Alessandro Porotto

About

Alessandro Porotto is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment of Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. He was Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCLouvain, Belgium (August 2020-January 2022) and Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at Art History Department of Emory University, USA (Spring 2020 semester). MISSION His mission is to develop scientific research and new critical instruments for typo-morphology studies dealing with urban history and theory. He conducts studies characterized by a comparative methodology, aimed at critically observing the heritage of urban housing in relation to the dynamics of the contemporary city. He also stress this approach through several teaching activities. CURRENT WORK His current postdoctoral research "21st Century Urban Block: Hybridization and Sustainability" focuses on forms of housing defining new hybrid urban housing in Amsterdam. PhD His dissertation, supervised by Prof. Luca Ortelli and Dr. Elena Cogato Lanza at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, focused on collective housing projects built in Vienna and Frankfurt during the Interwar period. Adopting a comparative approach, the analysis criteria concerned density, relationship between urban morphology and typology, collective spaces, and architectural language. PUBLICATIONS He is the author of the monograph "L'intelligence des formes: Le projet de logements collectifs à Vienne et Francfort". Regularly, he publishes articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapter books, proceedings and he participates in international conferences.

Work

Delft University of Technology

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Netherlands

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Université Catholique de Louvain

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Belgium

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Research Scientist/PostDoc

Switzerland

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Teaching Assistant

Switzerland

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Ph.D. candidate

Switzerland

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Politecnico di Torino

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Teaching Assistant

Italy

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Education

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Switzerland
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Ph.D.

Politecnico di Torino

Italy
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Master of Science's Degree

Publications

From hof to homes: interwar housing exchange between Vienna and Atlanta

The Journal of Architecture

journal-article

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Buildings

journal-article

Referential housing type for the 21st century city

XXVII Conference of the International Seminar on Urban Form – ISUF 2020 The 21st Century City

conference-paper

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Buildings

journal-article

Crisis and Transition: Forms of Collective Housing in Brussels

Buildings

journal-article

Vienna's Höfe

Architecture and Collective Life

book-chapter

Vienna's Höfe

How housing builds the collective

book-chapter

Typological Problems of Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt

ALDO ROSSI. PERSPECTIVES FROM THE WORLD. International Conference Proceedings

conference-paper

Typological Problems of Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt

conference-paper

Discreet Aesthetics

studies in History & Theory of Architecture

journal-article

Ernst May à Francfort

Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère

journal-article

Ernst May à Francfort

journal-article

Ernst May à Francfort

Cahiers de la recherche architecturale, urbaine et paysagère

journal-article

Esperienze concrete di una crescita moderna e democratica

Anfione e Zeto. Rivista di architettura e arti

journal-article

Francfort, Vienne, Stockholm : l'expression du collectif

Tracés

journal-article

New perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How does housing build cities?

Urban Planning

journal-article

New Perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How Does Housing Build Cities?

journal-article

New perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How does housing build cities?

Urban Planning

journal-article

“HOUSING Frankfurt Wien Stockholm”: Exhibition of 1920s‒1930s housing initiatives

Urban Planning

journal-article

“HOUSING Frankfurt Wien Stockholm”: Exhibition of 1920s¿1930s housing initiatives

Urban Planning

journal-article

“HOUSING Frankfurt Wien Stockholm”: Exhibition of 1920s–1930s Housing Initiatives

journal-article

L'intelligence des formes

MētisPresses

book

Housing Builds Cities

Urban Planning

journal-issue

Mapping the Existenzminimum: Modern European Dwellings

conference-paper

Mapping the Existenzminimum: Modern European Dwellings

conference-paper

L'intelligence des formes

Mētispresses

book

De l’Existenzminimum à l’existence commune

5e Journée Bernardo Secchi – EPFL, Lausanne

conference-poster

Le principe de complémentarité

Contour

journal-article

Siedlung : standardisation et invention architecturale

Racines modernes de la ville contemporaine: Distances et formes de résilience

book-chapter

The Philosophy of Domesticity

Cultures of Intimacy in the Nineteenth Century, Queen’s University, Belfast

conference-poster

A Wealth of Typological Solutions from the Twenties: Vienna and Frankfurt

II Congreso Internacional Cultura y Ciudad. La casa: espacios domésticos, modos de habitar, ETSAG. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

conference-poster

A Wealth of Typological Solutions from the Twenties: Vienna and Frankfurt

La Casa. Espacios domésticos, modos de habitar

conference-paper

Esperienze concrete di una crescita moderna e democratica

Anfione e Zeto. Rivista di architettura e arti

journal-article

Siedlung : standardisation et invention architecturale

4e Journée d'étude Bernardo Secchi – EPFL, Lausanne

conference-poster

Typological problems of housing in Vienna and Frankfurt

Aldo Rossi. Perspectives from the World. International Conference, Politecnico di Milano, Milan

conference-poster

Logement de masse Vienne et Francfort

dissertation-thesis

Logement de masse Vienne et Francfort

journal-article

Logement de masse Vienne et Francfort

dissertation-thesis

Why can't we live together? Stockholm and Vienna's large courtyard blocks

Global Dimensions in Housing. Approaches in Design and Theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim

book-chapter

Kleinwohnung vs Existenzminimum. Social Housing Types from Interwar Years

7th International Conference on Architecture, Athens, Greece

conference-poster

Kleinwohnung vs Existenzminimum: Social Housing Types from Inter-war Years

ATINER'S Conference Paper Series

conference-paper

Le principe de complémentarité

Proposition d'une méthode comparative pour les modèles architecturaux des années vingt

conference-poster

WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER? Stockholm – Vienna’s large courtyard blocks

Cities, Communities and Homes: Is the Urban Future Livable?, University of Derby, UK

conference-poster

Pietre che parlano. Gli Höfe della Vienna socialista

Esempi di Architettura

journal-article

Pietre che parlano. Gli Höfe della Vienna socialista

Esempi di Architettura

journal-article

Social Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt: two complementary architectural models

3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts, Vienna, Austria

conference-poster

Social Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt: two complementary architectural models

Conference Proceedings of the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2016

conference-paper

Social Housing in Vienna and Frankfurt: two complementary architectural models

conference-paper

Utopia and Vision. Learning from Vienna and Frankfurt

Joelho. Revista de cultura arquitectonica

journal-article

Urbanity and Construction of the City

Agency/Agents of Urbanity, EPFL, Lausanne

conference-poster