Phd in ARCHITECTURE. THEORIES AND PROJECT

email: guendalina.salimei@uniroma1.it
phone: 063235197 3939062157
building: Sede Valle Giulia

Guendalina Salimei, professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Sapienza University of Rome, PhD in "Composizione Architettonica e Teorie dell’Architettura". She teaches architectonical design at the Faculty of Architecture of the Sapienza University of Rome.
She is the Director of Master for planning worship place, a member of scientific board of Phd “ Architettura Teoria e Progetto" at the Faculty of Architecture of the Sapienza University of Rome and Responsible of scientific cooperation between the university of Rome Sapienza and the university of Civil Engineer in Hanoi (Vietnam).
She was responsible for Erasmus exchanges and visiting professor at TUD in Darmstadt, a member of the IN / ARCH National Board of Directors and of the UIA work Program for a Sustainable Design. She is responsible for "Sapienza" University of Rome of the agreement with the National University of Civil Engineering of Hanoi (Vietnam), was responsible for the Conference "Connecting People from two Nations: Urban renewal for Hanoi Historical Center" February / March 2015 in Hanoi (Vietnam). She won the Research Stays and Study Visits for University Academics and Scientists of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is a partner and coordinator of the bilateral symposia of Villa Vigoni-Italian-German Center for European Excellence.
She is often part of the juries for architectural awards.
The research activities focus on the investigation of the complex relationships between the design methodology and ways of intervention in the built and natural environment. The stress is on sustainability criteria and control of the landscape even in risk condition. In-depth analysis mainly investigate connections, and the development of urban project and the strategic role that some no-longer-in-use or degraded sites have and in urban context. Capital is the historical, social and economic dimension of areas object of study by the awareness that the new architectural design approaches cannot be disconnected from a deep knowledge of local habitus.
In the meantime she combines the reserch activities with the design and projectual work.
She takes part and wins major competitions for public projects and design awards both in Italy and abroad.
Among the main awards Premio Roma Architettura in 2002, XII e XIV Triennial of Architecture of Sofia, Selinunte Architecture Prize 2014, Premio Pertica – Oscar of the city of Rome 2015, UrbanPromo in 2016, Luisa Minazzi Awards in 2018, Iconic Design Award 2018 Munich, German Design Award 2019 - Frankfurt.
She takes part at many exhibition, among them VII - X - XI -XII XIII Architecture Exhibition Biennaleof Venice, III Architecture Exhibition Biennale di Venezia of Beijīng , Triennial of Architecture of Sofia, Astana, Singapore, Moscow, UIA di Tokio, she was the curator of del Epicentro Pavillion at XIII Architecture Exhibition Biennale of Venice.