Bianca Maria Rinaldi

Associate Professor
Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST)

Profile

Research interests

Architettura del paesaggio
Landscape architecture

Biography

Bianca Maria Rinaldi is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. Her research focuses on the relationship between history and contemporary landscape architecture, the cultural and ecological roles of urban natures, landscape architecture and transnational histories with a focus on the Global South and former colonies’ strategies of self-affirmation. She was a Fellow in Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Trustees for Harvard University (2012-2013) and was awarded an Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Research by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (2017-2019). Her book The Chinese Garden-Garden Types for Contemporary Landscape Architecture (Birkhäuser 2011) was awarded a J.B. Jackson Prize for 2012 by the Foundation for Landscape Studies. Before joining Politecnico di Torino, she has held teaching and research positions at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, at Graz University of Technology and at University of Camerino. She was also a Visiting scientist at the Leibniz University of Hanover (2017–2019) and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2010-2015). Since 2012, she has been as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Center for Garden Art and Landscape Architecture of the Leibniz University of Hanover. Since 2021, she was a member of the international editorial board of the journal “Topscape Paysage“ and a member of the editorial board of “JoLA-Journal of Landscape Architecture“ after serving as a member of the editorial team (2010-2021). She served as Nominator for the Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (2020, 2023). In 2023, she was a member of the scientific committee for the first Festival del Verde of Torino and a consultant for the PNRR project for the redevelopment of Parco del Valentino in Torino.

Scientific branch

ICAR/15 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Skills

ERC sectors

SH5_8 - Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage
SH2_7 - Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy
SH2_10 - Land use and regional planning
SH2_9 - Urban, regional and rural studies

SDG

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Awards and Honors

  • The John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize conferred by Foundation for Landscape Studies, New York City, United States (2012)

Fellowships

Editorial boards

  • JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (2021-), Scientific Committee member
  • TOPSCAPE PAYSAGE (2021-), Other editorial activities
  • JOURNAL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (2010-2021), Editorial board member

Conferences

  • Landscape Design for Biodiversity, Program chair
  • Urban Landscapes in High-Density Cities, Politecnico di Torino (1/1/2018-2/2/2018), Program chair

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Visiting Researcher, presso Leibniz Universität Hannover (1/3/2018-31/8/2018)
  • Visiting Researcher, presso Leibniz Universität Hannover (1/3/2017-31/8/2017)

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

PhD Boards

  • URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • 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 projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

Other activities and projects related to research

Principal invesitgator for the research project "Hidden Waters: an Atlas of Urban Landscapes", funded by Interuniversity of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, from 01/07/2023 to 30/06/2025

Principal invesitgator for the research project "Biodiversità urbana e progetto di paesaggio: esperienze italiane [Urban biodiversity and landscape architecture: Italian case studies ", finanziato dal Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, da 01/02/2019 a 31/01/2020

Principal invesitgator, together with Puay Yok Tan (National University of Singapore), for the research project Socio-Ecological Assessment of Urban Landscapes: a Comparative Study", funded by Politecnico di Torino and Compagnia di San Paolo, funding program "Joint Project for the Internationalization of Research", from 05/08/2016 to 28/02/2018


Publications

Publications by type

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