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.
TAU-Lab Meets are colloquium-style sessions where the members of the Transnational Architecture and Urbanism Lab research unit and other invited speakers present their recent and ongoing work as well as workshop their research ideas, projects, methods, and publications with the others. It involves PhD students and Post-Doc researchers not only during the sessions as presenters and discussants, but also as active organizing members.
The sessions are both in person, at Politecnico di Milano DAStU, and online. This facilitates the participation of scholars and allows for a wider set of meetings during the year. The sessions are free of charge and open to scholars and experts who request to join, by sending an email to zachary.jones@polimi.it
Calendar:
Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Sampo Ruoppila (University of Helsinki) 10:00 – 12:30
Thursday, May 8, 2025. Heyday Alibaily and Anita Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano) 9:30 – 12:00
Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Capucine Tournilhac (Federico II University of Naples) 14:00 – 16:00.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025. Randy Mason (University of Pennsylvania) 10:00 – 12:30
Monday, June 17, 2024. Federico Cugurullo (Trinity College Dublin) 14:30-16:30
Monday, May 13, 2024. Sampo Ruoppila (University of Turku) 14:30-16:00
Tuesday, February 27, 2024. (Research centre update). 11:00-12:30
Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Xiaoxuan Du (Harbi Institute of Technology). 11:00-12:30
Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 12:00 to 13:30 CET (Xiahong Hua, Tongji University Shanghai)
Thursday, May 4, 2023, from 14:30 to 16:00 CET (Jonathan Metzger, KTH – Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan)
Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 11:30 to 13:00 CET (Federico Cugurullo, Trinity College Dublin)
Thursday, April 20, 2023, from 11:00 to 12:30 CET (Bipashyee Ghosh, University of Sussex)
Thursday, March 30, 2023, from 11:30 to 13 CET (Sven Daniel Wolfe, ETH Zurich)
Friday, December 2, 2022, from 14 to 16 CET (presentations by PhD students)
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Giulio Verdini, Westminster University)
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (presentations by PhD students)
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Nadia Alaily-Mattar, TU Munich)
Friday, March 25, 2022, from 10 to 13 CET (David Gogishvili and Martin Müller, University of Lausanne)
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Francesco Chiodelli, University of Turin)
Monday, February 14, 2022, from 15 to 17 CET (research project presentations by PhD students)
Monday, January 31, 2022, from 15 to 17 CET (research project presentations by PhD students)
Thursday, January 13, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Stefano Di Vita, Politecnico di Milano)
Thursday, December 16, 2021, from 17 to 19 CET (Zachary M. Jones, Politecnico di Milano)
Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 13 to 15 CET (Yiqing Zhao, Xi’an Jiaotong University)
Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 17 to 19 CET (Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano)
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
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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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
On November 30, 2024, Davide Ponzini contributed to the 11th Gulf Studies Forum held by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar, with a paper titled “Gulf Cities’ Planning from a Transnational Perspective: Limitations and Opportunities for Critical Learning”.
