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 SeelowAlberto BolognaProfile
Research interests
Biography
I am an architectural historian who specializes in the relationship between building materials, society, and culture in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe. I work as an Assistant Professor in architectural history at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. I am 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 Verlag, 2024). I am also author of the CCA Single "Is there a known optimum gate size for the dual control of cattle and sheep?" (Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2025). I am a member of the editorial boards of "Architectural Histories" and of "Studi e ricerche di storia dell’architettura". Since 2022, I have been working on the architectural history of intensive animal farming. My research was supported by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2023) and by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (2024).
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
- Burgassi, Valentina; Nannini, Sofia (2021)
Report on the First Seminar of the Department of Architecture and Design Politecnico di Torino's Construction History Group. In: CONSTRUCTION HISTORY, vol. Issue 07, pp. 36-36. ISSN 0267-7768
Contributo su Rivista - 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 - 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 - 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 (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 (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 (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; 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)
The Silence of Modernity: Technology, Technique, and Reception of Giuseppe Vaccaro's Works since the 1930s. In: The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture. Reception and Legacy / Jones K. B, Pilat S., S.L., Routledge, pp. 277-289. ISBN: 9780367348519
Contributo in Volume - 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; 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 - Nannini, Sofia (2019)
Un lungo silenzio: L'assenza nella cronaca italiana e nella critica architettonica. In: Teatro di Marte: Il Cimitero militare germanico del Passo della Futa / Pirazzoli E., Firenzuola (FI), archiviozeta editrice, pp. 77-102. ISBN: 978-88-944152-0-9
Contributo in Volume - 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 - Nannini, Sofia (2019)
Narrare senza architettura. L'Islanda nei romanzi di Jón Kalman Stefánsson. In: Archiletture. Forma e narrazione tra architettura e letteratura / Borsari A., Cassani Simonetti M., Iacoli G., Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Mimesis, pp. 467-478. ISBN: 9788857556529
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia (2019)
La Manifattura Tabacchi a Bologna di Pier Luigi Nervi: committenza, progetti, costruzione (1949–1957). In: La Manifattura Tabacchi a Bologna di Pier Luigi Nervi. Ricerche sull'architettura industriale contemporanea tra storia, tecnica e riuso / Micaela Antonucci, Annalisa Trentin, Bologna, Bononia University Press (BUP), pp. 49-76. ISBN: 978-88-6923-380-7
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 - 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 - 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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