Alessandro Lovisolo

Ph.D. candidate in Architettura. Storia E Progetto , 39th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Docente esterno e/o collaboratore didattico
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Urban morphology, Image of the city, Mapping, Urban regeneration

Tutors

Research interests

Architecture
Urban Design
City
Urban Morphology

Biography

Alessandro Lovisolo (1998) is an architect and doctoral candidate at the Polytechnic of Turin (Department of Architecture and Design, 39th cycle), in the program Architecture. History and Project. His PhD research, titled Friction Spaces: Reading Urban Mismatch through Morphology, proposes an operational framework to identify and analyze liminal spaces within the urban fabric. His current case studies, where the neologism of Friction Space is tested, include Turin (Italy) and Nicosia (Cyprus). He earned an MSc in Architecture Construction City with honors (Politecnico di Torino, 2023). His master's thesis, supervised by M. Trisciuoglio, G. Durbiano, and L. Savio, focused on urban morphology in Wuhan: Wuhan, Hankou: Working on the Urban Regeneration of the Japanese Concession. Alongside research, he has collaborated with Turin-based architectural firms +Studio Architetti (6 months) and Atre Studio Architetti (3 years), and with the public agency Urban Lab Torino (8 months).

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

Research

Centres

Publications

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