Institute for Research on Innovation and Services for Development

Resilience - Innovation - Sustainable Development Transparency – Organization – Meritocracy

Alessandro Castagnaro

Associate Professor at CNR – IRISS since 2016.

Licensed  as Ordinary ASN professor 2017; Associate Professor of History of Architecture at the DiarC, University  Federico II  in Naples.

Director of the Collection “Conservazione e Restauro” and member of several Scientific Committees of editorial series and editor of the magazines Op. Cit and ANANKE (both of class A).

Member of the Governing Board and Professor at the Critical Historical Research Laboratory at the II level Master, Progettazione di eccellenza per la città storica;

Member of the Coordination Committee of the Master’s Degree Program in Design (DBE) at DiARC , University Federico II in Naples.

Professor at the Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio at the University Federico II in Naples and at the Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici at the University of Siena.

Author of numerous publications in specialized periodical (Class A), essays and monographs including: La formazione dell’architetto: botteghe, accademie, facoltà, esperienze architettoniche (Liguori, 2003); con A. di Luggo, Ferdinando Chiaromonte Disegni opere progetti

(Officina Edizioni, 2008); Verso l’architettura contemporanea. Percorsi dal Classico al Contemporaneo (Paparo, 2012); August Schmarsow: dalla Raumgestaltung alla critica d’arte contemporanea (Progedit, 2017).

Member of the winner group for  the project  “Complesso ex Ospedale di Santa Maria della Pace. Recupero e rifunzionalizzazione” “inside the great project” Centro Storico di Napoli (2015).

Member of the group that won the International Design competition for the restoration of the Temple-Cathedral of Pozzuoli (Rione Terra) (2003).

Architectural group leader of the contract-competition for the building renovation and  the conservative restoration of the RAI Auditorium of Naples. (2004)

President of the Local Planning Authority  (2013-2016) and at present of the Local Landscape Commission (2017) of the Municipality of Naples.

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