Michele Rinaldi

Thesis title

Beyond the Family Home. Housing for Single People in Giolittian, Fascist, and Post-war Italy, c. 1900¿late 1950s

Research topic

Architectural models, policies, and experimentations in housing for single people within Italian domestic culture between the 1930s and 1950s

Tutors

• Gaia Caramellino
• Fredie Flore'

• Stipendia Academiae Belgicae – Academia Belgica, Rome (22 October – 21 December 2025) Research fellowship awarded by the Scientific Council of the Academia Belgica in Rome within the framework of the Stipendia Academiae Belgicae programme (2025 edition). The fellowship supported a two-month residential research stay at the Academia's premises in Rome. (2024)
• Scott Opler Graduate Scholar Fellowship – Society of Architectural Historians, 79th Annual International Conference, Mexico City (15–19 April 2026) Research fellowship awarded annually by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) to advanced graduate students whose papers have been selected for presentation at the Society's annual international conference. The fellowship, which includes a stipend towards conference-related expenses, recognises academic distinction and supports the dissemination of original research within the field of architectural history. (2025)

• Rinaldi, Michele (2026)
  OBJECT FETISHISM. A conversation with Amaryllis Jacobs on MANIERA. In: OASE, vol. 121, pp. 71-83. ISSN 0169-6238
  Contributo su Rivista
• Rinaldi, Michele (2025)
  Abitazioni per persone sole nella Milano del primo Novecento: l'esperienza cooperativa e il caso dell'Albergo Popolare. In: STUDI E RICERCHE DI STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA, vol. 2, pp. 222-233. ISSN 2532-2699
  Contributo su Rivista
• Rinaldi, Michele (2025)
  A single woman's home. In: They Asked Me to Design a House, I Asked Them to Design a Home. Beyond the Architectural House. Reflections and Exercises on Domestic Life / Palmieri I.; Pantazopoulou G., Eindhoven, Set Margins’, pp. 121-126. ISBN: 978-90-835325-7-8
  Contributo in Volume
• Rinaldi, Michele (2025)
  Living beyond the norm: policies, cultural models, and domestic spaces for single people in Italy (1930s-1950s). In: Unconventional Affordable Housing! Projects, Practices, Policies / Grassi M. F., Novak V., Serrazanetti F., Wolfgring C., Milano, Mimesis Edizioni, pp. 149-167. ISBN: 979-12-223-2430-2
  Contributo in Volume
• Campobenedetto, Daniele; Cozza, Cassandra; Frassoldati, Francesca; Frediani, Daniele; ... (2024)
  Everyday Resistance. In: ARDETH, vol. 15, pp. 8-21. ISSN 2532-6457
  Contributo su Rivista