Associate members

Full Professor in Architectural Design

Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)- University of Genoa, Polytechnic School

carmen.andriani@unige.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: BORDER HERITAGE, disused Heritage along the Italian coasts. The Coastal Design Lab is an integrated architecture and urban design studio, led since 2014 by Prof. Arch. Carmen Andriani, which proposes a reflection on the architectural heritage in port areas through design proposals on the border between the city and the port.

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Research Assistant in History of Architecture

University of Palermo, Department of Architecture DARCH

armando.antista@unipa.it 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: His researches mainly focuse on the Mediterranean dissemination of architectural languages and building methods, with a specific insight on stereotomy, vaulting systems and building site in insular contexts during the early modern period. He also studies the architectural patronage of the Order of Saint John in Malta and in the wider european frame

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Independent Scholar; retired

bill.addis@cantab.net

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• The history of structural, civil and building civil engineering design, science and construction, from Roman times to the present day.
• The history and epistemology of structural engineering design methods and procedures
• The history of using physical models in civil and building engineering design
• The history of building engineering sciences
• The history of using cast iron, wrought iron and steel in building construction, c.1700-1930.
• The art of the structural engineer
• The reuse of building materials and components in new construction
• Former editor of the journals Construction History and Engineering History and Heritage

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Associate Professor in Architectural technology

Department of Architecture DiARC _ University of Naples “Federico II”

paola.ascione@unina.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: architect, PhD, she was a member of the Committee of the Architectural Technology PhD School. She develops researches concerning building maintenance, rehabilitation and refurbishment of modern and contemporary architecture. Recently, her work has focused on post war social housing. She was a vice-president of the Do.Co.Mo.Mo. Italy and coordinator of hits local regional branch, organizing conferences and meetings about 20th century architectural heritage

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Associate Professor in Architectural Restoration

Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) – University of Genoa, Polytechnic School

anna.boato@unige.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: her research focuses on the historical built environment between the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century, with a particular emphasis on both the cognitive approaches through which it can be investigated and the implications that an in-depth understanding of it can have for its preservation. In a systematic interweaving of archival and archaeological research, in situ investigations of individual buildings are associated with a diachronic and transversal study of ancient technical lexicon to better comprehend the “material culture” of those who came before us and its outcomes in the field of architecture. Her writings include “Building ‘in the modern way’: Materials and techniques in Genoa between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries” (Florence, 2005) and “Archaeology in architecture: Measurements, stratigraphies, datings, restoration” (Venice, 2008).

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Associate Professor of History of Architecture

Department of Architecture (DIDA) – University of Florence

alessandro.brodini@unifi.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: His research interests concern the history of early modern and modern architecture, with reference to Michelangelo, fortified architecture in the Terraferma Venetian domains, the relationship between architecture and literature, the relationship between architecture and engineering in the twentieth century, with a focus on Sergio Musmeci.

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Chiara Calderini

Associate Professor in Structural Engineering

Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering – University of Genoa

chiara.calderini@unige.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: She’s member of the ISCARSAH (The International Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage). Her research interests span across several areas, including:

– Structural and seismic analysis of historic masonry structures

– Response of masonry arches and vaults to seismic actions and foundation ground movements

– Evaluation of the mechanical properties of chains and historic metal structural elements

– History of the use of reinforced concrete in the restoration of monuments

– History of earthquake engineering

– History of structural consolidation

– History of construction with focus on structural aspects

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José Calvo-López

Full Professor

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. Department of Architecture and Building Technology

jose.calvo@upct.es 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The connections between architectural history and synthetic geometry, in particular:

– architectural typology and the connection of plan layout and spatial form, in particular for straight and spiral staircases and the constructive implications of square or rectangular bays. The geometry of stone construction, that is, stonecutting and stereotomy, from the Roman period to the Industrial Revolution

– the geometry of brick vaults, in particular vaults by slices, that is, those where the brick faces are orthogonal or nearly orthogonal to the vault axis

– linear perspective, orthographic projection, axonometry

– architectural proportion. 

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Assistant Professor (RTDb) at DiAP

Department of Architecture and Design (DiAP)-Sapienza University of Rome

alberto.bologna@uniroma1.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Alberto Bologna’s research is focused on design cultures that are rooted in construction principles and he investigates the relationship between form, structure, tectonics, ornament and spatial quality in contemporary architecture and engineering. He works as 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. Concrete and ferrocement forms” (with R. Gargiani, Routledge, 2016), “The resistance of Laugier. The classicism of Murcutt” (LetteraVentidue, 2019), “Chinese Brutalism Today. Concrete and Avant-Garde Architecture” (ORO Editions, 2019) and “Architecture Beyond the Cupola. Inventions and Designs of Dante Bini” (with A. Pugnale, Birkhäuser, 2023).

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Dr. Engineer

info@barbaraberger.org

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Investigation of industrial building types, focusing on their development within the framework of history of construction and technology;
• The Gasholder as a building type (19th/20th century) developed in England, optimized in Germany, spread all over the world, with the Italian gasholders as an emblematic case study
• Water storage and retaining structures: watertowers (elevated tanks), reservoirs (inground tanks) and dams;
• Railway buildings, structures and technical installations;
• Workshop and industrial buildings roof structures between Germany, Switzerland and Italy;
• Industrial archaeology, derelict structures and plants, and the evaluation of their architectural potential – following a respectful preservation approach.

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Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration

DADU, Department of Architecture, Design and planning of Alghero; University of Sassari

bbilleci@uniss.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Bruno Billeci, arch. e Ph-D, is associate professor of Architectural Restoration at the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari, where he directs the Laboratory of Analysis and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. From 2019 to April 2024, he was the Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro. His research lines include: the history of restorations, the evaluation of balance in buildings, diagnostics, analysis and intervention in historic centers and historical construction techniques.

He has designed and directed numerous restoration interventions and has provided advice in structural diagnostics. He is a reviewer for: ArcHistoR; International Journal of Heritage Architecture, City, Territory and Architecture and Urban History. Member of the Italian Society for the Restoration of Architecture (SIRA).

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Full Professor of History of Architecture

Department of Enterprise Engineering “Mario Lucertini”, University of Rome Tor Vergata

damelio@uniroma2.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Her studies range from the architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries (especially in the Roman area) to that of the first half of the 20th century. In particular, they focus on the inextricable relationships between drawing, design, materials and construction techniques to achieve innovative results in the interpretation of the history of buildings, recently also through modeling both architecture and building sites. The research is aimed at the critical investigation of architectural artifacts and their links to urban, political and social context, territorial morphology and building traditions, in the light of original and organically complex lines of interpretation.

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Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration

Department of History, Representation and Restoration of Architecture, University of Rome “La Sapienza”

fabrizio.decesaris@uniroma1.it 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Historical, structural and architectural construction techniques, and historical and modern consolidation techniques. Diagnostic techniques for non-invasive analyses applied on historic sites and monuments aimed at material and mechanical knowledge of the consistency and conservative condition of the component elements of architectural and archaeological factories. Design topics concerning material conservation, restoration, consolidation, repair and reinforcement of historic structures.

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CNRS (Centre de théorie et analyse du droit)

rcarvais@noos.fr

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Robert Carvais, a legal historian and emeritus senior researcher at the CNRS, focuses his work on the comparison of his discipline with the history of science and technology, and aims to trace the development of legal knowledge through the study of both theoretical sources and practical standards. He has edited the online edition of Antoine Desgodets’ Cours (www.desgodest.net). His dissertation on the Chambre royale des bâtiments is due to be published by Droz. He has co-edited Édifice & Artifices (2010), Nuts & Bolts of Construction History, (2012) and Traduire l’architecture (2015) and is launching the journal Ædificare (2017). He is president of the Association francophone d’histoire de la construction. He is currently leading an ANR project on Parisian building expertise (1690-1790).

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Full Professor of History of Architecture 

University of L’Aquila – Department of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering (DICEAA)

simonetta.ciranna@univaq.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Her research is mainly focused on the architecture of the Nineteenth century up to the first decades of the Twentieth century, with interests also in Late Antique. Her research critically investigates architecture and urban spaces, materials and construction techniques – from the reuse of ancient marble to reinforced concrete – and it also investigates the economic and social context in which the professional figures involved in the design and in the construction site operate, with attention to the different construction phases and to post-earthquake reconstructions.

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Archivio del Moderno-USI, Università degli Studi Roma Tre

leone.ghoddousi@usi.ch leonecarlo.ghoddousi@uniroma3.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: His research focuses on twentieth-century Italian architecture as a privileged field of investigation of the relationship between construction and language, with specific attention to the history and culture of construction, the updating of building techniques and their reception in the evolution of the formal codes of architecture. He graduates from the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio – USI in 2021 and pursues a PhD at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre in agreement with the Archivio del Moderno – USI, where he participates in research projects. His research has been published in collective volumes and international scientific journals.

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Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

lorenzo.grieco@uniroma2.it 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Lorenzo Grieco, PhD in Civil Engineering from Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy, and in Architecture from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, conducts research in the field of architectural history, with a special focus on technological aspects. His investigations have encompassed various subjects, including wooden coffered ceilings, architecture in the early twentieth century, postwar church buildings, and industrial architecture. 

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District of Lower Bavaria, District Conservator and Head of the Department of Culture of Lower Bavaria

clemens.knobling@bezirk-niederbayern.de

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Construction History of all ages – especially Brick and Masonry Construction, Vaults, Timber Construction, Fortifications; Heritage Conservation; Architectural History – especially Medieval Architecture, Early Modern Architecture, Post War Modernism, Industrial Heritage;

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Associate Professor of History of Architecture

Department of Architecture, University of Palermo

emanuela.garofalo@unipa.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Her research interests are focused on history of architecture in late-medieval and early modern age in Sicily and other islands and coastal regions in western Mediterranean, with a specific focus on stereotomy, vaulting systems, construction guilds and construction sites, training and specialization of professionals in the field of architectural construction.

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Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano

angelogiuseppe.landi@polimi.it 

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Architect, PhD in Preservation of Architectural Heritage at the Politecnico of Milano where he is currently an associate professor of Architectural Preservation. His main topic of interest is the study of facilities in historic buildings, in particular the themes related to artificial lighting. He developed the most recent themes of research about the construction techniques of the architectural heritage, in particular in Cremona, ranging from the historical-archival investigation to the survey ‘in situ’, from the investigation at the urban scale to the characterization of local construction techniques (timber structures, earthen mortar, windows and doors, vaults, …).

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Assistant professor (Maître de conference) in Architectural History and Culture

Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine

leonore.losserand@paris-valdeseine.archi.fr     

RESEARCH INTERESTS: PhD in architectural history. Assistant professor (Maître de conference) in Architectural History and Culture at the Paris School of Architecture and researcher at the EVCAU laboratory (Numerical Environment, Architectural and Urban Cultures). Her seminar is interested in “heritage, ressorce, climate” and tries to propose a discovery and a dialogue between students and actors of architecture involved on these topics and to let architects find solutions for tomorrow’s architecture with the help of history and traditional building techniques before industrial methods. It also makes the link also between historical and traditional techniques, the first forgotten and the second still practised, for example in the Alps and the Mediterranean areas. This research opens to rural construction in Alpes montanes and dry stones.

In 2017 she obtained her doctorate in History of Architecture at the Sorbonne University (Paris, France) on the Building sites of parish churches in Paris during the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries. During her doctorate, she worked for Heritage Architects to carry out a preliminary survey. As a research engineer for the ANR EXPERTS project, she studied the practice of experts in architectural problems in Paris of the XVIIth – XVIIIth centuries and the involvement of architects in this procedure. More interested in the early modern period (classicism) in Europe, she is particularly focused on a global approach to the construction of buildings, especially churches but also traditional and rural houses: between architectural archaeology and history through archives. She is an expert at the Commission du vieux Paris until 2024 and is involved in associations such as : Association francophone d’histoire de la construction (AFHC), GHAMU (Groupe histoire architecture mentalités urbaines) and Association d’histoire de l’architecture.

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Associate Professor of History of Architecture

Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

marconi@ing.uniroma2.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

– Formal and constructive analysis of Renaissance and Baroque buildings in the Roman area.
– History of construction, building sites and building technology in the pre-industrial age.
– The “Fabbrica di San Pietro” in the Vatican State between the 16th and 19th centuries: workers, organisation, machinery and scaffolding.
– Architectural patronage of the Barberini family in the feuds of the Roman province (17th and 18th centuries): architects, workers, materials, techniques, models.
– Architecture and construction of Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este in Tivoli: typological models, materials, construction techniques, critical fortune.
– “Mastre muratrici”: women and the building site in Rome in the modern age
– History of Architectural Restoration

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Principal Researcher 

Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Architecture – CIAUD

matjoa@gmail.com; joao.m.mateus@fa.ulisboa.pt

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Construction history in Portugal in the European context and in territories with former Portuguese influence. Historical masonry construction techniques and technical literature in Europe (18^th-20^th centuries). History of reinforced concrete in Portugal and in Europe. Paradigma shifts in building cultures during the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

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Research Associate

Institut français d’études andines

fmamanif@gmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

• Historical Framing Carpentry in Spanish America (16th-18th Centuries): This study explores construction techniques, examines carpentry treatises and manuscripts, and considers the agency of carpenters during this period.
• Social History of Construction: This research focuses on the social dynamics within the building trades, emphasizing how race and ethnicity influenced social relationships among builders.
• The Built Environment of the Colonial Andes: This topic investigates the architectural and urban development in the Andean region during the colonial era.

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Full Professor of History of Architecture

Department of Architecture, University of Palermo

marcorosario.nobile@gmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

The last and most recent field of investigation is focused on the figure of the architect in the Early Modern age in southern Italy. In a territory considered marginal for the “great history of architecture”, the gaze is turned to social trajectories and strategies of affirmation, to real (technical skills and treatise knowledge) and symbolic instruments of distinction (drawings, signatures, portraits, private libraries).

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Assistant Professor in Architectural Restoration (RtdA)

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Architecture

lia.romano2@unina.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Lia Romano’s research interests span across several areas, including:

• Interpreting construction methods in historical architecture, with a focus on but not limited to lightweight vaults in Italy and Europe, wooden coffered ceilings, coverings, and foundations (16th-19th century).
• Exploring the circulation of knowledge between Italy and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
• Examining the relationship between architectural history and restoration design.
• Investigating material deterioration phenomena and structural vulnerability to inform the design of restoration projects for historical architecture.
• Exploring historical anti-seismic techniques; Earthquakes and architectural/urban heritage: damage analysis and reconstruction
• Studying Cultural Landscapes and implementing contemporary conservation strategies
• Tackling preservation challenges arising from the abandonment of urban centers.

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Full Professor of Architectural Restoration

Department of Architecture, University of Naples “Federico II”

valentina.russo@unina.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Valentina Russo is Full Professor of Restoration in the Department of Architecture at the University of Naples “Federico II”. She was the Vice-President of the Italian Society for the Restoration of Architecture (SIRA) and a member of its Board of Directors. At the University of Naples Federico II, she directs the School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, she coordinates the Master’s Degree in Restoration and Design for Archaeology and she is a member of the Board of Professors of the PhD in Architecture as well as the National PhD in Heritage Science. She is the scientific head of bilateral agreements between the University of Naples and numerous universities in the international arena, including the American University of Beirut and the Izmir Institute of Technology. Since 2014 she has directed the “Architettura e Restauro” series (Nardini editore, Florence).

She took part in the scientific organization of conferences, seminars and exhibitions with publication of the results and she is author of more than one 150 articles dedicated to the theoretical, to the historical-critical and to the technical-planning aspects of architectural and landscape restoration.

She coordinated research projects on competitive calls (Architettura, restauro e ricostruzione nel Mezzogiorno d’Italia in relazione al dibattito nazionale ed internazionale. Metodologie di intervento, durabilità e attuali problematiche di conservazione, PRIN 2007, since 2011); Invisible | Accessible. Masonry Domes of the 15th and 16th Centuries in Campania. Innovative Strategies for the Interpretation and the Multi-thematic Inclusive Fruition of Vulnerable Architectures [iDome], 2017-2020). She coordinates the Third Mission applied researches including (in progress) the ‘Programme of applied research for the knowledge, restoration and assessment of the structural vulnerability of the Royal Palace of Naples and seismic risk prevention’ (2022-2024) and the ‘research activities (… ) scientific support to the design (…) of the restoration of the church of Santa Maria Regina Coeli in Naples’ (2022-2024).

Her research interests are largely focused on the themes of the History of Construction and on the building site through the centuries, also investigated in relation to the repercussions on contemporary restoration and damage prevention projects.

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Assistant Professor (RtdB) of History of Architecture

University of Cagliari, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture

marcello.schirru@unica.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: His studies carried on embrace various themes concerning the Mediterranean and Sardinia in particular: late Gothic and Savoy architecture; polytechnic and academic culture; feudal patronage. He is a member of the boards of the Red del Tardogotico and of the Italian Castle Institute – Sardinia Section as well as unit manager or component in two PRIN (Projects of Significant National Interest).

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Assistant professor – RTDa (SSD ICAR/19)

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Department of Architecture 

stefania.pollone2@unina.it 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Stefania Pollone’s research interests deal mainly with

 1) History of Archaeological conservation:

 – the interpretation of the relationship with ancient pre-existences between the 18th and 19th centuries in terms of theories, operational approaches, and practices;

– the interpretation of the travel drawings by architects as an instrument of knowledge of ancient heritage;

– from the knowledge of historical building site to current conservation issues.

 2) Construction History:

 – the study of the ancient and medieval building site;

– the interpretation of building materials and techniques of the Modern Age building site;

– the interpretation of materials and construction techniques of vernacular architecture.

 3) Historical research and conservation project:

 – problems of knowledge and conservation of cultural landscapes and fragile territories;

– archaeological sites between knowledge, conservation, and enhancement of material and intangible fruition.

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University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering

florio@ing.uniroma2.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Relationship between architectural restoration and plant improvement.

Formal and constructive analysis of Renaissance and Baroque buildings in the Roman area, history of construction, site and building technology in the modern age.

History of modern construction: research and study of the Genio Civile fund of the State Archives of Rome with specific interest on the realization of the urban Tiber inhalation structures as part of the Tiber’s research project (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”).

History of modern and contemporary construction: evolution of the Gerber bridge in Italy; research and study at the archives of local authorities with special reference to the ANAS Historical Archives.

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Associate Professor of History of Architecture
Università degli Studi di Sassari
aspila@uniss.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).

RESEARCH KEYWORDS:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

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Chair of Construction History

Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Cottbus (Germany) 

david.wendland@b-tu.de

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Construction History, vaults and shell structures, buildings with complex shape, Stereotomy, treatises, design processes in Architecture, history of science in applied geometry and mechanics. We analyze the built object by means of surveys and building archaeology, with methodological approaches of reverse engineering and experimental archaeology. On this background, we also propose new interpretations of written and graphic sources. The holistic approach is characterized by the integration of engineering methods with hermeneutic methods of the Humanities. The aim is a comprehensive understanding of historic construction, structure, planning, design, and of the knowledge societies that created the buildings.

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Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Università degli Studi di Pavia
martinamottamilano@gmail.com

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:

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

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.

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

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Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration

DIA Departement of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma

federica.ottoni@unipr.it

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Engineer, Associate Professor in Restoration at the University of Parma, where she has taught Restoration since 2010. Since 2020 he is a professor in charge of the “Monitoring and evaluation of existing structures” module at the SSBAP of the Polytechnic of Milan. Her main research interest is the study of the collapse of historic buildings, in relation to dimensional principles, with particular reference to the theory of equilibrium combined with structural analysis. Among others, she dealt with the stability and conservation of Santa Maria del Quartiere in Parma, the Roman amphitheater of Durazzo (Albania), the Citadel of Damascus (Syria) and the domes of the Madonna dell’Umiltà (Pistoia) and Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence). She is the author of a monograph on the stability of historical domes (Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2009) and of a volume on proportional principles in masonry (Scientia abscondita, Marsilio, 2019) and of several articles in national and international journals. Director of the MADLab editorial series (Quasar Editore) and Head of the MADLab – Laboratory for Monitoring, Analysis and Diagnostics of buildings (DIA) – https://www.madlab.unipr.it/

Since 2012 he has been a member of the Italian Society of Architectural Restoration (SIRA – C.D. 2012 – 2015); he is a member of DO.CO.MO.MO Italia (since 2020), Construction History Society (since 2016) and ICOMOS Italia (since 2023).

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