Ph.D. in Architettura. Storia E Progetto , 33rd cycle (2017-2020)
Ph.D. obtained in 2021
Dissertation:
The Icelandic Concrete Saga: Architecture and Construction (1847-1958) (Abstract)
Tutors:
Sergio Pace Atli Magnus Seelow Alberto BolognaProfile
Research interests
Biography
Sofia Nannini is an Assistant Professor in architectural history at the Politecnico di Torino. Between 2021 and 2023, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bologna, and adjunct professor at the University of Bologna, Florence, Pavia and at the Italian Institute for Design/IAAD. She is author of "Icelandic Farmhouses: Identity, Landscape and Construction (1790-1945)"(Firenze University Press, 2023) and of "The Icelandic Concrete Saga: Architecture and Construction (1847–1958)" (Jovis, 2024). She is member of the editorial boards of the journals "Architectural Histories" and "Studi e ricerche di storia dell'architettura". She was a visiting research fellow at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH, 2022, with the support of the Lerici Foundation) and research fellow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA, 2023). She is currently working on a book project tentatively entitled "The Mechanization of Life: An Architectural History of Intensive Animal Farming". This project has been supported by the CCA and by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Scientific branch
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente
Teachings
Bachelor of Science
- Atelier Composizione e storia F (modulo di Storia dell'architettura e della città). A.A. 2018/19, ARCHITETTURA. Collaboratore del corso
Other activities and projects related to teaching
I'll be happy to discuss proposals for BA/MA dissertations on:
• histories of architecture and construction (1800s-1900s)
• history of industrial design
• historical and contemporary exchanges between architecture and non-human actors, specifically on animal farming
Office hours: by appointment, please send me an email .
Research
Research fields
Centres
Supervised PhD students
- Eugenio Lux. Programme in Architettura. Storia E Progetto (cycle 40, 2024-in progress)
Research subject: Architecture and politics in Social Democratic Sweden of folkhemmet (1932-1976)
History of Architecture History of Architecture
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Nannini, Sofia (2021)
The Icelandic Concrete Saga: Architecture and Construction (1847-1958). relatore: PACE, SERGIO; Seelow, Atli Magnus, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, 33. XXXIII Ciclo, P.: 416
Doctoral Thesis - Nannini, Sofia (2021)
Materiality, Humanity and Otherness: A New Perspective on Architecture? Reviews Summer 2021. In: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIES, vol. 9, pp. 1-3. ISSN 2050-5833
Contributo su Rivista - Campobenedetto, Daniele; Nannini, Sofia (2021)
Il centro e il confine. Le riviste scientifiche come strumento per costruire e esplorare una disciplina a partire dai suoi bordi. Un’analisi delle riviste in classe a per l’area 08/d1. In: ProArch 4 Webinar Meeting, Online, 4-25 Novembre 2020, pp. 314-318. ISBN: 979-12-80379-00-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Nannini, Sofia; Pirazzoli, Elena (2021)
Il cimitero degli altri. Il Soldatenfriedhof Futa Pass tra pellegrinaggi familiari, viaggi di formazione, oblio e riscoperta (1969-2020). In: E-REVIEW, vol. 7. ISSN 2282-4979
Contributo su Rivista - Nannini, Sofia; Gaetani, Marianna (2021)
Aule senza memoria: la Facoltà di Ingegneria a Bologna, architettura di regime e luogo contaminato (1935–2016). In: Autoritarismi, totalitarismi e luoghi del trauma. Da siti di violenza a spazi di memoria / Giubilaro C., Pirazzoli E., Tononi D., Palermo, Palermo University Press, pp. 77-96. ISBN: 978-88-5509-381-1
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia (2021)
Hennebique Moves North: The First Applications of Reinforced Concrete in Iceland (1907–10). In: Storia della costruzione: percorsi politecnici / Piccoli E., Volpiano M., Burgassi V., TORINO, Politecnico di Torino, pp. 161-172. ISBN: 978-88-85745-66-7
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia; Gaetani, Marianna; Bartolomei, Luigi (2020)
Guardare Gresleri per riscoprire la modernità di Bologna. In: IL GIORNALE DELL'ARCHITETTURA, pp. 1-2. ISSN 2284-1369
Contributo su Rivista - Nannini, Sofia (2020)
Icelandic Concrete Surfaces: Guðjón Samúelsson’s Steining (1930–50). In: Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society, 4/04/2020, pp. 541-552. ISBN: 978-0-9928751-6-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Nannini, Sofia (2020)
The City as a Gravel Pile: Building Codes, Concrete, and Urban Dwellings in Reykjavík (1903–45). In: La città globale. La condizione urbana come fenomeno pervasivo / The Global City. The urban condition as a pervasive phenomenon / Dallari F., Doti G., Porfyriou H., Pretelli M., Torino, AISU International, pp. 182-192. ISBN: 978-88-31277-01-3
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia (2019)
Ritratti di città. Reykjavík tra mito, storia e turismo. In: IL GIORNALE DELL'ARCHITETTURA. ISSN 2284-1369
Contributo su Rivista - Nannini, Sofia; Gaetani, Marianna; Bartolomei, Luigi (2019)
Glauco Gresleri (1930–2016). Parole, progetti, relazioni. In: IN BO, pp. 7-7. ISSN 2036-1602
Contributo su Rivista - D’Orazio, Dario; Nannini, Sofia (2019)
Towards Italian Opera Houses: A Review of Acoustic Design in Pre-Sabine Scholars. In: ACOUSTICS, vol. 1, pp. 252-280. ISSN 2624-599X
Contributo su Rivista - Antonucci, Micaela; Nannini, Sofia (2019)
Through History and Technique: Pier Luigi Nervi on Architectural Resilience. In: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIES, vol. 7, pp. 1-13. ISSN 2050-5833
Contributo su Rivista - Nannini, Sofia; Antonucci, Micaela (2019)
Architectural and Urban Transformations in Romagna during the Fascist Era between Tradition and Modernity: The Cases of Predappio, Forlì and Imola. In: Townscapes in Transition: Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period / Enss, C. M., Monzo L., Bielefeld, TRANSCRIPT VERLAG, pp. 203-220. ISBN: 978-3-8394-4660-7
Contributo in Volume - Bartolomei, Luigi; Nannini, Sofia; Gaetani, Marianna, a cura di (2019)
Glauco Gresleri (1930-2016). Parole, progetti, relazioni. BOLOGNA, Dipartimento di Architettura Università di Bologna, P. 164
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