Manuela Mattone

Associate Professor
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center FULL - Future Urban Legacy Lab
  • Referente Corsi di Studio di ARCHITETTURA PER IL PATRIMONIO LM

Profile

Research interests

architectural preservation
conoscenza
conservazione
EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE
HYDROELECTRIC HERITAGE
patrimonio architettonico
patrimonio culturale
patrimonio diffuso
RESTAURO ARCHITETTONICO
RIUSO
SALVAGUARDIA
valorizzazione

Biography

Architect, Ph.D. in "Building and environmental recovery", she is an Associate Professor in Architectural Restoration at the Department of Architecture and Design of the Polytechnic of Turin. She is the Coordinator of the master's degree course in Architecture for Heritage and representative of the Architecture and Design Department for international relations with Central and South America.

Her studies and research interests are focused on the topics related to the conservation and the re-use of the architectural heritage with particular attention to wooden structures, earthen architecture, iron and reinforced concrete civil and industrial buildings dating back to the late nineteenth century up to the early twentieth century. She has participated as a speaker in numerous international conferences concerning the issues investigated.

Among her pubblications: Ferro e architettura. L’utilizzo del ferro e della ghisa in territorio piemontese, Celid, Torino 2000; Il legno, materiale della tradizione costruttiva, Celid, Torino 2004; Vittorio Mesturino, architetto e restauratore, Alinea, Firenze 2005, Il paesaggio delle costruzioni in terra cruda, with Roberto Mattone and Chiara Robboni, L’artistica, Savigliano 2010, Architettura in ferro e calcestruzzo armato. Nuove tecnologie costruttive tra Ottocento e Novecento in Italia e Argentina, Celid, Torino 2011, with Laura Amarilla, Architettura per il cinema: conoscenza e valorizzazione. Arquitecturas para el cine: conocimiento y puesta en valor, Cicees, Gijon 2016, with Elena Vigliocco, Paesaggi dell’elettricità. Paisajes electricos, Cicees, Gijon 2017 with Elena Vigliocco

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
SH5_8 - Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage
SH5_7 - Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration

SDG

Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Awards and Honors

  • Honourable Award for the best paper -2nd ResTapia conferred by Escuela Politecnica de Valencia (2014)

Fellowships

  • Effective member - SIRA – Società Italiana per il Restauro dell’Architettura, Italia (2014-)

Conferences

  • Architecture en terre: Tradition et nouvelles perspectives d'habiter (6/10/2015-9/10/2015), Program committee

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Visiting Professor, presso Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (9/11/2009-13/11/2009)

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

PhD Boards

  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Courses of Study Boards

Teachings

PhD

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Master of Science

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Research

Research fields

Research projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Giulia Formato. Programme in Beni Architettonici E Paesaggistici (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
  • Corrado Scudellaro. Programme in Beni Architettonici E Paesaggistici (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)

Publications

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