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Architecture, Urban Planning, Conservation, Preservation, Sustainability
Italy

Biography

Luca Rossato is an Italian licensed architect, graduated in 2004 at the University of Ferrara Faculty of Architecture, Italy, with a thesis on urban preservation and re-generation of a small historic centre in the south of Brazil where he lived for almost 11 months attending the 4th year at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paranà (Curitiba, Brazil), Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning. In Curitiba he also worked for the local institute of urban planning (IPPUC) developing skills in urban preservation and revitalization policies and management.
At the end of the master course in "Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries" attended in 2005 at the university IUAV of Venice, he defended a thesis on the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site presenting a project for the preservation of the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO's Monument Zones. During this research he moved to Nepal where he stayed for 5 months working for UNESCO in Kathmandu and later in Darjeeling (West Bengala, India) for the ONG PAHAR INDIA.

The following year he became consultant in urban preservation in two projects: the first for the conservation of Lubenice, Croatia, in collaboration with IUAV University of Venice and the local municipality and the second one developed in Belluno, Italy, aiming at the restoration of a small mountain village in the northeast of Italy.
From 2006 to 2007 he worked in London as Urban Planner for PTE architects, a practice leader in UK in urban re-generation, collaborating in several projects mainly based in the city's metropolitan area.

Since 2008 he started to cooperate with the University of Ferrara Architecture Department. He holds a PhD (Ferrara University International Doctorate) in Urban Planning and Architecture related to the research “The Sustainability of Preservation. Integration of processes and technologies toward the enhancement of modern architecture in Brazil and India” (SSD ICAR/17).

He has been deeply involved in the publishing sector, serving on the editorial boards of the scientific journals "Paesaggio Urbano/Urban Design" and "Journal of Architectural Research and Development (JARD)", and participating in the editorial activities of several journals. He is currently a reviewer for the Australian Journal of Architectural Research and Development and the MDPI editorial group.
He is author and co-author of more than 160 publications such as books, conference papers, magazine articles and book chapters.

Since 2017 he is an associate member of the scientific association UID - Unione Italiana Disegno and since 2019 a member of ICOMOS Italy and ICOMOS CIPA-HD National Scientific Committee, Documentation of Cultural Heritage (2020).
His interest in modernist architecture led him to found the international research network I N S I D E Modern Heritage of which he is the scientific director since 2021.

He has been visiting professor at Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Paranà (Curitiba, Brazil), CEPT University (Ahmedabad, India), Mackenzie University (São Paulo, Brazil), POLIS University (Albani) and Burgundy School of Business (Dijon, France).

Since 2022 he’s Assistant Professor RTDb (SSD ICAR/17) at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Ferrara: Ferrara, IT

2022-11-01 to present | Ricercatore RTDb (Architettura)
Employment
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Luca Rossato

PTEarchitects: London, GB

2005-02-01 to 2006-12-22 | Architect and Urban Planner
Employment
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Luca Rossato

Education and qualifications (3)

Università degli Studi di Ferrara Dipartimento di Architettura: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, IT

2014-02-01 to present | International Doctorate in Architecture and Urban Planning (Architecture)
Education
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Luca Rossato

Universita IUAV di Venezia: Venezia, Veneto, IT

2004-11-10 to 2005-12-12 | Second Level Master in Urban and Regional Planning in Developing Countries (Urban Planning)
Education
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Luca Rossato

Università degli Studi di Ferrara Dipartimento di Architettura: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, IT

1998-09-18 to 2004-04-17 | Master Degree in Architecture (Department of Architecture)
Education
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Luca Rossato

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Sustainability. (2)