcher of Technology of Architecture, since 2016 Associate Professor of the Politecnico di Torino. Member of PhD course and Master's Degree at Politecnico, University of Pescara, University of Padua; Scientific Coordinator and teacher of Workshop on heritage knowledge, urban post-industrial regeneration and public art at Accademia Albertina Torino, Iuav Venezia, Universidade de Brasilia (2018), TaiYuan University of Technology (2019) and Living Lab via Sacchi Torino (2017-21). Member of TICCIH, board member of AIPAI, head for the Politecnico in Torino UNESCO Creative City, scientific coordinator of TorinoAutomotive Heritage Network THAN, Italian Coordinator of THERMAPOLIS Public baths, ANR France. She carries out research, in the CH field, on the historical industrial heritage;the automotive heritage in Europe; the innovation of concrete and the ‘Hennebique System’; the evolution of the public baths; the modern architectureof industrial and service development and the Olivetti imprinting of the Canavese territory. She has edited over 150 publications.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; industrial architecture: modern architecture: concrete types; public bath architectures

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

R. Maspoli, 'The innovation of reinforced concrete in the textile and mechanical factories of the early 1900s in the North-West. Business, models, patents and critical issues of recovery', Patrimonio Industriale, no. 23, 2021 (in press).

R. Maspoli, Evolution, role and potential of public baths in the postfordist western city, pp. 205-222, in A. Dib (Ed.), Public baths in the world. Between tradition and contemporaneity, Roma, Aracne, 2021.

R. Maspoli, 'Conservation, enhancement and tourism of the architectural heritage of the car industry. From the Turin case to the international "mo-town"', Patrimonio Industriale, no. 19-20, 2018, pp. 11-31.

R. Maspoli, 'The evaluation of the technological and functional appropriateness, regarding to the intervention in the former military and service urban heritage', Techne, no. 12, 2016, pp. 59-65.

R. Maspoli, A. Spaziante (Eds), Fabbriche, borghi e memorie. Processi di dismissione e riuso post-industriale a Torino Nord, Firenze: Alinea, 2012.

Paolo Mellano

Full Professor in Architectural and Urban Design
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

paolo.mellano@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Paolo Mellano, architect, is full professor in Architectural and Urban Design at Politecnico di Torino. His principal fields of research focus on the areas of Urban design, Architectural and landscape design, Alpine architecture, Adaptive Reuse and Advanced Architecture. In his practice with fellow architect Flavio Bruna (Bruna & Mellano Architetti Associati) he has designed numerous successful projects and managed construction for private and public bodies, taking part in many competitions for architects, and obtaining awards and mentions (Palladio prize, 1997; Luigi Cosenza Award, 1994/96/98/2000; Accademia di San Luca Prize, 2003). They have received invitations to many Architecture Exhibitions and Congresses (i.e. Biennale di Venezia) and their works are published on the most important architectural magazines (Casabella, Abitare, Area, etc.). Paolo Mellano is author of some 220 scientific papers, monographs and academic studies.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Architectural Design; The Fifth Dimension of Architecture; Adaptive Reuse; Landscape; Architectural Heritage

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

P. Mellano et al., Torino 2030. A prova di futuro, Roma: Luca Sossella Editore, 2021.

A. Dameri, P. Mellano, Vicente Nasi. Un architetto italiano in Colombia, fra eclettismo e modernità, Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 2020.

Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Il diritto alla tutela. Architettura d'autore del secondo Novecento, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2019.

P. Mellano et al., The culture of the city. La cultura della città. La cultura de la ciudad, Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 2018.

Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Roberto Gabetti 1925-2000, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2017.

Enrico Moncalvo

Associate Professor in Architectural and Urban Design
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

enrico.moncalvo@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Enrico Moncalvo is Associate Professor in Architectural and Urban Design at the Politecnico di Torino (1998). From 1982 to 2010 he is author or collaborator of 37 projects, several of whichhave been published: in particular, in 1983 the new Paris Opera in place de la Bastille (competition, with Guido Drocco: mention and prize, project reviewedin 1985 in ‘Controspazio’ and in 1986 by Manfredo Tafuri in History of Italian architecture 1944-1985).
His research on Design culture of the 19th and 20th centuries between Turin and Europe begins with the cataloguing of the Mollino archive at the BCA (1985-1990), which opens significant points of interest towards the links of the late futurist Turin milieu with the culture of the Alps. The interest in the Turin architectural culture motivated the research on raisonnable architectures carried out between Turin and Milan by the design elites between1870 and 1930, with a significant line of investigation launched on the links, at national level, with the culture of Boito and, at European level, with German (Hübsch, Schinkelschule) French (De Baudot) architectural culture. Architectural culture and Alpine environment. Research converging on the picturesque taste in Alpine architecture between the 19th and 20th centuries - as an import of a cultured design model, starting from pre-romantic literary premises - and also carried out on territorial aspects linked to the re-evaluation of cultural or environmental specificities.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Architectural and Building diffusion; raisonnable architecture; picturesque alpine architecture; crafts and models for architecture

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

E. Moncalvo, 'Roberto Gabetti, dal laboratorio della didattica', pp. 280-290, in Ge. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Roberto Gabetti 1925-2000, Milano: Franco Angeli, 2017.

E. Moncalvo, 'Baumeister. Architettura urbana tra cultura accademica e cultura politecnica. Riflessioni e linee possibili per una ricerca - Baumeister. Urban architecture between academic culture and polytechnic culture. Thoughts and possible research lines', pp. 145-177, in M. Trisciuoglio (Eds), Architecture and places. Progetto culturale e memoria dei luoghi - Cultural design and sites memory, Torino: Celid, 2014.

E. Moncalvo, 'Uno stile internazionale tra Otto e Novecento', pp. 25-58, in A. De Rossi (Eds), Cultura Architettonica e Ambiente Alpino, Torino: Celid, 2011.

E. Moncalvo, 'Da Torino a Karlsruhe. Tra Piemonte ed Europa, un probabile viaggio di Riccardo Brayda a Baden-Baden', pp. 85-116, in B. Signorelli (Eds), Torino 1863-1963. Architettura, arte, urbanistica, Torino: SPABA, 2002.

E. Moncalvo, 'Riccardo Brayda e dintorni: la cultura del Neoromanico, tra Torino e l'Europa, nella Seconda metà dell'Ottocento', Atti e Rassegna Tecnica della Società degli Ingegneri e degli Architetti in Torino, I, 1996, pp. 56-65.

E. Moncalvo, 'Note per una lettura di alcuni riferimenti della cultura di Carlo Mollino', Bollettino della Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti, XLII, 1988, pp. 341-373.

E. Moncalvo, 'Interventi di Filippo Juvarra negli isolati di Sant'Ignazio e Santa Croce a Torino', Bollettino della Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti, XXXV-XXXVI-XXXVII, 1981-1983, pp. 83-103.

Sofia Nannini

PhD in Architecture. History and Project
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

sofia.nannini@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:  Sofia Nannini holds a Master’s degree in Building Engineering/Architecture from the University of Bologna, and currently she obtained a PhD in Architecture. History and Project at Politecnico di Torino. Her research interests focus on construction and material history, with special attention to the history of concrete in the Nordic countries. For her PhD dissertation, she analysed the role of concrete in Iceland between the 1850s and the 1950s. Side research projects include the study of  building techniques adopted during the fascist regime in Italy, particularly in the works of Giuseppe Vaccaro, and in Postwar Italy, regarding the works of Pier Luigi Nervi.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: construction history; history of concrete; Iceland; twentieh-century Italian architecture; materials and politics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

S. Nannini, 'Icelandic Concrete Surfaces. Guðjón Samúelsson’s Steining (1930–50)', pp. 541-542, in J.W.P. Campbell (Eds) Iron, Steel and Buildings. Studies in the History of Construction. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2020.

S. Nannini, ‘The Silence of Modernity. Technology, Technique, and Reception of Giuseppe Vaccaro’s Works since the 1930s’, pp. 277–89, in K.B. Jones (Eds) The Routledge Companion Guide to Fascist Italian Architecture: Reception and Legacy. Abington: Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2020.

S. Nannini, ‘La Manifattura Tabacchi a Bologna di Pier Luigi Nervi: committenza, progetti, costruzione (1949–57)’, pp. 49-76, in M. Antonucci (Eds) La Manifattura Tabacchi a Bologna di Pier Luigi Nervi. Ricerche sull’architettura industriale contemporanea tra storia, tecnica e riuso, Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2019.

S. Nannini, M. Antonucci, ‘Through History and Technique. Pier Luigi Nervi on Architectural Resilience’, Architectural Histories, vol. 7, no. 1, 2019.

S. Nannini, ‘From Reception to Invention: the Arrival of Concrete to Iceland and the Rhetoric of Guðmundur Hannesson’, Arts, vol. 7, no. 4, 2018.

Monica Naretto

Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

monica.naretto@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Monica Naretto is associate professor of Architectural Restoration at the Politecnico di Torino, deputy director of the School of Specialisation in ‘Architectural and Landscape Heritage/Beni architettonici e del Paesaggio’ and professor of the PhD in ‘Architectural and Landscape Heritage/Beni architettonici e paesaggistici’ at the same University. She is teaching ‘Restoration Theories and History’ and ‘Atelier Restoration Project’ and she is scientific coordinator of conventions with public bodies and institutes for the development of research into the preservation of the architectural heritage. She was visiting researcher at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris (2017) and visiting professor at the Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand (2019). Her studies focus on the construction history and the restoration history, the development of thinking on conservation in the European context, the project of compatible reuse of architectural and widespread heritage in the balance between preservation of memory and sustainable innovation.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Architectural Heritage; Architectural Restoration; Conservation; Preservation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Devoti, M. Naretto (Eds), Archivi e cantieri per interpretare il patrimonio. Fonti, metodi, prospettive / Archives et chantiers pour l'interprétation du patrimoine. Sources, méthodes, mise en perspective. Sesto Fiorentino: All'Insegna del Giglio, 2021.

M. Naretto, 'Le milieu viollet-le-ducien: l'oeuvre et la pensée de Victor Ruprich-Robert', pp. 175-185, in B. Phalip, F. Chevalier (Eds), Pour une histoire de la restauration monumentale (XIXe - début XXe siècle). Une manifeste pour le temps présent, Collection Histoires Croisées, Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2021.

M. Naretto, 'Enjeux, pratiques et perspectives de la restauration architecturale', pp. 379-394, in B. Phalip, F. Chevalier (Eds), Pour une histoire de la restauration monumentale (XIXe - début XXe siècle). Une manifeste pour le temps présent, Collection Histoires Croisées, Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, 2021.

M. Naretto, 'Antonio Bertola e le commesse della Reggente', pp. 321-344, in C. Devoti (Ed.), Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia-Nemours. Stato, capitale, architettura, Collana La Civiltà delle Corti, Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2021.

C. Aghemo, M. Naretto, R. Taraglio, L. Valetti, 'Un approccio metodologico al tema dell'integrazione degli impianti nelle architetture storiche: dall'analisi dell'esistente alle proposte di soluzioni compatibili per l'adeguamento e il riuso', pp. 295-305, in G. Biscotin, G. Driussi, Il patrimonio culturale in mutamento. Le sfide dell'uso, Atti del XXXV Convegno Internazionale Scienza e Beni Culturali, Bressanone 1-5 luglio 2019. Treviso: Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2018.

F. Novelli, Buone pratiche di conservazione e valorizzazione a rete del patrimonio architettonico religioso alpino: il territorio tra Valle Elvo (BI) e Canavese Montano (TO) / Good net-like conservation and development practices of Alpine religious architectural heritage, the territory between Elvo Valley (Bi) and Montano Canavese (To). Bologna: IN BO, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 183-196.

E. Fregonara, ‘Sostenibilità e interventi sul patrimonio storico: approcci a confronto’, Territorio, vol. 86, 2018, pp. 146-156.

M. Naretto, Charles Buls e il restauro. Antologia critica / Charles Buls et la restauration. Anthologie critique, Collana Nuova Serie di Architettura, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2016.

Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant

Assistant Professor (RTDb) in Architectural Design
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

manfredo.dirobilant@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Manfredo di Robilant is Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at Politecnico di Torino. He has been Research Associate to the 14^th Venice architecture Biennale, directed by Rem Koolhaas, and Visiting Scholar at CCA Montréal. The core of his research is the relationship between utilitarian needs and symbolical values in architecture, that he particularly investigates through the elements of architecture, and the study of different methods of teaching architecture. On these topics he gave lectures and talks, among other schools, at Princeton School of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft in Bremen, Strelka Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Milan Polytechnic School, Tu Delft. He published articles and reviews, among other journals, on ‘LOG’, ‘Arch+’, ‘Bauwelt’, ‘World Architecture’, ‘JSAH’, ‘Domus’. He is founder and partner of the office DAR architettura, with Giovanni Durbiano and Alessandro Armando. Works of the office have been published by ‘Dezeen’, ‘Domusweb’, ‘Architectural Record’, ‘The Architects Newspaper’, ‘Abitare’.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Utility and Symbol in Architecture; Elements of Architecture; Gio Ponti; Methods in Teaching Architectural Design

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M. Di Robilant, 'Gridding off the Sky. The roof of the Neue Nationalgalerie', in J. Jager, C. von Marlin (Eds),  Neue Nationalgalerie. Mies van der Rohe's Museum, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2021.

M. Di Robilant, 'Carlo Aymonino, rector of the IUAV: the university as a methodological microcosm', in M. Orazi (Ed.), Carlo Aymonino. Loyalty to Betrayal, Milano: Electa, 2021.

M. Di Robilant, 'The Aestheticization of mechanical systems: Gio Ponti's Montecatini headquarters, Milan, 1936-39', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 77, no. 2, 2018, pp. 186-203.

M. Di Robilant, C-LAB, Rem Koolhaas; AMO; Harvard GSD, I. Boom, Elements of Architecture - ceiling, Venezia-New York: Marsilio-Rizzoli International, 2014.

M. Di Robilant, N. Maak, Rem Koolhaas; AMO; Harvard GSD, I. Boom, Elements of Architecture - window, Venezia-New York: Marsilio-Rizzoli International, 2014.

M. Di Robilant, 'Looking up. Nationalism and internationalism in ceilings, 1850-2000s', pp. 171-184, in R. Quek, D. Deane (Eds), Nationalism and Architecture, Farnham: Ashgate, 2012.

Francesco Novelli

Assistant Professor (RTDb) of Architectural Restoration
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino 

francesco.novelli@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Francesco Novelli Ph.D., Specialist in History, Analysis and Evaluation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage, architect, is a researcher in architectural restoration at the DAD Department of Architecture and Design of the Polytechnic of Turin where he teaches as professor in theory restoration courses and ateliers for architecture degree courses. He carries out research and is the author of monographs and scientific essays on topics concerning the restoration of architectural heritage, the protection and conservation of the religious and fortified architectural heritage, the refunctionalization and enhancement project in complex restoration interventions. He is the scientific contact for the Department in research projects for the knowledge and restoration of Heritage-listed buildings, including Santa Chiara, in Turin (2016-ongoing, with E. Piccoli), the Former industrial factory Pettinature Riunite Rivetti of Giuseppe Pagano in Biella (2019-ongoing, with C. Bartolozzi), the Tower bell of B. A. Vittone in Montanaro, Turin (2020-ongoing).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: History; religious architectural heritage; fortified heritage; preservation and restoration tecnique

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

G. M. Chiri, D.R. Fiorino, E. Morezzi, F. Novelli, Paesaggi militari del Campo Trincerato di Roma. Progetti per Forte Aurelia. Torino: Politecnico di Torino, 2020.

F. Novelli (Ed), Da Villa Adriana verso la grande bellezza. Roma: Accademia Adrianea Edizioni, Vol. 2, 2019.

F. Novelli, 'Santa Chiara di Bernardo Antonio Vittone a Torino: 'buone pratiche' in un secolo di restauri delle superfici', in G. Biscontin, G. Driussi (Eds), Intervenire sulle superfici dell’Architettura tra bilanci e prospettive, 34° Convegno di studi internazionale, Bressanone 3-6 luglio 2018. Treviso: Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2018, pp. 777-786.

F. Novelli, E. Piccoli (Eds), Sguardi incrociati su un convento vittoniano. Santa Chiara a Torino. Genova: Sagep Editori, 2017.

F. Novelli, Buone pratiche di conservazione e valorizzazione a rete del patrimonio architettonico religioso alpino: il territorio tra Valle Elvo (BI) e Canavese Montano (TO) / Good net-like conservation and development practices of Alpine religious architectural heritage, the territory between Elvo Valley (Bi) and Montano Canavese (To). Bologna: IN BO, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 183-196.

Edoardo Piccoli

Associate Professor of History of Architecture (CHG Coordinator)
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

edoardo.piccoli@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Edoardo Piccoli is associate Professor of Architecture History at the Politecnico di Torino. He is a historian specialising in the early modern period and his research mainly focuses on the 18th century, with particular interest for Italian and French architecture. Throughout his career, Edoardo has also studied and investigated the history of construction, with a focus on 18th century vaulted structures, brick architecture in Early Modern  Piedmont, Bernando Vittone's works, and the development of military architecture. He collaborated as a historical counselor in research projects on Heritage-listed buildings, including the Cavallerizza, in Turin (with Homers, 2016-17), Santa Chiara, in Turin (2016-ongoing), Citadel of Alessandria (with the interdepartmental center FULL and professor Cesare Tocci, 2017-20), and La Mandria, near Venaria.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Early Modern architecture; Citadel of Alessandria; vaulted structures; Italian and French architecture

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

E. Piccoli, C. Tocci, ‘A prova di bomba. Ingegneri, architetti e teorie sulle volte in un cantiere militare di metà Settecento’, Archistor, vol. VI, no.12, 2019, pp. 212-251.

E. Piccoli, C. Tocci, ‘Building on Water and the Modern State. Eighteenth Century foundation techniques in the fortifications of Alessandria’, pp. 358-376, in J.W.P. Campbell (Ed) Water, Doors and Buildings. Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2019.

E. Piccoli, (with M. Sassone), ‘The Grid Structures of Nervi's first Hangars in Orvieto: Innovation in Context’, Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, IASS, vol. 54, 2013, pp. 10.

E. Piccoli, ‘Finire, rifinire, non finire. A proposito di alcune costruzioni settecentesche in muratura’, pp. 263-275, in M. Volpiano (Ed), Il cantiere storico. Organizzazione mestieri tecniche costruttive, Savigliano: L’Artistica, 2012, 

E. Piccoli, ‘Dialectique entre tradition et science moderne au milieu du XVIIIe siècle à Turin: Bernardo Vittone et Giovanni Battista Borra’, pp.175-181, in R. Carvais R., A. Guillerme (Eds), Edifice et Artifice. Histoires Constructives, Paris: Picard, 2010.

E. Piccoli, ‘Disegni di Guarini per le volte degli edifici civili’, pp. 43-50, in G. Dardanello, S. Klaiber, (Eds), Guarino Guarini, Torino: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2006.

Fulvio Rinaudo

Full Professor
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

fulvio.rinaudo@polito.it

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Davide Rolfo

Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

davide.rolfo@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Davide Rolfo architect and PhD is Associate Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture and Design of the Politecnico di Torino. He conducted research on the relationship between architectural design, urban design and landscape and on the ways of contemporary living. He has published studies on Italian architectural figures of the 1960s (Jaretti and Luzi, Raineri), following an interest in the roots of post-war Piedmontese architecture. He is a member of the scientific committee of the journal ‘Atti e Rassegna Tecnica della Società degli Ingegneri e degli Architetti in Torino’; he is also a member of ProArch, the Italian national association of teachers of architectural design. He has been involved in research and didactic projects with the following universities: ENSASE Saint-Etienne, KIT Kyoto, KU Leuven, Politecnico di Milano. He is author or editor of some 140 scientific publications.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Architectural Design; Housing; Piedmontese Architecture

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

D. Rolfo, A. De Rossi, 'Giorgio Raineri: la difficile eredità di un esordio brillante', pp. 148-156, in G. Canella, P. Mellano (Eds), Giorgio Raineri 1927-2012, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2020.

F. De Pieri, G. Caramellino, C. Renzoni, D. Rolfo, ‘Torino e le storie dell'abitare: alcune piste di ricerca’ Atti e Rassegna Tecnica della Società degli Ingegneri e degli Architetti in Torino, vol. LXXIII, no. 2, 2019, pp. 20-26.

M.L. Barelli, P. Gregory, D. Rolfo, ‘Torino, per i sovrappassi delle Vallette ha vinto l'incuria’, Il Giornale dell'Architettura, 30 aprile 2019 (link).

M.L. Barelli, D. Rolfo, Il palazzo dell'Obelisco di Jaretti e Luzi: progetto e costruzione, Roma: Gangemi, 2018.

D. Rolfo, 'Il fascino discreto della borghesia: Costruire su un lotto difficile. Piazza Statuto, Torino', pp. 369-387, in F. De Pieri (Eds), Storie di case. Abitare l'Italia del boom, Roma: Donzelli, 2013.

Roberta Spallone

Full Professor
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

roberta.spallone@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Roberta Spallone architect and Ph.D. in 'Drawing and Survey of Architectural Heritage', is Full Professor at the Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design (DAD). She is a member of the School of Architecture, and currently teaches in the Laboratory of Drawing and Survey and Digital techniques of representation. She is on the Board of the Doctorate of Architectural and Landscape Heritage and has been director of the excellence Ph.D. course 'Complex vaulted systems: geometry, design, construction'. Her research focusses on the fields of history and criticism of architectural drawing, with particular attention to classic treatises on architecture and the art of fortification, and digital technologies for graphical analyses and reconstructive modeling. She is author of a hundred and 80 publications including monographs and essays, has been chair of International Conferences, invited lecturer to MSc courses and Conferences, and speaker in many International Conferences.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: History of Representation; Digital Modelling; Descriptive Geometry; Vaulted Systems; Fortifications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Bianchini, J. Calvo-López, A. Giordano, A. López-Mozo, P. Navarro-Camallonga, R. Spallone, M. Vitali, Complex Vaulted Systems: Geometry, Design, Construction, Rome: Aracne, 2020.

V. Palma, R. Spallone, M. Vitali, ‘Augmented Turin baroque atria: AR experiences for enhancing cultural heritage’ International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol. XLII-2/W9, pp. 557–564.

R. Spallone, ‘The ‘Regular Fortress’ by Guarini and the Citadel of Turin’, Nexus Network Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 255-257.

R. Spallone, Geometry, Arithmetic, Architecture. Calculation Methods for Vault Surfaces in the Modo di Misurare le Fabriche by Guarini, in L. Cocchiarella (ed.), ICGG 2018, Cham: Birkhäuser-Springer, 2019, pp. 2108-2119.

R. Spallone, M. Vitali, Star-shaped and Planterian Vaults in Turin Baroque Atria, Rome: Aracne, 2017.

Alessandro Spila

Research Fellow and Professor of History of Architecture
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

alessandro.spila@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Alessandro Spila is Research Fellow and Professor of History of Modern Architecture at Politecnico di Torino, DAD (from 2019). He has completed his education at the University of Rome ‘Sapienza’: Laurea (BA+MA) in Architecture in 2003; Diploma (Scuola di Specializzazione) in Cultural Heritage Conservation (post Master Degree) in 2008; PhD in History of Architecture and Conservation in 2010. Also at Sapienza University in the 2018/2019 academic year, he was adjunct professor of Tools and Methods for Historical Research, Master in Architecture Conservation. Between 2006 and 2013 he was consultant architect for the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage in the design of conservation and enhancement of the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome at Palazzo Barberini, and in 2014 Local Consultant senior architect historian for Historic Structures Report for the US Embassy compound Palazzo Margherita - Villa Ludovisi, Rome. During 2015-2017 he was Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual fellow (H2020 Excellent Science) at ‘Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’, ‘Census of antique works of art and architecture known in the Renaissance’ and at the same University in 2018 received the Humboldt Talent Travel Award. He is currently member of the editorial board of the journals ‘Studi sul Settecento Romano’ (from 2010) and 'Annali delle Arti e degli Archivi. Accademia Nazionale di San Luca’ (form 2015). Author of several essays and articles in national and international books and journals on the History of Architecture from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth century, with a particular focus on the Construction History of the Roman Baroque. Lastly, the volume Palazzo Colonna nel Settecento, Architettura e potere nella Roma del secolo dei Lumi (De Luca 2020).

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Cesare Tocci

Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

cesare.tocci@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:  Cesare Tocci is associate professor of Architectural Restoration at the Politecnico di Torino. His scientific research activity focuses on problems related to seismic safety of historical architecture, with specific regard to the themes of historical analysis, constructional survey and modelling of structural response of masonry buildings and, more generally, the themes related to the history of mechanics and its relation with architecture. He is the author of more than eighty publications on the cited topics.
He has worked, as a designer or consultant, on the structural aspects of different restoration projects (including the Cathedral of Noto, the church of San Nicolò l'Arena in Catania, the covering of the Julius Caesar’s Hall in Campidoglio in Rome, the church of San Pietro di Coppito in L'Aquila: for this latter project he has received the “Leonardo Paterna Baldizzi” award from the Accademia dei Lincei) and has contributed, as a collaborator or coordinator, to research projects on seismic vulnerability and construction history.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: construction history; history of mechanics; anti-seismic historical techniques; structural analysis; architectural treatises

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M.L. Barelli, C. Tocci, 'Masonry and its role in the mid-20th century: G area houses in the Le Vallette district of Turin', pp. 177-184, in J. Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume II. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

C.F. Carocci, V. Macca, C. Tocci, 'The roots of the 18th century turning point in earthquake-resistant building', pp. 623-630, in J. Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume II. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

E. Piccoli, C. Tocci, 'A prova di bomba. Ingegneri, architetti e teorie sulle volte in un cantiere militare di metà  Settecento', ArcHistoR, vol. VI, no.12, 2019, pp. 212-251.

E. Piccoli, C. Tocci, 'Building on Water and the Modern State. Eighteenth Century foundation techniques in the fortifications of Alessandria', pp. 358-376, in J.W.P. Campbell (Ed) Water, Doors and Buildings. Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2019.

C.F. Carocci, C. Tocci, 'The timber truss dome of the Bellini Theatre in Catania: its history and construction', Construction History. International Journal of the Construction History Society, vol. 31, No. 2, 2016, pp. 177-200.

C.F. Carocci, C. Tocci, 'The Giulio Cesare Hall in Palazzo Senatorio in Campidoglio. Notes on the late XIX century construction-site', pp. 265-276, in Further Studies in the History of Construction. Proceedings of the Third Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: Construction History Society, 2016.

D. Capecchi, C. Tocci, 'Three technical reports of R.G. Boscovich on the statics of domes', pp. 251-262, in Further Studies in the History of Construction. Proceedings of the Third Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: Construction History Society, 2016.

R. Masiani, C. Tocci, 'Ancient and modern restorations on the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome', International Journal of Architectural Heritage, vol. 6, no.5, 2012, pp. 542-561.

D. Capecchi, C. Tocci, 'Le peripezie sulla cupola vaticana di Le Seur, Jacquier e Boscovich', Palladio, no. 47, 2011, pp. 43-58.

Giulio Ventura

Full Professor in Mechanics of Structures
DISEG Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

giulio.ventura@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Giulio Ventura is Full Professor in Mechanics of Structures at Politecnico di Torino. Giulio Ventura got his PhD in Computational Mechanics at Catania University with a thesis on the mechanics of masonry structures. He joined the Faculty of Architecture of Politecnico di Torino in 1999, where he taught for many years the class of Statics andStability of Masonry and Monumental Structures in the program of History and Conservation. His research activity in the field of masonries is mainly focused on static restoration, computational methods and limit analysis. In the restoration of the Holy Shroud Chapel in Turin he has also authored the judged best technical proposal for the construction site works organization by the tender committee.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Masonry modeling, limit analysis, structural stability and safety

N. Viale, G. Ventura, 'Shear Flat Jack Test for Evaluating Shear Characteristics on Unreinforced Masonry Structures', International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 2020, in press.

M. Cervera, C. Tesei, G. Ventura, 'Cracking of quasi-brittle structures under monotonic and cyclic loadings: A d+/d- damaged model with stiffness recovery in shear', International Journal of Solids and Structures, 135 (2018), pp. 148-171.

G. Ventura, M. Coppola, C. Calderini, M.A. Chiorino, 'Three-dimensional limit analysis of the Vicoforte elliptical dome', International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 8 no. 5 (2014), pp. 649-699.

S. Bavera, G. Ventura, C. Bartolozzi, 'La reversibilità dei compositi fibrorinforzati: test sperimentali', Arkos: scienza restauro valorizzazione, 5-6, p. 61.

Marco Vitali

Associate Professor in Drawing
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

marco.vitali@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Marco Vitali earned a Ph.D. in 'Drawing and Survey for the protection of the Housing stock and Territorial Heritage' from the Politecnico di Torino, where he is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD). He currently teaches in the Laboratory of Drawing and Survey, in the Bachelor in Architecture program, and the Representation project—Fundamentals of Descriptive geometry in the Bachelor in Design and Visual communication program. His research concerns the areas of architectural survey, urban and environmental survey, descriptive geometry and digital representation, fields in which he presented papers at international conferences and published 90 works, including monographs and articles.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Survey; Geometry; 3D modelling; Digital Heritage; Complex vaulted systems

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

C. Bianchini, J. Calvo-López, A. Giordano, A. López-Mozo, P. Navarro-Camallonga, R. Spallone, M. Vitali, Sistemi voltati complessi: geometria, disegno, costruzione | Complex Vaulted Systems: Geometry, Design, Construction. Canterano: Aracne editrice, 2019.

R. Spallone, M. Vitali, 'Rectangular Ratios in the Design of Villas from Serlio’s Manuscript for Book VII of Architecture', NEXUS NETWORK JOURNAL, 21 (2019), pp. 293–328.

R. Spallone, M. Vitali, 'Geometry, Modularity and Proportion in the Extraordinario Libro by Sebastiano Serlio: 50 Portals Between Regola and Licentia', NEXUS NETWORK JOURNA, 21:2 (2019), pp. 1-29.

V. Palma, R. Spallone, M. Vitali, 'Augmented Turin Baroque Atria: AR Experiences for Enhancing Cultural Heritage' INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES, XLII/W9 (2019), pp. 557-564.

R. Spallone, M. Vitali, Volte stellari e planteriane negli atri barocchi in Torino - Star-shaped and Planterian Vaults in Turin Baroque Atria. Ariccia: Aracne editrice, 2017.

Monica Volinia

Architect, Technical Supervisor of the Non Destructive Diagnostic laboratory
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

monica.volinia@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Monica Volinia is an architect. Since 1994, she deals with the study, design and development of diagnostic non-destructive techniques applied to the architectural and environmental heritage; in particular, she has developed her knowledge in investigating cultural assets with the following techniques: infrared thermography, remote visual inspection and wood Resistograph testing. She develops applications of NDT through fundamental and applied research, on-site testing activities, which also include third party testing; she also supports the University's teaching activities and holds professional training courses to promote the use of non-destructive testing techniques. In 2008, she obtained the International Certification for ‘Expert Workers in the field of conservation of cultural heritage with regard to architectural structures’ in IR Thermography, Visual inspections and Wood methods.
She is a member of some Scientific Committees and is part of many research groups in the field of non-destructive diagnostics and cultural heritage. Since 2019, she has been a board member of the Italian Society for non-destructive testing monitoring diagnostic.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Cultural Heritage, Non-destructive testing, Infrared Thermography, Monitoring, Conservation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

L. Finco, M. Girotto, M. Gomez Serito, M. Volinia, ‘Un contributo per la conoscenza della Chiesa di Santa Giulitta: la termografia all’infrarosso per la lettura delle tessiture murarie e l’interpretazione delle fasi costruttive’, pp. 364-373, in P. Demeglio (Ed.) Un paesaggio medievale tra Piemonte e Liguria. Il sito di Santa Giulitta e l’alta Val Tanaro, Sesto fiorentino: All’Insegna del Giglio, 2019.

A. Grazzini, A. Quattrone, M. Volinia, M. Girotto, ‘La multidisciplinarità delle tecniche diagnostiche per una corretta interpretazione delle vulnerabilità sismiche del costruito monumentale: il caso studio del Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Varoni (Amatrice)’, in AIPnD, (Ed.) Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on Non Destructive Testing Diagnostic Monitoring, Milano 2019, Brescia: AIPnD, 2019.

M. Volinia (et al.), ‘Sistemi di monitoraggio e controllo, approfondimenti diagnostici e interventi di manutenzione per la conservazione preventiva delle superfici decorate della cappella di Sant'Uberto a Venaria’, pp. 381-391, in G. Driussi (Ed.) Proceedings of the 34th Congress on Sciences and Cultural Heritage 'Intervenire sulle superfici dell'architettura tra bilanci e prospettive', Bressanone 2018, Marghera: Arcadia Ricerche, 2018.

M. Volinia (et al.), ‘Conservation of historical frescoes by timed infrared imaging analyses’, Opto-Electronics Rewiew, vol. 23 no. 1 2015, pp. 100-106.

M. Volinia, ‘Integration of qualitative and quantitative infrared surveys to study the plaster conditions of Valentino Castle’, pp. 324-334, in R.B. Dinwiddie, D.H. Le Mieux (Eds) Proceedings of Thermosense XXII, vol. 4020, Orlando 2000, Washington: SPIE, 2000.

Mauro Volpiano

Associate Professor of History of Architecture (CHG Coordinator)
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

mauro.volpiano@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Architectural historian, Ph.D., faculty since 2004, M. Volpiano teaches Comparative City History, Urban and Landscape Heritage and Modern Age Architectural History at the Politecnico di Torino. He authored more than 150 publications on built heritage related to modern and contemporary age Piedmont and Italy. His research focuses on the architectural and construction history in the Savoyard States in the late modern and early contemporary age and on the architectural profession and sociability. He is also interested in studies connected to historic landscapes and cities in the context of cultural heritage policies and planning. In recent years, he has been involved in research and didactic projects with the universities of Nagoya (invited research fellow 2016), Tokyo, Hosei-Tokyo, Hokkaido, KIT Kyoto, Grenoble, Aix-Marseille, TU Delft, MIT Boston (Awardee of a MISTI Grant with the research From Tradition to Innovation. Exploring Ancient Structures and Technologies of Northern Italian Baroque Architecture).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Construction History; Late Modern (XVII-XVIII century) architecture; XIX century architectural profession and sociability; historic landscapes and cities

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

V. Burgassi, M. Volpiano, 'Building the ephemeral in Turin, capital of the Savoyard states', pp. 457-462, in J.Mascarenhas-Mateus (Eds) History of Construction Cultures, Volume I. Proceedings of the Seventh  International Congress on Construction History, New York, Leiden: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

V. Burgassi, M. Volpiano, 'Traditions and Innovations: the construction of the court palaces and the role of professional figures in Eighteenth-century Piedmont', pp. 275-286, in J.W.P. Campbell (Eds) Iron, Steel and Buildings. Studies in the History of Construction. Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2020.

M. Volpiano (et al.), 'La struttura di monitoraggio scientifico dei cantieri della Venaria Reale. Un approccio multidisciplinare alla comprensione dell'architettura storica, pp. 320-329 in Gruppo Italiano IGIIC, (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress IGIIC International Institute for Conservation, Genova 2004. Genova: IGIIC, 2012.

M. Volpiano, Il cantiere storico. Organizzazione, mestieri, tecniche costruttive, Savigliano: L'Artistica Editrice, 2012.

M. Volpiano (Ed.), Le residenze sabaude come cantieri di conoscenza. vol. I: Ricerca storica, materiali e tecniche costruttive. vol. 2: Progetto di conservazione, tecniche di intervento e nuove professionalità, Torino: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, 2005.

M. Volpiano, U. Zich, 'Scientific monitoring and documentation of the Venaria Reale restoration sites', International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol. 1, 2005, pp. 982-985.

M. Volpiano, 1862-1903. La Mole Antonelliana. Da sinagoga a museo nazionale dell'indipendenza italiana, Torino: L'Artistica Editrice, 2012.

PhD Students

Martina Motta

PhD candidate at Architecture. History and Project
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

martina.motta@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:  Martina Motta is a researcher based in Torino. Her work focuses on the environment in architecture history, investigating the role that technology, politics, infrastructure play on the transformation of nature. She supports applied research projects in the field of exhibition design, collaborating with international venues such as MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (2021), Manifesta12 - European Biennial of Contemporary Art (2018), Oslo Architecture Triennale (2016), Venice Architecture Biennale (2021 and 2014). Between 2016 and 2018 Martina worked at the research studio of OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam. Currently she is a Ph.D. candidate in Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino where she is developing a research project on woods as a conflict element between local communities and institutions.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Architectural History; Environmental Studies; Urban Planning

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

M. Motta, ‘The Acquarium and the globe: the Zoological station at Naples in 1872’, online publication.

M. Motta, 'The Acquarium and the City. 4 issues for a general analysis', pp. 1299-1310, in F. Canapano, M. Visone (Eds) Cirice 20-21. The city as Palimpsest. Proceedings of the Conference, Naples: Eikonocity, 2021.

M. Motta, Defending the territory. The case of the Belice valley between the 1950s and 1970s, Conegliano: Anteferma Edizioni Srl, 2021.

Fabrizio Natta

PhD candidate at Architectural and Landscape Heritage
DAD Department of Architecture and Design, Politecnico di Torino

fabrizio.natta@polito.it

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: I graduated in 2019 in Architecture for the Sustainable Project with a thesis entitled: 'Le volte guariniane nell'Appartamento di Mezzanotte di Palazzo Carignano. Autograph drawings, survey and digital interpretation', supervisors Prof. Roberta Spallone, Edoardo Piccoli, Marco Vitali and I am currently a student of the XXVI cycle of the Doctorate Course in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. My research interests on the geometry of vaulted systems in brickwork are connected with the study of treatises andmanuals, with the analysis of archive drawings and with the survey of architectural organisms. I am currently studying the possibility of digitalparameterization of curves and surfaces, aimed at comparing survey data with the equipment for the construction of vaults. On these topics I have been a speaker at several international conferences and I work as a trainer in some courses inthe area of representation.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS: Geometry; Digital modelling; Digital Heritage; Complex vaulted systems; Survey

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

R. Spallone et. al., ‘From Survey To 3d Modelling to Digital Fabrication. A Workflow Aimed at Documenting and Transmitting Built Heritage’, Int. Arch.Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B2, 2021, pp. 619-626.

F. Natta, ‘The Vault with Intertwined Arches in Castle of Racconigi: 3D Digital Reconstruction’, Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage:Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021, pp. 624–632.

M. C. López González et al., ‘Baroque Banded Vaults: Surveying and Modeling. The Case Study of a Noble Palace in Turin’, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIII-B2 (2020), pp. 871-878.

F. Natta, ‘Dai disegni autografi di Guarini all'interpretazione digitale: modelli di volte a fascie | From Guarini's autograph drawings to digital interpretation: a fascie vault models’, pp. 213-228, in C. Bianchini (Eds), Sistemi voltati complessi: geometria, disegno, costruzione | Complex vaulted systems:geometry, design, construction. Canterano: Aracne editrice, 2020.

M. Vitali et al., ‘Protection and Enhancement of Plastic Models: The Model of the Citadel of Turin’, pp. 464-474, in L. Agustín-Hernández (Eds),Graphical Heritage. EGA 2020. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 5, Cham: Springer, 2020.