His engagement in didactic and scientific activities regarded
the Engineering faculties of the University of Ancona,
Perugia and Udine. From 2003 at the Engineering Faculty of Bologna University as full professor in Architectural Engineering. From 2005 is Director of the
Research Institute LabTeco (Laboratory of design and technological
experimentation of building heritage) of Bologna University;
Director of Industrial Research Laboratory NEREA (Network per il
Restauro Avanzato della Rete Alta Tecnologia dell'Emilia Romagna)
(2008-2010); From 2010 is Scientific Responsable of CIRI (Research
Industrial Centre) of BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION of Bologna
University. From 2011 is Responsabile of Unit Department of
Architecture Bologna University; President of Course Study in
Buiding Architecure Engineering of Alma Mater; Member of the
Scientific Committee of International Congress on Construction
History (Madrid 2003 - Cambridge 2006 – Cottbus 2009 - Parigi 2012
-Chicago 2015 - Bruxelles 2018); President of ArTec (Italian Scientific
Association of Building Architetcture); member of Construction
History Society Journal Editorial Advisory panel; member of
scientific board o Architecture Doctorate of Bologna; member of the
Scientific Committee of Progetto Sostenibile magazine. Journal Director of TeMa, Technology, Engineering, Materials and Architecture (A CLASS -ANVUR). The main
fields of research and didactic learning are focused in the sectors
of historical construction techniques, of building refurbishment
and architectural design. Until 2015 is Deputy Rector to Building and Sustainabilty of Bologna University.
The scientific activity is testify by
national and international publications of which it could be
mentioned the following monographs: "Bóvedas tabicadas.
Architettura e Costruzione", (Roma: CDP Editrice-Edilstampa, 1995);
"Mètis e Téchne. Gli strumenti del progetto per la manutenzione e
il recupero dell'edilizia storica" (Monfalcone: Edicom, 2000); “La
costruzione Coesiva. L'opera dei Guastavino nell'America di fine
Ottocento” (Venezia: Marsilio, 2006); Il San Giovanni del Genga
(Alinea, 2008); Structure and construction (Firenze: Firenze
University Press, 2007 1° ed. / 2012 2° ed.); Figure. Ars e Ratio nel progetto di architettura (Firenze: Firenze University Press, 2015). Recupero e conservazione degli edifici. Tutela e prevenzione in ambito sismico. (Monfalcone: Edicom, 2018).
