Principal Investigator: Alexandra Trevisan
Based on an understanding of theory, criticism, history and practice as differentiated yet interrelated knowledge fields, this group has been developing both fundamental and applied, research in the field of Architecture, understood here in a broad sense.
Although covering a wider scope of activities, topics and methodological approaches, three crucial areas grounded on transnational team-work ended-up to define new scientific Clusters:
1) Southern Landscapes, which promotes studies on rural housing models and landscape in southern European countries, and Mediterranean scope.
2) ArchMedium, fostering research projects, debate and the study of architectural mechanism of mediation and representation - with a specific focus on Biennales, periodical publications, architectural criticism and disciplinary cultures;
3) Extreme Sites, scrutinizing on industrialized and post-industrial spaces, places undergoing renegotiation of borders and demilitarized sites, open spaces and contaminated land. It is structured in 4 work packages: industrial remnants [wp1], former Soviet monuments[wp2], batteries and bunkers [wp3], refinery board [wp4].