Marco Celenza

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

Adjunct lecturer/Adjunct instructor
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

marco.celenza@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Before and after the 1980 earthquake: strategies, dynamics, actors in the urban reconstruction processes, territorial development and depopulation in the "crater zone" between Campania and Basilicata

Tutors

Michela Comba

Keywords

History of Architecture

Historiography of Architecture

Built Environment

Biography

Marco Celenza is a PhD candidate in "Architecture. History and Project" at the Politecnico di Torino (39th cycle, Department of Architecture and Design). He obtained his Master’s Degree in "Architettura per il Restauro e la Valorizzazione del Patrimonio" at the same university, with a thesis dedicated to the evolution of Catholic and non-Catholic places of worship in the city of Turin from 1861 to the present. This research earned him, in 2022, the award for the best thesis on the theme “Torino Religiosa e Solidale” sponsored by the Municipality of Turin and the Piedmont Region.
After graduating, he continued his research activity with three research grants at the Politecnico di Torino, working on the reorganization and catalogue of the Maire Tecnimont Historical Archive. Maire Tecnimont is one of the leading Italian industrial groups in the engineering sector. This role enabled him to develop expertise in the management and enhancement of corporate archives.
Currently, his doctoral research focuses on the seismic event that struck Campania and Basilicata in 1980. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach that intertwines urban and architectural aspects with territorial planning, political affairs and economic development, the research aims to investigate the earthquake as a catalyst, its role, the actors involved and its impact on the processes of transformation of the affected territories and urban centers, with particular reference to the "crater zone."

Teaching

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

Laboratorio di Storia dell'architettura e della città A. A.A. 2026/27, ARCHITETTURA. Collaboratore del corso
Storia dell'architettura contemporanea. A.A. 2026/27, ARCHITETTURA. Collaboratore del corso
Laboratorio di Storia dell'architettura e della città A. A.A. 2025/26, ARCHITETTURA. Collaboratore del corso

Publications

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Celenza, Marco (2026)
Geografie del sacro nelle città contemporanee: il caso di Torino tra informalità e nuove pratiche insediative. In: La città crocevia. Relazioni e scambi, intersezioni e incroci nelle realtà urbane - XII Congresso AISU, Palermo (ITA), 10-13 settembre 2025, pp. 451-452. ISBN: 978-88-31277-12-9
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Ambrosini, Gustavo; Tedesco, Silvia; Riviezzo, Aurora; Celenza, Marco; Orlandini, Roberto (2026)
Abitare Corso Grosseto. Un’esperienza didattica tra ricerca e progetto a Torino Nord. In: Luoghi e storie di prossimità. Rigenerare gli spazi collettivi dei quartieri moderni / De Pieri F., De Biase C., Farina M., Siracusa, Lettera Ventidue, pp. 354-367. ISBN: 9791256442232
Contributo in Volume
Celenza, Marco (2025)
Before and After the 1980 Earthquake: Strategies, Dynamics and Actors in the Processes of Urban Reconstruction, Territorial Development and depopulation in the “crater zone” between Campania and Basilicata.. In: DASP Yearbook 2025. Environments / Burgassi V., Della Scala V., Guidetti E., Nannini S., Torino, Politecnico di Torino, pp. 48-49. ISBN: 979-12-81583-41-2
Contributo in Volume
Comba, Michela; Celenza, Marco (2024)
Esperienze, contaminazioni e emozioni nella modernità di Carlo Mollino. In: POLEMOS, vol. V, pp. 65-83. ISSN 2281-9517
Contributo su Rivista