Davide Del Curto

Davide Del Curto is Vice Rector of the Mantua Campus and a Full Professor of Architectural Conservation at the Politecnico di Milano. 

His research currently focuses on the preventive conservation and restoration design of the architectural heritage as well as the relationship between heritage preservation and environmental sustainability, as part of the REACT EUPON 2014-2020 program. The 20th century is at the core of his research, focusing on developing innovative methods to preserve 20th-century architecture and studying the impact that the modern century has had on the heritage of earlier eras. 

He has managed national and international research programmes. He has also taken part in conservation and restoration activities for monuments in Europe, Asia and South America, from antiquity to modern times, such as St. Andrew’s Basilica in Mantua, the National Art Schools of Cuba and the Modernist Architecure of Tashkent. 

He teaches “Architectural Preservation” in the MSc programme in Architecture, School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering, “Preserving 20th-century architecture” in the Graduate School for Architectural and Landscape Heritage and “Heritage in Climate Change. Damage and Environmental Impacts” in the Built Heritage Conservation PhD programme.

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