ANDREINA MILAN work of Architecture at the
University of Bologna. She studied architecture at the University
of Venice, where she also lectured between 1987 – 1994. Her primary
research interests concern history of architecture, especially
relationships between old buildings and modern urban development,
also considering effects of climate and environmental influences.
Since 2003 is she engaged in several projects dealing with national
and international urban development planning, as well as
organisation of work-shops and intercultural e-learnings projects.
Currently she researches on rebuilding of German cities after World
War II.
Brief Curriculum - (as at May 31st, 2011)
Education
1977-78: High School Diploma as Magisterial Title. 1-year
primary school teaching experience.
1986: University Master Degree in Architecture (Summa cum
Laude) in Architectonic Composition, awarded by Venice
University Institute, rapporteur: professor G. Braghieri; (with:
professor A. Foscari, IUAV; professor M. Zambon, University of
Padua).
1987: Ranked 1st in the competition for “Carlo Scarpa”
Architecture Prize.
1987- 88: 1-year study in Art History and Middle Ages
Archaeology at the University of Venice.
Academic Activities
1987-1994, collaborator in the university teaching at IUAV for
the course of Architectonic Composition and Design (with professor
F. Buzzi, G. Valle and professor R. Sordina).
Scientific and Professional Activities
1988-2001: professional activity, both in team and individually,
in the sector of large-scale urban Architectonic planning and
design (industrial and fair/exhibition sector). Diverse and
numerous projects as to the recovery and restoration of monumental
buildings and design of museum institutions and systems.
1987-1996: experience as consultant and trainer on
cataloguing and archiving, re-use and preservation of monumental
and historical heritage: In collaboration with the Superintendence
of the Architectural Heritage of the Venetian Region and other
European Preservation Institutions, she worked in the sector of
vocational training as to Architectural Restoration and Tradition
Building Practices.
1996-1998: ideation and direction of scientific-educational
projects and initiatives in the conservation sector with specific
focus on a Italian-German partnership.
1998-2001: morphologic-typological studies on the German
architectural, urban and building tradition.
Teaching Activities at the University of Bologna
2001-2011: teaching and research activity in technological,
planning and design disciplines at the Architecture Faculty “A.
Rossi” , University of Bologna;
2003-2006: numerous laboratories, master theses, seminars and
design workshops, at national and international level, with
Italian-German partnerships, held in Italy and abroad. The research
themes focused on the recovery of regional architectural heritage
by means of functional and energy retrofitting and the insertion of
new interventions in diverse climatic-environmental and
historical-architectural contexts. [WS: Bologna; Johor-Bahru
(Malaysia); Cologne (D); Cortona (Arezzo)¸ Sogliano al Rubicone
(FC); Brenner Pass (BZ), Trieste].
2007-2011: Intense experimentation activity in the field of
sustainability, planning, design and recovery of school and
residential buildings, eco-districts, urban re-generation.
International Relations
2001-2011: partnership activities with foreign
universities and research centres through the Office of
International Relations ( later called Erasmus Office) of the
Architecture Faculty. She is in charge for international exchanges
with Germany, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, Turkey,
Malaysia.
Didactics and Technological Innovation
Training and Educational Activities : relation between
functional needs and urban representation of the architectural
project ( coordination of the final Synthesis Lab and Master
Theses, developed in European and extra-European contexts).
Scientific and Educational Activities : analysis of the relation
between the architectural language and sustainability in
newly-built areas and as to building recovery, with specific focus
on so-called practices of urban regeneration.
Scientific Activities
2001-2003: Studies on urban and morphologic-typological analysis
in the German cultural framework, with specific focus on the
Rhine-Westphalian area and the Ruhr District.
2003: “Marco Polo” Grant : six-month stay as research fellow
hosted at FH-Koeln.
2003-2009: Studies on residential building in Gartenstadt
(1910-1933) (Clueb, 2007) and building for youth education in
Germany (1900-1939) (Editura Orizontur Univesitare, Timisoare (RO),
2007.
2003-2007: Studies and project research in the cultural
territory of the Appennines and mountain areas in general,
coordinated for the deployment of international summer schools and
educational collaborations with Cologne Polytechnic University.
2009-2010: Articles and essays on the theme of forma
urbis; Monograph on German after-war reconstruction.
(Clueb, 2009).
2008: Studies and research on the relation between cities and
a-Catholic worship places within Italian and European urban
areas.
2006-2011: Gender Studies on the theme of “ Women City”:
women architecture and open issues linked to the use and the
perception of public urban areas.
2010-2011: Studies on European technical and professional
migrations and dispersion.
Post-Graduate Training and Activities
2009: Participation in the organization of didactical modules
for (21-23.04.2009) the International Workshop "Hands-on", 3rd
level at the PhD School of Turin Polytechnic University (SCU.DO) –
2nd Architecture Faculty - (coordinated by professor A. Magnaghi).
For that event she was also curator of the homonymous publication
(CLUEB, Bologna, 2009).
2009-2010: 20-hour course, within the activities of PhD in
Design and History (Academic Year 2009-10) at the Architecture
Faculty "A. Rossi". Theme: relation among shape/urban structure/
architectonic planning & design.
Inter-University Collaborations
2003-2011: Collaboration with the Faculty of Foreign Languages
and Literatures of Trieste University on the topic of
inter-cultural studies, relation between the language of
architecture in North-European urban culture and the Mediterranean
Basin (EUT, Trieste, 2006).
2008: Coordination, on behalf of Bologna University, of the 2008
edition of the International Summer School “EUROPAEUM”, at Bonn
University [Theme: “Sacred Building in European Cities”], in
collaboration with Oxford, Cracow and Helsinki universities.
2008-2011: Didactical-scientific collaboration with Torino
Polytechnic University. Studies and research on the recovery of
urban morphologic plots and orders in historical city centres and
in the so-called “uncertain territories” of industrial
outskirts.
Participation in national and international competitions and
conferences (2009-2011):
2009
· Participation
in the 4th edition of "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of
Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin" (6-8.12.2009) – at
the Italian-Egyptian Centre for Restoration and Archeology (CIERA),
Sama Khan Complex, Cairo – with the communication:
"Museums for the Environment and for Territorial Areas.
From Museum as Cultural Identity to Museum as a driving force
for Socio-Economic Development – Experiences and results in
Northern Italy (1989-2009)". (Roma, 2010)
2010
· International
Conference: “U_H. Urban Hybridization in Contemporary
Territories Hybrid Landscape / Hybrid Design Processes and design
strategies for contemporary urban territories”, (Polytechnic
University of Milan, (15-16.04.2010), - Communication:
"Città-cluster, Ibridazioni urbane e prassi operativa in nuovi
scenari sociali". (Milan, 2010), Maggioli ed., 2011.)
· International
Conference: “Giornate internazionali di studio EURAU '10”,
(Naples University, Naples, June 2010), with the communication:
"Dar struttura alla bellezza. Sui concetti di ruolo,
corrispondenza, relazione e rete nella composizione
architettonica"; (Naples 2010).
· International
Study Days "Abitare il futuro, dopo Copenhagen", at DPPU-
Department of Urban Planning, University "Federico II", (Naples,
13-14.12.2010 ). She presented in the section entitled "Models
of ecological city", the communication: "Città ecologica in
nuce" (with M. Pellegrino, Polytechnic University of Torino);
in the section "Uno sguardo sul mondo", the communication:
"Histria: l'identità contesa. Abitare i vecchi centri,
tra recupero urbano e nuova architettura (1991-2010)."(CLEAN,
Naples, 2010).
2011
1st International Conference of the Italian Architecture
Inter-University Network "Rete Vitruvio"- "Il progetto di
architettura tra didattica e ricerca" (Bari, 02-06.05.2011) -
Communication : "Futurama, il mito magmatico dell'innovazione in
architettura" (with M. Pellegrino), (Polibapress, Bari,
2011).
1st Biennial Exhibition of Public Space, Rome 12-14 May
2011, promoted and organized by: INU (National Town-Planning
Institute), University Roma Tre,
University of Naples. Communications: "La rigenerazione
urbana delle piccole e medie città della Romagna" and "Fiumi
di pietra, flussi di vita, teatri di aggregazione" (inclusion
of migrant women in the reality of Italian provinces).
International Conference: "GBCS2011- 2011 International
Conference on Green Buildings and Sustainable Cities" -
Bologna-Ravenna, 15-16.09.2011 -- "
Auditoria and Public Halls. The preserved Architectonic Heritage,
in the Perspective of Sustainability" (with M. Simonetti,
Politecnico di Torino). Elsevier, Paris 2011.
International Conference: "Keywords/Places - concetti e luoghi
emblematici del progetto architettonico e urbano", Politecnico di
Milano,18.10.2011. She presented the communication: "Reef city"-
Floating aggregations. New and old Mediterranean" -- (work in
progress)
International Conference: " Trieste e le culture del mare:
navigazioni interculturali", 5 ottobre 2011 - Comnunication: "Il
mar ritratto. Paradigmi urbanistici delle città mediterranee"
(work in progress).
Giornate di studio: "Il Disegno delle trasformazioni",
Napoli,1-2 dicembre 2011 - "Pietra, suolo, tracciato: il mito
mediterraneo nei processi di rigenerazione urbana".
(Pubblicato: risorsa elettronica, CLEAN, Napoli 2010).
International Conference:-Va ed. "Science and
International Conference: Tecnology for the Safeguard of
Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin" (22-25.11.2011)
- Istanbul University, Istanbul - Communoication "Restoration
and energy Retrofitting"- Re-thynking the restoration project
while verifyng its reversiility and sustainability" (with: K.
Fabbri). (Roma, 2011) - Elsevier, Paris, work in
progress.
Participation in PRIN Research (Research Programs of National
Interest)
· PRIN 2004 –
National Coordination, professor C. D'Amato Guerrieri, Polytechnic
University of Bari - "Tipi e forme dell'abitazione
contemporanea" (“Types and Forms of Contemporary Living”)-
(Coordinated by professor and architect G. Braghieri, DAPT, UniBO)
- A. Maahsen-Milan, “Studio di casi europei - Il caso
tedesco" (“Study of European Cases : The German case”).
· PRIN 2008 –
National Coordination, professor R. Di Giulio, University of
Ferrara – protocol # 2008YZWT5L - "Riqualificazione,
rigenerazione e valorizzazione degli insediamenti di edilizia
sociale ad alta intensità abitativa realizzati nella periferie
urbane nella seconda metà del ‘900". (“ Re-qualification,
re-generation and valorization of high-intensity social building
built in urban outskirts in the second half of 1900”) -
(Coordinated by professor and architect A. Boeri, DAPT, UniBO); A.
Maahsen-Milan "Studio di casi europei - il caso tedesco"
(“Study of European Cases: The German case”). [project still
running].
