Curriculum

Roberto Di Giulio is an architect, Phd in "Technology of Architecture" at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome, Full Professor at the University of Ferrara, Department of Architecture, where he teaches Construction Design.
Member of the Administrative Committee and Research Council of the University of Ferrara from 2002 to 2005.
Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara from 2006 to 2012.
Dean of the new Department of Architecture at the University of Ferrara from 2012 to 2018.
Vice Rector delegate to buildings and properties at the University of Ferrara from 2015 to 2021.
Coordinator of the PhD in Architectural Technology until 2013 and then of the International PhD ‘Architecture and Urban Planning’ until 2024

He has been involved as Principal Investigator or Coordinator of the Italian research unit and member of the Technical Committee in 18 research projects funded by the European Commission, several COST Action and numerous national research projects. Among these:

  • Coordinator of the research project ‘INCEPTION - Inclusive Cultural Heritage in Europe through 3D semantic model’ (2015-2019), funded by the European Commission in the Horizon 2020 programme;
  • Scientific Coordinator of the research project ‘4CH - Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage’, funded by the European Commission in the Horizon 2020 programme (2021-2023);
  • Promoter and Coordinator of the COST Action TU0701 ‘Improving the Quality of Suburban Building Stocks’ (2008-2012);
  • National coordinator of the Research Project of National Interest PRIN 2008 ‘Redevelopment, regeneration and valorisation of high-intensity social housing settlements built in urban suburbs in the second half of the 20th century’.

His scientific production ranges in various fields of architecture and technology with in-depth analysis in the field of innovation construction technologies, tools and methodologies of architectural design, models of management of the building process.
The topics on which his research activities are concentrated concern in particular:

  • evolution of design methodologies within the framework of tools and methods for combining technological innovation and architectural quality;
  • models for rationalizing the construction process and innovation of the technical and procedural tools for the control of the quality and energy efficiency of buildings;
  • urban regeneration strategies and building renovation;
  • methods and technologies for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage.

He wrote several books concerning building technologies, design methodologies and maintenance strategies and published extensively in professional journals and magazines.