Xi’an Jiaotong University
May 29, 2025 – 15:00
Dr. Zachary M. Jones presents an overview of his previous research on the urban transformation and regeneration of heritage-rich cities through different policy approaches, from the diffusion of cultural mega-events to the transnational deployment of iconic architectgural and urban projects.
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
May 22, 2025 – 15:00
Dr. Zachary Mark Jones presents his research into the Ara Pacis Museum in Rome. The presentation explores the different heritage layers that characterize the complex site within the historic city centre of Rome to identify the various attempts through the project design to relate to its challenging context.
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).
December 17, 2024
11:00 – 16:30
IUAV – Badoer aula Tafuri
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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”.
The video of the full “The Gulf City and Modern Urbanism” session is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6usacIEZo04