Research Group Theories and practices of architecture in the contemporary age

Research Group
  Theories and practices of architecture in the contemporary
                              age
Scientific Coordinator:

Giordano Paolo / full professor / DADI / University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Group members:

- CASTAGNARO Corrado / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design /
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- CASTANÒ Francesca / professor / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University
of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- CHIAS NAVARRO Pilar / full professor / Faculty of Architecture / University of Alcalá (Spain)
- CORNIELLO Luigi / RTD A / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University of
Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- GIANNETTI Anna / full professor / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design /
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- GIOIA Ilenia / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University of
Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- GIORDANO Paolo / full professor / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design /
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- IMPROTA Andrea / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University
of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- JANEIRO Pedro Antonio / professor / Faculty of Architecture / University of Lisbona (Portogallo)
Luckmann Rudolf / full professor / Department of Architecture, Geoinformation and Facility
Management / Anhalt University of Applied Sciences di Dessau (German)
- MALIQARI Andrea / full professor / Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism / University Politecnic
of Tirana (Albania)
- MANNA Gianluca / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University
of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- MIRRA Enrico / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design / University of
Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- NEPRAVISHTA Florian / full professor / Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism / University
Politecnic of Tirana (Albania)
- PERTICARINI Maurizio / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design /
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
- PRETELLI Marco / full professor / Department of Architecture / University of Bologna
- TREMATERRA Adriana / PhD Student / Department of Architecture and Industrial Design /
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Description of research lines:

The research group focuses on those theoretical and practical activities capable of affirming the
need for the critical restoration of a fruitful dialogue between past and present. In this perspective,
the interdisciplinary group carries out an investigation into the critique, design, restoration and
construction of architecture, contributing to define a reference framework, albeit inclusive, strongly
specific to contemporary culture. Clarity with regard to disciplinary references and traditions,
attention to the relative graphic and theoretical legacies, a propensity for a selected transmission of
ideas in the increasingly homologated and globalized contemporary debate. In this sense, it aims to
position itself as a minimal research unit capable of offering cultural resistance for the defense of
architecture from the spectacular aporia of consumer society. The research activities are in the fields
of Drawing, History of Architecture and Restoration as well as Architectural and Urban
Composition.

Relationships with other research groups of the University of Campania L. Vanvitelli during
the last three years:
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Participation in research projects during the last three years:

Project title: ACER: Comparative analysis and reconstruction of certified stone-throwers for
museum exibits.
Scientific Responsible: Prof. Arch. Adriana ROSSI
Head of Research Unit: Prof. Arch. Paolo GIORDANO
Title of the call for proposals: Valere Plus 2019 call for proposals
Description of the research activities of the project: The project involves the construction of two
different types of stone throwers from the Roman-Imperial period. The authors propose to define
the launch parameters to update the current canons of experimental archaeology and to elaborate a
"certified protocol". Technological considerations will allow the construction of a pilot line. These
samples (virtual or real) can be included in an integrated and versatile communication system
suitable for different types of use and therefore exploit the most advanced technologies to enhance
and spread culture and promote a network of interest.
Staff involved: Paolo Giordano, Rossella Franchino, Caterina Frettoloso, Enrico Mirra, Ilenia Gioia
Partner institutions: Department of Engineering University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Project status: evaluated positively but not funded
Dates of submission/start/end of project: 2019

Project title: H.E.R.M.E.S. - Heritage as a development factor for the medical and economic
sectors.
Scientific Responsible: Elena MANZO
Title of the call for proposals: Valere Plus 2019 call for proposals
The issuing body of the notice: University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Description of the research activities of the project: The research intends to develop a system of
valorization of anthropized territories through the integrated reuse of natural and cultural
resources of disjointed places, but with strong tourist potential. Campania, chosen as sample
territory for its vast historical-architectural heritage, for its beautiful landscapes and for the largest
number of UNESCO sites, is also the second region in Italy for the concentration of thermal

springs, mostly disused or degraded. Yet, according to objective estimates, the sector of treatments
for physical well-being is one of the fastest growing and most productive in the economic budget of
nations.To this end, starting from the history of the territory, together with the analysis of the
physiographic, socio-economic and cultural characteristics, and of material and immaterial values,
the Campania spa system will be studied as a possible driving force for future policies for the
valorisation of the territory, with a view to sustainable development.
Personnel involved: Elena Manzo, Anna Giannetti, Francesca Castanò, Chiara Ingrosso, Claudia De
Biase, Manuela Piscitelli, Marina D'Aprile, Fabiana Forte, Roberto Liberti
Project status: evaluated positively, but not funded
Dates of submission: 11 February 2019

Project title: Made in Italy. mapping the international renown of italian design culture after WWII /
made in Italy
Local Scientific Manager: Francesca CASTANÒ
Title of the notice: PRIN 2017
Description of the research activities of the project: The research is based on a systematic
reconnaissance of the theme of export and dissemination of the Italian culture of the project beyond
national borders. The aim is to re-propose the framework of the actors, identify the fundamental
works, trace the geographies and chronologies of reference and investigate the technical,
geopolitical and cultural reasons that since the end of World War II have made the project and the
construction site qualified areas of affirmation of Made in Italy for several decades. From
infrastructures to industrial plants, from theoretical elaboration to individual buildings, from
design to urban planning.
Personnel involved: Mario Buono, Francesca Castanò, Chiara Ingrosso, Raffaele Marone
Partner institutions: Politecnico di Milano (Resp. Arch. Alessandro de Magistris), Istituto IUAV
(Resp. Prof. Arch. Marko Pogacnik), Università di Roma La Sapienza (Resp. Prof. Arch. Marzia
Marandola).
Project status: not funded
Date of submission: March 2018

Project title: Protection and valorization of cultural and environmental heredity of Eighteenth and
Nineteenth century Royal Parks in southern Italy. Protection and valorization of cultural and
environmental heredity of Eighteenth and Nineteenth century Royal Parks in southern Italy.
Scientific Responsible: Prof. Arch. Paolo GIORDANO
Title of the notice: PRIN 2017
Description of the research activities of the project: The great Italian monuments sometimes have
dark sides that limit the attribution of value they deserve. The design, history and restoration of
architecture, botany and geology assume, in cases like these, the role of cultured tools capable of
bringing out from oblivion and abandonment natural and built realities that could perform a very
different function in contemporary society both as a cultural testimony and for the sustainable
development of territories where the monumental heritage exists, resists and persists. A particular
case is represented by the architectural and vegetational heritage of the parks, gardens and royal
estates created by the Bourbon crown in southern Italy between the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries.
Personnel involved: Paolo Giordano, Saverio Carillo, Alessandra Avella, Fabio Converti, Luigi
Corniello, Francesco Scialla, Gianluca Manna, Andrea Improta
Partner Institutions: University of Palermo, University of Sannio of Benevento, University of
Naples Federico II

Project status: evaluated positively but not funded
Dates of submission/start/end of project: 2017

Scientific products of the last three years:

10 scientific publications on Class A journals and/or indexed in the Scopus/WoS databases:
    [1] GIORDANO P. (2017). Il disegno della Continuità. In DOMUS, n. 1002, pp.8-11. ISSN:
        0012-5377.
    [2] CORNIELLO L. (2019). 3D surveying and 3D reconstruction of architecture of the Royal
        Park of Tirana. In: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
        Spatial Information Sciences, XLII-4/W18, 241-246. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-
        XLII-4-W18-241-2019.
    [3] Castanò F. (2019), Sono felice di parlarti di un architetto, Mr Philip Webb. In “Restauro
        Archeologico”, pp. 2010-2017.
    [4] A. GIANNETTI, E. MANZO (2018), Cultural Routes in South Italy: methods and projects,
        in Beyond all limits, in Beyond all limits, atti del Convegno Internazionale Sustainability
        in Architecture, Planning, and Design, Ankara (Turchia) 17-19 October 2018), Teknoart,
        Cankaya (Turchia), pp. 398-402 ISBN 978-975-6734-20-9.
    [5] A. GIANNETTI (2017), Urban Design and Public Spaces, in Marcia B. Hall Thomas
        Willette, eds., Naples, New York, Cambridge University Press, pp. 46-101 (indicizzato
        Scopus).
    [6] GIORDANO P. (2019). La stazione zoologica di Napoli e l'Architettura delle idee. In
        ANANKE - ISSN:1129-8219 vol. 87
    [7] CORNIELLO L., MIRRA E., HASKO G. 2019, Il disegno ed il modello virtuale del
        Monastero degli Arcangeli Michele e Gabriele in Kosovo. Rilievo e modellazione. In:
        International and Interdisciplinary Conference #EARTH2018 Digital environment for
        education, arts and heritage. Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-12239-3.
    [8] CORNIELLO L, MALIQARI A., MOTTOLA C., MIRRA E. (2018). Continuity and
        discontinuity in the drawing for the protection of religious heritage in the Balkans. In: AA.
        VV., Beyond all limits / 2018 International Congress on Sustainability in Architecture,
        Planning, and Design. Ankara (Turkey): Teknoart Digital Ofset, ISBN 978-975-6734-20-9.
    [9] GIORDANO P. (2018). Giovan Battista Piranesi: the drawing of the vernacular in the
        representation of the solidity of the eighteenth century. In: AA. VV., Beyond all limits /
        2018 International Congress on Sustainability in Architecture, Planning, and Design. Ankara
        (Turkey): Teknoart Digital Ofset, ISBN 978-975-6734-20-9.
    [10]       CORNIELLO L., Improta A., Manna G., Mirra E., Scialla F. (2018). The survey
        image. Innovative methods and instruments for the representation of fortified architecture
        and landscape. In: Immagini 2017. Bressanone 27/28 novembre 2017. Proceedings, Open
        Access Journal Proceedings, ISSN 2504-3900, MDPI, Basel (Switzerland)

Additional 10 scientific products:
   [11]       GIORDANO P., (2019). Il disegno dei giardini all’Inglese in Europa. In
       PAESAGGIO URBANO pp.117-127. ISSN:1120-3544.
   [12]       CASTANÒ F., (2019). Standardization and prefab frame: the projects of Angelo
       Mangiarotti. In Standardization, prototypes and qualitiy: a mean of Balkan countries'
       collaboration, Semiha Kartal, Nevnihal (Eds), Trakya University Press, Edirne 2019, pp.
       239-248.

[13]       CASTANÒ F., (2019). Campania felix from rural landscapes to smart lands,
       in Beyond all limits, Atti dell’ International Congress on Sustainability in Architecture,
       Planning and Design (Ankara 17-19 ottobre 2019), Ankara, Cankaya University Press, 2018,
       pp. 167-173.
   [14]       CASTANÒ F., (2017). Angelo Mangiarotti e la fabbrica Siag. La storia di una
       “costruzione infinita”, Lettera Ventidue, Siracusa 2017
   [15]       GIORDANO P., (2019). Il disegno di un uomo racchiuso in un cerchio ed in un
       quadrato. Riflessioni sull'impianto centrico in architettura.. pp.121-128. In Atti del 41°
       Convegno Internazionale dei docenti e della rappresentazione. ISBN:978-88-4923762-7
   [16]       CORNIELLO L. 2019, Il disegno del Parco Reale di Tirana. Napoli: La scuola di
       Pitagora editrice. ISBN 978-88-6542-693-7
   [17]       Corniello L., Burda A., Mirra E., Trematerra A., Giordano L., Maliqari A., Hasko G.,
       2019, Esperienze internazionali di rilievo. Parchi urbani e privati a Tirana in Albania. In:
       Bertocci S., Conte A., Atti del Simposio UID di internazionalizzazione della ricerca 2019
       Matera, Firenze: Dida Press. ISBN: 9788833380827
   [18]       GIORDANO P., (2018). Carlo "rexaedificatorius". pp.324-341. In Le vite di Carlo di
       Borbone. Napoli, Spagna e America - ISBN:9788856906257
   [19]       GIORDANO P., (2017). Architetture d'acqua all'interno del Giardino Inglese della
       Reggia di Caserta. pp.14-15. In Le Città e l'Acqua. Un laboratorio verso il futuro -
       ISBN:9788869953231
   [20]       CORNIELLO L. (2018). Dulcigno: città fortificata del Montenegro. In: Marotta A,
       Spallone R., FORTMED International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the
       Mediterranean Coast. Torino: Politecnico di Torino, ISBN: 978-88-85745-12-4.

Relationships with international and national Companies, Institutions, Research Centers,
Universities during the last three years:

Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority, Naples (Italy);
Municipality of San Nicola la Strada, Caserta (Italy);
Municipality of Sorrento, Sorrento (Italy);
Fundação Cultursintra FP, Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, (Portugal);
Museo del Prado, Madrid (Spain);
Reggia di Caserta, Caserta (Italy);
Universidad de Alcalá Facultad, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Departamento de
Arquitectura, Alcalá de Henares (Spain);
Universidade de Lisboa, Facultade de Arquitetura, Lisbon (Portugal);
Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Architecture (Albania);
Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of Civil Engineering (Albania);
University Anhalt Hochschule Dessau (Germany).

Collaborations with Consortia, Scarl or other Institutions participated by the University of
Campania L. Vanvitelli during the last three years:
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ISI Web of Science Subject Categories:

Architecture
Computer Science, Theory & Methods

Development Studies
Environmental Studies
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Literature, Slavic
Regional & Urban Planning
Religion
Remote Sensing

Scientific-Disciplinary Sectors:

ICAR/14 - Architectural and Urban Composition
ICAR/17 - Drawing
ICAR/18 - History of Architecture
ICAR/19 – Restoration

Keywords:

Theories of architecture
Monumental parks and gardens
Architecture of the 20th century
Architectural restoration
Relief of architecture
Large size architecture
Balkan Architecture
Fortified architecture
Religious architecture
Production structures

ERC Categories:

SH2_9 Urban, regional and rural studies
SH2_10 Land use and regional planning
SH3_10 Religious studies, ritual; symbolic representation
SH5_6 History of art and architecture, arts-based research
SH5_7 Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration
SH5_8 Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage
SH5_12 Computational modelling and digitisation in the cultural sphere