Monica Naretto

Full Professor (L. 240)
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

  • Coordinator Academic Board - Ph.D. programme in Architectural and Landscape Heritage
  • Coordinator Collegio di Dottorato PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO / ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
  • Member Doctoral School Board

Profile

Keywords

Architettura storica
Beni architettonici
Compatibilità
Conoscenza
Conservazione
Paesaggio culturale
Patrimonio
Patrimonio architettonico
Patrimonio diffuso
Progetto
Restauro
Restauro architettonico
Riuso
Salvaguardia
Storia e critica del restauro
Tecniche di restauro
Tutela
Valorizzazione

Biography

Architect, PhD in Storia e Critica dei Beni Architettonici e Ambientali (History and Criticism of Architectural and Landscape Heritage), she is a Full Professor of Restoration at the Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design - DAD. She is the Head of the PhD Program "Architectural Heritage" for the 2024-2027 mandate and a member of the School of Specialisation in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio, of which she served as Deputy Director from November 2019 to May 2024. She was a visiting professor at the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art in Paris (France) in 2017-2018, at the Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand (France) in 2019 and at the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Spain) in 2024. His research focuses on the history of thought on preservation within the international perspective, with particular emphasis on the Italian, French, and Belgian contexts. It also explores the restoration of architectural and landscape heritage projects, including insights into reuse, preventive and planned conservation, as well as the search for balance between conservation and innovation.

Scientific branch

CEAR-11/B - Architectural Conservation
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Skills

ERC sectors

SH8_6 - Architecture, design, craft, creative industries
SH7_7 - Cities; urban, regional and rural studies
PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
SH6_13 - Cultural history, intellectual history
SH8_3 - Cultural studies and theory, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage
SH5_11 - Digital humanities; digital approaches to literary studies and philosophy
SH8_5 - History of art and of architecture
SH8_4 - Museums, exhibitions, conservation and restoration

SDG

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

Awards and Honors

  • Premio “Giovani ricercatori - 2011” Politecnico di Torino conferred by Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2011)
  • Finanziamento delle attività di base di ricerca conferred by MIUR, Italy (2018)

Fellowships

Editorial boards

  • BIBLIOTECA DI CULTURA DEL RESTAURO (2025-), Scientific Committee member
  • HEREDIUM (2021-), Scientific Committee member

Conferences

  • PhD4RES Il Restauro nei dottorati di ricerca. Stato dell’arte e prospettive future tra disciplina e dintorni (28/1/2026-28/1/2026), Program committee
  • Oltre il Novecento. Teoria e prassi per il “Restauro del Moderno” (12/12/2025-13/12/2025), Program committee
  • La forma dell’acqua. Hybris e sostenibilità nei sistemi idraulici dei giardini (secoli XIX-XXI), Convegno Internazionale (20/10/2025-21/10/2025), Program committee
  • 60° Carta di Venezia 1964-2024. Riflessioni teoriche e prassi operative nel progetto di restauro (25/10/2024-26/10/2024), Program committee
  • Conferenza e Seminario Italo-Francese di studi “Archivi Cantieri per interpretare il Patrimonio: fonti, metodi, prospettive” / Conference et Séminaire Franco-Italien d’études “Archives et chantiers pour l’interprétation du Patrimoine: sources, méthodhes, mise en perspective”. Torino, 8-9 marzo 2018, Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio, Castello del Valentino. Direzione e coordinamento scientifico Chiara Devoti, Monica Naretto., Program chair

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Visiting Professor, presso Universidad Internacional de Andalucía UNIA (22/10/2024-24/10/2024)
  • Professore Associato confermato, presso Universite Clermont Auvergne (10/11/2019-16/11/2019)
  • Visiting Researcher, presso Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (1/7/2017-31/8/2017)

Other titles

  • Vicedirettore Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici e del Paesaggio del Politecnico di Torino (SCUDO, III livello) (2019-2024)

Research networks

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO /ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO /ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO /ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • BENI ARCHITETTONICI E PAESAGGISTICI, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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