Sofia Nannini

Assistant Professor with time contract
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Profile

Research interests

Architectural history and theory
Environmental history of architecture

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).

Scientific branch

ICAR/18 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Research topics

  • The Mechanization of Life: An Architectural History of Intensive Animal Farming

Skills

ERC sectors

SH5_8 - Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage
SH5_6 - History of art and architecture, arts-based research

SDG

Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 13: Climate action

Teaching

Courses of Study Boards

Teachings

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Centres

Publications

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