SELECTED RESEARCHES
TOPICS: ARCHITECTURE, URBAN STUDIES, GLOBAL SOUTH, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SELF BUILT DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS, CULTURAL IDENTITY, CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, TOURISM
 ELEMENTS OF PRATO
Research in the framework of the creation of the Structural Plan of the city of Prato on the identity and the multiculturalism of the city. The research includes the production of photo-reportages and maps siding the text and bibliographic documentation.
Commissioned by the Municipality of Prato, in the framework of the Structural Plan 2023
January 2022 - January 2023 |  ARCHIPELAGO - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Project to document and enhance the diversity of the islands of the Mediterranean Sea and its diversity in terms of forms of living. The project is ongoing and includes the production of photo-reportages and maps sided by short texts and bibliographic references.
Personal research.
Started in August, 2018 - Ends in 2068 |  A CONVERSATION BETWEEN STEFANO BOERI AND CORINNA DEL BIANCO
A conversation between Stefano Boeri and Corinna Del Bianco on the Spontaneous Living Spaces research project that the Arch. Boeri supported and guided since its origins.
The conversation highlights the importance of studying self-built settlements and considering them as part of the local cultural identity.
December, 2020 |
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 STUDY FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING MODULE IN MOZAMBIQUE
Decor Pemba Project
Creation of a guideline document for new sustainable houses’ modules for the city of Pemba, Mozambique.
Researcher of the team of the Politecnico di Milano, DAStU Department
Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione E35, AVSI. |  CAPULANAS - MOZAMBIQUE
Photographic research on an element of the Mozambican costume. Portraits of women.
Mozambique, 2019 |  DWELLINGS AND SETTLEMENTS IN PEMBA - MOZAMBIQUE
A typo-morphological field study in a changing urban environment
Survey and documentation of self built forms of living in four neighborhoods of the Mozambican city of Pemba. The documentation comprises architectural survey, urban analysis, maps, socio-economic diagrams, photoessays, interviews to inhabitants, videos at 5 scales of detail.
PhD research at the Politecnico di Milano.
Dissertation cum laude in December 2018. |
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 TIDES - MOZAMBIQUE
Photographic research on the effects of tides on the peoples everyday living and related activities.
Mozambique, 2016 |  SPONTANEOUS LIVING SPACES
Research on self-built forms of living. Case studies:
1. Guapira II, Sao Paulo, Brazil, supervision Stefano Boeri (Politecnico di Milano)
2. Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, help of the University of Hong Kong
3. Pemba, Mozambique, PhD research supervision of Michele Ugolini (Politecnico di Milano) and Michael Turner (UNESCO Chair, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem)
2011 - Present |  POK FU LAM
An integrated typo-morphological analysis
Survey and documentation of self built forms of living in the historical neighborhood of Pos Fu Lam. The documentation comprises architectural survey, urban analysis, maps, socio-economic diagrams, photoessays.
Hong Kong, 2013. |
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 JARDIM FILHOS DA TERRA
An integrated typo-morphological analysis
Survey and documentation of self built forms of living in the favela Guapira II of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The documentation comprises architectural survey, urban analysis, maps, socio-economic diagrams, photoessays, interviews to inhabitants, videos at 5 scales of detail.
Master research at the Politecnico di Milano.
Dissertation cum laude in April 2013. |
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