Phd in ARCHITECTURE. THEORIES AND PROJECT

email: massimo.zammerini@uniroma1.it
phone: 3382583679
building: RM064, PA1,
room: L010

Graduation date place Degree in Architecture obtained at the University of Rome La Sapienza on 18 July 1991
Other academic titles Reseacher in Architectural Composition - Ph.D in Architectural Composition
Academical Activities
He is a member of the Departmental Committee of DIAP. Since 2005 he has been a member of Board of the PhD course in "Interior Design and Designing Equipment " and since 2011 he has been a member of Board of the PhD course in "Architectural Theory and Design". He is Scientific Coordinator of the "Master Course for Theatre Scenographers" sponsored by DIAP and Regione Lazio. He is member of the Erasmus Board and representative for the Faculty in Lisbon. He is intensively involved in the supervision of Course Degree thesis in Project Design and Scenography. He has served as Professor of Projecto 2 and 3 at the Faculty of Architecture of the University "E. Mandlane" of Maputo, Mozambique.
Research Activities:
His project and theoretical research is characterized by a kind of reinterpretation of Modern language to describe the complexity of the relationship between modern and ancient Architecture in historical centers, consolidated cities and new large urban areas, which have also been the subject of several publications ("Concorso per Palazzo Littorio" published by Testo & Immagine). Alongside his research activity on the themes of Architectural projects which lead on to publications and competition projects, he is also involved in research activities on themes of theatre stage design concerning drama and opera productions. In his didactic activities the research in both fields has then been examined in depth through the modalities of transmission of scientific knowledge. He has always carried out studies of interior design, publishing essays and articles and has developed over the years some realized experimental projects some of which have recently been exhibited in the exhibition "Mexico-Italy" organized by OUR in collaboration with the Italian and Mexican Embassies in Mexico City, March 2013. He has taken part in University research projects on urban issues and in Federal University Research projects on themes of theatre stage design. In particular, his latest research activities include the following: " The Scenography for 20th century Italian Opera Theatre" in 2007, which lasted 24 months;
"The new forms of contemporary residential buildings" in 2008, which lasted 24 months;
"The white in Architecture. Abstraction techniques in the relationship with ancient architecture" , in 2012, which is going to cover 24 months and which is the subject of the currently running seminar for the PhD course.
He is currently working at the Conference "The myth of white in Architecture" organized jointly by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" which is going to take place in November 2013 and whose acts will be published.
Design sperimentation:
He carries out an intense project research activity receiving national and international awards. In 2012 he obtained the First Prize and the Gold Medal for Italy at the Thirteen Triennial Exhibition of Architecture Interarch 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria for the new town hall of Pratico. He has worked on numerous projects on themes of residential Architecture ( he is the author of a lot of essays and of the monograph "edifici per abitare", edilstampa). These include the residential building in Kromeriz, in the Czech Republic, in 2012 and the First Prize in the National Competition for the realization of residential buildings in Bergamo. He has worked at projects of interior design, theatre stage design, furniture items and Designing Equipment such as the Five Installations for the Darwin Bicentenary Celebrations in Rome.