Author: Zachary Mark Jones

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TUPACH Seminar Series: Exploring Transnational Urban Projects in Heritage-rich Cities

by Zachary Mark Jones April 29, 2025

The TUPACH seminar series explores the intersection of cultural heritage and urban development, focusing on how transnational projects engage with UNESCO sites in cities like Naples, Rome, and Venice. Drawing on a set of case studies, the series examines the roles of technical expertise, urban policies, and local communities in heritage preservation, transformation, and valorization. The challenges and frictions of such processes of urban transformation will be discussed.

Program

“Manufacturing heritage and authenticity in Naples’s Piazza Garibaldi. Histories, processes, potentials”

April 30, 2025, 17:30, Room 16.C 02 (Building 16.C)  
Capucine Tournilhac (Federico II University of Naples)

“Between global design aspirations and local heritage preservation. OMA’s intervention on the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice”

May 05, 2025, 17:30, Room Z.1 D.I. (Building 11)  
Matteo Basso and Marco Antonio Minozzo Gabriel (IUAV University of Venice)

“Negotiating infrastructure and cultural heritage: A transnational urban project. The case of Municipio square and metro station in Naples”

May 07, 2025, 17:30, Room 16.C 02 (Building 16.C)  
Anita Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano) and Sveva Ventre (Federico II University of Naples)

Organized by

Davide Ponzini, Anita Martinelli, Paolo Scrivano, Zachary M. Jones

Image credit: Sveva Ventre

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Heritage Protection, Accessibility, Valorization: Three Thematic Workshops

by Zachary Mark Jones March 25, 2025

Naples, 8-9 April 2025

The TUPACH Research Project, in conjunction with a PNRR PhD Research project, hosts three thematic workshops involving decision makers, experts, and community members to discuss intermediate research findings and develop relevant policy propositions. Each workshop draws on specific case studies from the research project to address one of the three key heritage issues of protection, accessibility, and valorization.
Small by-invitation-only sessions (April 8) and a larger public event (April 9) will play a key role in supporting the findings’ validation and helping finalizing policy statements and recommendations regarding heritage protection, accessibility, and valorization. Part of the final research outputs, these statements will provide guidance to urban and heritage decision makers in reinforcing cultural heritage through future projects, while at the same time addressing underlying issues or problems.
In addition, the workshops encompass the testing of a technological component meant to assess the opportunities and determine the challenges of using Augmented Reality (AR) to understand and drive transformative urban and architectural projects in heritage-rich areas.

TUPACH Researchers:

Federico II University of Naples
Laura Lieto; Capucine Tournilhac; Bruna Vendemmia; Sveva Ventre

Politecnico di Milano
Davide Ponzini; Zachary M. Jones; Paolo Scrivano

IUAV University of Venice
Matteo Basso; Carla Tedesco; Marco Antonio Minozzo Gabriel; Anna Marson

External Observers
Fabio Landolfo; Anita Martinelli

 

The results presented here are the outcome of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the European Union – Next Generation EU, as per Decree No. 1409 of 14/09/2022 (PRIN 2022 PNRR Call), within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Mission 4: Education and Research – Component 2: From Research to Business – Investment 1.1.
The TUPACH research project, “Transnational Urban and Architectural Projects in Cultural Heritage sites,” is the result of a collaboration between the Politecnico di Milano, the University of Naples Federico II, and the IUAV University of Venice.
Beside the TUPACH project, Anita Martinelli’s research is supported by a PNRR Doctoral Grant (funded by Ministerial Decree No. 118 of 02/03/2023, PNRR, Mission 4, Component 1, Investments 3.4 and 4.1).

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Assembling Heritage: progetti e trasformazioni urbane nelle città UNESCO

by Zachary Mark Jones December 11, 2024

December 17, 2024

11:00 – 16:30

IUAV – Badoer aula Tafuri
Per l’accesso on-line fare richiesta a: maminozzogabriel@iuav.it

 

a cura di Matteo Basso, Anna Marson, Marco Minozzo, Carla Tedesco

 

11.00 – 13.00
discussione del libro Changing Heritage (Routledge, 2024) con l’autore Francesco Bandarin
discussant: Paolo Andrea Bartorelli, capo dell’Ufficio UNESCO del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale,
Maria Lusiani, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna,
Francesco Trovò e Margherita Vanore, Iuav

 

14.30 – 16.30
progetti e trasformazioni urbane a Roma, Napoli e Venezi a cura dei ricercatori delle unità di ricerca del PRIN 2022 PNRR TUPACH Università di Napoli Federico II, Politecnico di Milano, Iuav
Responsabili: Laura Lieto, Davide Ponzini, Matteo Basso


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2026 Winter Olympics: Dialogues Between the City and the Alpine Macro-Region

by Zachary Mark Jones September 19, 2024

The event will highlight the complex macro-regional system, from the metropolitan area of Milan to the Alpine areas of Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino-Alto Adige, focusing on the legacy of the event. Drawing on insights from two recently published books by Politecnico di Milano’s Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, the discussion will cover planning, sustainability, and the future of the region.

Keynote Speaker:
Sven Daniel Wolfe (ETH Zurich) will present on the challenges and opportunities of “sustainable” mega-event planning.

Round Table:
Moderated by Francesca Vigotti (Politecnico di Milano), the panel will feature local administrators, experts, and scholars, including:
Samanta Antonioli, Deputy Mayor for the Olympics and Sport Mega-events, Comune di Bormio; Matteo Basso, IUAVl Marcello Rossi, CNAPPC; Giancarlo Tancredi, Deputy Mayor for Urban Regeneration, Comune di Milano; Gloria Zavatta, Sustainability & Legacy Director, Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation

Speakers:
Andrea Arcidiacono, Massimo Bricocoli, Stefano Di Vita, Luca Gaeta, Abdallah Jreij, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Davide Ponzini.


For more information, see the poster or contact abdallah.jreij@polimi.it

 

External Events

PROSPETTIVE URBANE: Progetto editoriale Milano Urban Center

by Zachary Mark Jones July 15, 2024

On Wednesday, July 17 2024 at 18:00 CET, Davide Ponzini and Stefano Di Vita will present the recent book Milan Cultural Mega-Events at a dedicated event hosted by the Milano Urban Center. The event is held in collaboration with the Order of Architects PPC of the Province of Milan. Four other recent books addressing various urban perspectives of the city of Milan will also be presented and discussed. The event is open to the public and will be held at Palazzo Morando, Via Sant’Andrea 6, Milan.