Fixed-term assistant professor
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)
Profile
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)
Research topics
- Architectural and construction histories in Iceland and Northern Europe, 1800s-1900s
- Architecture in Italy during the Fascist regime and its reception since 1945
- The Mechanization of Life: An Architectural History of Intensive Animal Farming Ongoing research project, 1800s-1900s
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Open badges
- Learning to Teach (L2T)
Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 06-06-2024
Editorial boards
- STUDI E RICERCHE DI STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA (2024-), Editorial board member
- ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIES (2023-), Editorial board member
- HISTORIES OF POSTWAR ARCHITECTURE (2017-2021), Editorial board member
- IN BO (2015-2024), Editorial board member
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Progettare con/per non-umani: storie, narrazioni, sfide. A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA. STORIA E PROGETTO. Main teacher
- Environmental Histories of Architecture. A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA. STORIA E PROGETTO. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Environmental History of Architecture. A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA PER LA SOSTENIBILITA'. Collaboratore del corso
- Environmental History of Architecture. A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA PER LA SOSTENIBILITA'. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Lab di Storia per i sistemi alimentari (modulo di Storia dell'architettura e del design). A.A. 2024/25, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Keywords design (modulo di Storia e Teoria del Progetto). A.A. 2024/25, DESIGN E COMUNICAZIONE. Titolare del corso
- Keywords design (modulo di Storia e Teoria del Progetto). A.A. 2023/24, DESIGN E COMUNICAZIONE. Titolare del corso
- 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
Publications
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- Nannini, Sofia; Antonucci, Micaela (2024)
Le "città delle colonie" sulla costa romagnola nel secondo dopoguerra: tra eredità fascista e ricostruzione. In: Città che si adattano? Adaptive Cities? / Devoti C., Bolca P., Tamborrino R., Torino, AISU international, pp. 834-845. ISBN: 978-88-31277-09-9
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia; Fecchio, Lorenzo (2024)
Marcello Piacentini e la ricostruzione del Palazzo della Ragione di Ferrara (1948-57): identità, politica e critica intorno ad un'architettura civica. In: Città che si adattano? Adaptive Cities? / Longhi A., Tamborrino R., Torino, AISU international, pp. 356-372. ISBN: 978-88-31277-09-9
Contributo in Volume - Nannini, Sofia, a cura di (2024)
Towards New Summers: Past, Present, and Future of Holiday Camps in Europe. Bologna, Dipartimento di Architettura Università di Bologna, P. 355
Curatele - Nannini, Sofia; Fecchio, Lorenzo (2023)
“... Non ho mai strillato tanto in vita mia!”. Marcello Piacentini e la ricostruzione del palazzo della Ragione di Ferrara (1946-1957). In: STUDI E RICERCHE DI STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA, vol. 7, pp. 12-29. ISSN 2532-2699
Contributo su Rivista - Nannini, Sofia (2023)
Casa Edda: La casa nel bosco di Glauco Gresleri (1966-67). In: Lezioni dagli archivi di architettura: Residenze private del Novecento in Toscana / Barbi S., Mingardi L., Firenze, Didapress, pp. 172-193. ISBN: 978-88-3338-217-3
Contributo in Volume