Eliana Martinelli is an architect and a Senior Assistant Professor in Architectural and Urban Composition at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia. Since 2012, she has carried out academic and professional research in Italy, Germany, Turkey, and Morocco. In 2017, she completed a PhD in Architectural Composition with honors at the IUAV University of Venice, with the first dissertation in Italy on the work of the Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, later published in the book “Recomposing Unity. Turgut Cansever in Istanbul” (Aiòn Edizioni, 2022). She has held teaching positions at the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès (Morocco), University of Pisa, University of Florence, Federico II University of Naples, and SRH Hochschule Heidelberg (Germany). Her research interests deal with architectural and urban design in the Euro-Mediterranean area, especially Turkey and the Maghreb. From 2019 to 2022, she has been a research fellow at the University of Florence in the field of architectural and urban regeneration and the enhancement of tangible and intangible heritage through the communities’ involvement. She partially published the research findings in the book “Stages of Memory. Strategie per la rigenerazione dell’ex manicomio di San Salvi a Firenze” (tabedizioni, 2023). On these issues, she promotes and coordinates design workshops and participates in international conferences and seminars. She has published numerous essays and articles in international books and journals, and she carries on an intense editorial activity. She is the co-founder and an editorial board member of “DAr: International Biannual Journal of Architecture in the Islamic World”.