giovanni santi
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at the Department of Energy Engineering, Systems, Territory and Constructions (D.E.S.T.eC.) of the University of Pisa. He earned the Master Degree in Architecture, cum laude, in 1999 at the University of Firenze; in 2008 he obtained his PhD in “Science and techniques of the civil constructions” at Faculty of Engineering of University of Pisa, with a research on the regeneration of disused religious buildings in the territory of Pisa, Lucca and Livorno. He won grants for a researches on the vulnerability and the seismic monitoring, in 2009 for the school buildings in Tuscany and in 2010 for the hospitals in Tuscany, at the Department of Civil Engineering of Pisa. His scientific research activity has been focused in specific themes of architecture, building and recovery. In particular, the activity focuses on the issues related to the correlation between technology and architecture; to the use of methodologies for the control of the building process in terms of optimization of building components considering required performances; to the knowledge of construction techniques and materials used in the construction of ancient buildings; to the reuse of ancient buildings, aimed at their socially useful revitalization. He took part in many international and national research projects, such as: the Interlink Project 2004-06 “Pilot scheme for knowledge, conservation and improvement of Elbasan kala fortress, Albania”, with the analysis of building types and construction techniques of existing buildings-; with the analysis of building types and construction techniques of existing buildings-; the PRIN 2007 and the PRIN 2009 - Projects of national interest - with the study of spaces and hypogeoe constructions; and the research "A moving city: architecture, urban space and mobility in Pisa" conducted by DESTeC.with the UISP Committee of Pisa, as part of the "Pisa città che cammina" project of the Municipality of Pisa, in collaboration with the Regione Toscana, the Pisa University Hospital, the USL 5 Pisa, the Pisan Health Society, the UISP sport for all, within the national project "Walking City". It is also a co-inventor of patents and international brands. Since 2018 he’s visiting professor at École National d’Architecture Marrakech.
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