Activities.

2024 Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal. Talk at the opening of the exhibition 100 Vases of Italian Design, with Giovanni De Paoli, Montréal, 11 March 2024.

2018 Autonomous Institute of Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este with MAXXI. Coordination of the event Rethinking Villa Adriana. Oltre lo spazio archeologico, 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, with Francesco Cellini, Gaia Piccarolo, Giuseppe Rallo and Renato Rizzi, moderated by Andrea Bruciati.

Upcoming. – Université Laval, School of Architecture. Organisation of the Robert Blatter centenary round table and exhibition, Thursday 26 November 2026. Working title: Robert Blatter in Québec. Modern Architecture, Documentation and Transmission.

Partners: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée de la civilisation, Ville de Québec; contribution from the Consulate General of Switzerland in Montréal.

2026 – Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City. Femmes architectes du changement exhibition, Jean-Marie-Roy room, 19 February to 12 March 2026. Hosting and organization of the travelling exhibition in Québec City; curator Louise Pelletier (School of Design, UQAM); a project originating from BUONE NUOVE (MAXXI, Rome, 2021), presented at the UQAM Centre de design in spring 2025. Sixteen practices led by women architects in Québec. Coordination of installation, opening and public engagement.

Organization of an institutional and academic meeting between the Faculty of Architecture at Sapienza Università di Roma and the School of Architecture at Université Laval. Facoltà Architettura Sapienza / École d’Architecture Université Laval, 2016–2026. Sapienza Università di Roma, Faculty of Architecture, Rome, Italy. 11 March 2026.

Organisation of and scholarly participation in Classico Design: Archaeology, Architecture and Design in Dialogue in Montréal, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, as part of Italian Design Day 2026. Collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Montréal, the MBAM, the Italian Trade Agency and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

2025 – Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec

Lecture series. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION DESIGN

International lecture series on the theoretical and operational challenges of architectural conservation and restoration. The series brings typology, urban morphology, architectural organisms, materials and contemporary intervention practices into dialogue.
Scientific direction with Paolo Carlotti, Sapienza Università di Roma

Calendar
• 1 October 2025
Speaker: Prof. Barbara Tetti, Sapienza Università di Roma
Lecture: Towards a modern concept of restoration
Reference authors: Quatremère de Quincy, Valadier, Boito
• 15 October 2025
Speaker: C. John Garate
Title: From Philological Restoration to Scientific Restoration
• 12 November 2025
Speaker: Prof. Yassine Ouagueni, EPAU University, Algiers
Topics: the concept of type in Muratori and Caniggia, studies of the city and territory
Supplement: Special-purpose buildings. System, structures and language
• 19 November 2025
Speaker: N. Di Battista
Title: Muratori and Caniggia. Reading Built Structures. Basic Building Fabric
• 26 November 2025
Speaker: Prof. Kayvan Karimi
Title: The Morphology of the City
Follow-up: discussion on typology and restoration
• 3 December 2025
Speaker: Prof. Pietro Boschetti
Lecture: The Special-Purpose Building

2025 — MANIFESTO Study Day. Organization and co-direction
Afternoon symposium on methodological approaches to architectural design in heritage contexts, with research presentations and a round table. Partners: Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Université Laval, University of Lisbon. 21 March 2025

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec, and Technische Universität München.
ULaval TUM International Intensive Workshop. Expo 67 Montréal. The Art Museum Pavilion.

Organization and coordination
Bilateral workshop on the Le Génie créateur de l’Homme pavilion. Condition assessments, conservation strategies and reuse scenarios. Site visits, studio sessions, Science Café, final public presentation and lecture by Jörg Haspel. 16–24 September 2025

Université Laval, School of Architecture and Cinéma Beaumont, Québec City
International Festival of Films on Art 2025. Bâtir Habiter Projeter programme. Co-organisation
Architecture film series with introductions by School faculty members. 20–22 March 2025

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
Lecture series. KNOWLEDGE IS METHOD. Organisation
Series within the Modern Architecture: Documentation, Design and Promotion course. Sessions on 10 February 2025, 17 February 2025, 17 March 2025, 7 April 2025

Series themes
• Documentation of works and contexts
• Critical analysis and theoretical framework
• Representation as a tool for inquiry
• Enhancement and transformation of modern heritage
Calendar
• 10 February 2025
Speaker: Carlo Carbone, Université du Québec à Montréal
Title: An analytical chronology of industrialized architecture
• 17 February 2025
Speaker: Renzo Lecardane, Università di Palermo
Title: Ten Words for Expo
• 17 March 2025
Speaker: Bessam Fallah
Title: Architectural Design in a Heritage Context. Transforming through Conservation
• 7 April 2025
Speaker: Stephanie Z. Pilat
Title: Cultivating Creativity. Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
Lecture series. CITIES OF THE WORLD. Organization
Online series for the Urban Form and Cultural Practices course. Sessions on 28 January 2025, 11 February 2025, 25 February 2025, 18 March 2025, 1 April 2025, 8 April 2025

Series themes
• City, power and inequalities
• Public space, mobility and inclusion
• Memory, identity and urban resilience
• Social innovation and urban creativity
• Sustainability and urban futures
Calendar
• 28 January 2025
Speaker: Olivier Vallerand, Université de Montréal, School of Design
Title: Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Built Environment. A Renewed Perspective
Focus: urban forms, power dynamics, spatial justice
• 11 February 2025, 3:30 p.m., Québec City
Speaker: Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York
Title: The Spatial Dynamics of the Arab Uprisings
Research focus: public spaces, mobility and infrastructure for inclusive cities
• 25 February 2025
Speaker: François Dufaux
Title: Intervention. Place Royale, Historical Facts and Modern Fictions
Focus: collective memory, cultural identity, urban resilience
• 18 March 2025
Theme: Social Innovation and Urban Creativity
Content: innovative projects, strengthening communities, sustainable transformation of urban landscapes

• 1 April 2025
Theme: Sustainability and urban futures
Content: climate and environmental challenges, architectural and urban approaches to equitable futures

• 8 April 2025
Speaker: Bessam Fallah
Title: The Impacts of Built Heritage Conservation on the Social Fabric. Inevitable Change

Université Laval, School of Architecture and partners in Monaco
World Café. Organisation and coordination
Participatory workshop in preparation on sustainable urban design practices in an international context. 2025–2026

2024 — Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
PHOTOGRAPHY IS DESIGN roundtable. Organisation and coordination.
Event in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montréal and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. 11 April 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
FORMA URBIS QUÉBECENSIS exhibition. Organisation and coordination.
Educational exhibition on Québec City’s urban evolution through maps and models. 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
Made in Italy Day 2024. ALESSI EXHIBITION. A TASTE OF ITALIAN DESIGN. Co-organisation
Exhibition of Alessi design objects in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy. 15 April–28 June 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
THE WASTE LAND photography exhibition by Alessio Pellicoro. Organization and coordination
Hosting in Québec City of the exhibition on Taranto and its urban and environmental challenges. 4 March–26 April 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
REINHABITING HERITAGE design charrette. Co-organization and facilitation
Vertical studio with the Government of Canada. Visits, intensive studio, public exhibition, roundtable and awards ceremony. 11–22 March 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
Intervening in the modern lecture series. Organization and moderation
Session in the Docomomo Québec series on refurbishing the envelope of a modern building in Québec City, with Lemay and ABCP. 27 March 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City
EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP: PNEUMATIC ARCHITECTURES AND EPHEMERAL SPACES. Intensive workshop with Picado de Blas. Academic organisation and coordination
Explorations of inflatable structures through prototyping, scaling up and a public lecture. 15–19 October 2024 and 16 October 2024.

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

DRAWING WORK exhibition. Organisation and supervision
Internal exhibition of student drawings from architectural representation courses. End of term 2024

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

Lecture series. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION DESIGN

International lecture series on the theoretical and operational challenges of architectural conservation and restoration. The series brings typology, urban morphology, architectural organisms, materials and contemporary intervention practices into dialogue.
Scientific direction with Paolo Carlotti, Sapienza Università di Roma

2024 Calendar

• 16 October 2024

Speaker: Prof. Marco Maretto

Title: The architectural organism

Subthemes: Environmental Urban Morphology for Regenerative Design; the concept of the architectural organism in Muratori and Caniggia

Location: School of Architecture, Université Laval

• 23 October 2024

Speaker: Prof. Donatella Fiorani

Title: Intervening in Historic Buildings. Recreating, Adapting or Restoring across Periods and Contexts

Theoretical framework: precedents for the idea of the architectural organism before Saverio Muratori

Location: School of Architecture, Université Laval

• 13 November 2024

Speaker: Prof. Fabio Sedia

Title: Verification No. 2. Architectural Organism and Building Types

Location: School of Architecture, Université Laval

• 20 November 2024

Speaker: Prof. Roberta Fonti, Technische Universität München

Theme: Specialised Buildings. System, Structures and Language.

• 4 December 2024, double-session day

Speaker: Prof. Alberto Bologna

Title: Chinese Brutalist Concrete. Architecture and Materiality in Contemporary China

Speaker: Prof. Francesco Rispoli, University of Naples Federico II

Title: The reason of Ulysses. Architecture and phenomenology

• 11 December 2024

Speaker: Prof. Claudio Varagnoli

Title: Conserving the Architecture of the Present

2023 – Docomomo Québec – Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec – Participation in the organisation

INTERVENING IN THE MODERN. Experiences of Six Canadian Architectural Practices

Docomomo Québec’s 2023-2024 programme: six hybrid lectures in Montréal, Québec City and Toronto, from 27 September 2023 to 17 April 2024, concluding with the roundtable “Taking stock of experience” at the UQAM Centre de design on 10 May 2024, to discover

recent interventions in modern architectural heritage. Hosting and moderation of the two Québec sessions at the School of Architecture: 26 October 2023 (Dany Blackburn, ABCP, Du-Buisson Primary School) and 27 March 2024 (Éric Pelletier and Sarah Perron-Desrochers, 1141, route de l’Église)

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

WHAT LEADS TO WHAT?

Exhibition of student work from Studio 2, Winter 2023. 22 October–10 November 2023.

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

HERITAGE — LECTURE SERIES ON MODERN HERITAGE — Organisation

Series of 15 online lectures by international professors and experts on the restoration and conservation of built heritage – In collaboration with ETSAM (Madrid), TUM (Munich), RomaTRE (Rome), UNIPA (Palermo), Sapienza (Rome), Politecnico di Bari (Bari) and POLIMI (Milan), September to December 2023.

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

SPECIES OF SPACES – 10 EXERCISES 90 CITIES

Exhibition of student work from the Winter 2023 Architectural Spatial Construction course. Exhibition organised by Fabio Sedia. 20 April 2023.

2022 – Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

Roundtable MODERN QUÉBEC’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT: DEFINING A CULTURAL MEMORY – Organisation and participation

France Vanlaethem (École de design de l’UQAM), Émilie Vézina-Doré (Ville de Québec), Martin Dubois (Patri-Arch), Dany Blackburn (ABCP), François Dufaux (ÉAUL) and Fabio Sedia (ÉAUL) discussed the nature of architectural modernity in Québec, research specific to Québec City, and the architectural contribution of architect Jean-Marie Roy. 29 November 2022

Keywords — restoration of Modern Movement architecture, urban design and redevelopment, maintenance and protection of historic gardens, archaeology and open spaces, landscape and historic heritage, architectural design theory and teaching.

2024 Hypogeum Tourism, 8th international research seminar (Designing Heritage Tourism Landscapes network), Sala delle Capriate, Palazzo Steri, Dipartimento di Architettura, University of Palermo, Italy. Fabio Sedia and François Dufaux (Université Laval), Montreal Moderna. Memorie dal sottosuolo. Paper presented on 19 April 2024; proceedings in publication.

2020 – INU Sicilia, Post-pandemic Cities. Paper La verde bellezza. Il futuro sostenibile dei giardini storici, affiliated with Istituto Villa Adriana e Villa d’Este.

Upcoming – International symposium “Il tempo delle cose”, University of Florence (DIDA), Florence, Italy. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval). Dalla materia alle relazioni. Il progetto come conoscenza critica dell’esistente / From Matter to Relations: Design as a Critical Knowledge of the Existing. Paper accepted, full text submitted. 18–19 December 2026.

Upcoming – ICSA2027, 7th International Conference on Structures and Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, 5–9 July 2027. Sedia, F., Espegel Alonso, C., Watanabe, S. and Saad, M. “Reassessing Domestic Modernity in Quebec City: Robert Blatter between Space, Structure, and the Materiality of Dwelling”. Abstract submitted, contribution no. 674.

2026 – CAH 2026 - 10th International Conference on Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Politecnico di Torino, Castello del Valentino, Turin, Italy. Fabio Sedia, Sara Watanabe and Pierre-Ulric Gagné (Université Laval). Reframing Quebec Modernity. Robert Blatter and the Analytical Knowledge of Domestic Space. Paper presented by Fabio Sedia on 9 September 2026, session 4c “Modern Heritage and Urban Narratives: Planning, Reconstruction, and Community Perception”. Conference held 8–10 September 2026.

29-30 January 2026 – Critic|all VI, Politecnico di Torino, Turin. Fabio Sedia, “Redrawing the Modern: Critical Devices in the Age of Hypervisibility”. Paper presented; proceedings published.

Charting the Future. Oceans, Life and Sustainable Navigation, Ross-Gaudreault Cruise Terminal, Port of Québec, Canada. Scientific roundtable organised on the occasion of the training ship Amerigo Vespucci’s visit, with the Italian Embassy in Canada and scientific and port partners. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), panellist. 24 July 2026.

XX Conference of Italian Researchers in the World, Sala Polifunzionale of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval). Rileggere la modernità architettonica in Québec. Conoscenza, interpretazione e progetto tra conservazione e riuso adattivo. Paper presented on 18 June 2026; abstract published in the proceedings, p. 149.

16 June 2026 – ProArch national seminar on research in architectural design. Invited contribution to the roundtable coordinated by R. Amirante, online.

3° Convegno nazionale Territori Sensibili. Aree interne tra forme e pratiche di resistenza, DARCH, University of Palermo, Italy (scientific director R. Lecardane). Fabio Sedia (Université Laval). Trois-Rivières, dalla modernità industriale al territorio sensibile. 15 June 2026.

51st Annual Conference SSAC/SÉAC, Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, Saint John (New Brunswick), Canada. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval). Notes for a Manifesto on the Existing Built Environment; chair of the session “Notes for a Manifesto on the Existing Built Environment” (30 May). 27–30 May 2026.

Framework, documentary series (Bell Fibe TV1), invited expert, episode 3 “The Rise of Modernism”, devoted to the emergence of modern architecture in Québec City (dir. P. Arseneau). Broadcast in May 2026; covered by ULaval nouvelles, 21 May 2026.

Arte e Scienza — Valore Italia, IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, Italy. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), invited presentation (online): “Leggere l’invisibile: arte e architettura, una stessa scienza dello sguardo”. 12 May 2026.

ISSNAF Québec — Italian Canadian Research Day, McGill University (Leacock Building 232), Montréal, Canada. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval). Drawing the Modern, Transforming Heritage. Launch of ISSNAF’s Québec chapter and presentation of the Ingegno Italiano Award. 21 April 2026.

Facoltà Architettura Sapienza / École d’architecture Université Laval, 2016–2026. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), Design, Heritage and Transformation. Theories and Practices Tested against the Built Environment. Sapienza Università di Roma, Facoltà di Architettura, Rome, Italy. 11 March 2026.

Italian Design Day, Classico Design: Archaeology, Architecture and Design in Dialogue in Montréal, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), Villa Adriana: Recomposing Antiquity. 12 March 2026.

5–8 February 2026 – 3rd General Assembly on Industrial Heritage, AIPAI, Bari, Matera and Lecce, Italy. Sedia, F., Carlotti, P. and Dufaux, F. “Oltre l’evento. L’eredità dell’Expo 1938 nel progetto architettonico e urbano di Trois-Rivières”.

2025 – International conference Oltre il Novecento. Teoria e prassi per il Restauro del Moderno. Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Architettura, Florence, Italy. 12–13 December 2025. Fabio Sedia, François Dufaux, Il complesso dell’Expo 1938 di Trois-Rivières (Québec,

Canada). Un laboratorio per riabitare il Moderno. The Expo 1938 Complex in Trois-Rivières (Québec, Canada). A Laboratory for Reinhabiting Modernity

RAIC The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Montreal, Canada

Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), François Dufaux (Université Laval). Architecture, Heritage and Design: Redefining the Methodological Framework. June 2025

50th SSAC Annual Conference 2025, Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Fabio Sedia (Université Laval), François Dufaux (Université Laval), Sara Watanabe (Université Laval). Architecture, Heritage and Design – May 2025.

13 March 2025 – Centre interuniversitaire d’études québécoises (CIEQ), Université Laval. Lunchtime lecture: “The Trois-Rivières exhibition grounds, a modern project, 1938”.

Invited lecture, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore.
Lecture: Useless Machines, LAB1 and LAB4 courses, Aula Laboratorio Disegno 1, Enna, 26 March 2025.

Invited lecture, seminar for the History of Gardens and Landscape course, DARCH, University of Palermo. Talk: Water Features at Villa d’Este, Palermo, 3 April 2025.

Invited lecture, seminar in the Theory and History of Restoration course, DARCH, University of Palermo. Talk: Modern residential neighbourhoods. Resources for the contemporary city, Palermo, 1 April 2025.

Invited lecture, LabCity Architecture graduation studio, DARCH, University of Palermo.
Presentation: Opportunities for Research, Palermo, 28 March 2025.

2024 – Round table – Photography Is Design, 11 April 2024, Université Laval, Québec. Description: Organisation of and participation in a round table entitled Photography Is Design, organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Montréal and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). As a participant, the contribution examined photography’s role as a critical tool in architectural practice, both as a means of representation and as a design tool capable of revealing and reinterpreting built spaces.

8th International Research Seminar: Tourism of the Underground, 18–20 April 2024, Palermo, Italy. Description: Presentation of the talk Modern Montréal. Memories of the Underground, promoted by the Designing Heritage Tourism Landscapes network. The talk explored the role of underground infrastructure in Montréal’s history and modernity. As a speaker, he offered a critical analysis of how these invisible spaces can shape urban memory and contribute to an underground architectural identity.

49th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, 22–25 May 2024, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Description: Presentation of two papers: The 1938 Expo Park in Trois-Rivières and Public Heritage and Administrative Transition, at the 49th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, organized by the University of Manitoba. The papers examined the restoration of landscapes of modernization and the management of surplus public spaces, particularly during the administrative transition of heritage buildings. Role: speaker and session coordinator.

Study day: The Fragment and the Lacuna, 9 July 2024, La Sapienza University, Rome

Description: Presentation of the lecture Towards a Grammar of the Fragment, organized by Sapienza University of Rome. As speaker, he explored how architectural fragments can be used to develop new urban interpretations, emphasizing their role in reinventing urban landscapes.

Exhibition: A Taste of Italian Design! 15 April–28 June 2024, Université Laval, Québec.

Description: Organisation of the exhibition A Taste of Italian Design! in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Montréal and the Consulate General of Italy in Montréal. The exhibition presents a selection of iconic Alessi objects, illustrating the impact of Italian design on tableware and architecture. The objects on display reflect the relationship between function and aesthetics in Italian design

2023 – Lecture: Lightness and delicacy of traces and imagination. Discontinuity in design for built heritage, 15 March 2023, Université de Montréal (UdeM), School of Architecture, Montréal, Canada. Description: Lecture presented as part of the selection process for an assistant professor position. The talk explored the notion of discontinuity in built heritage restoration projects, focusing on the delicacy of architectural interventions and their impact on the preservation of historical traces.

Heritage – Lecture series on Modern Heritage. September to December 2023, Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec. Description: Organisation of a series of 15 online lectures on the restoration and conservation of built heritage. Organised in collaboration with ETSAM (Madrid), TUM (Munich), RomaTRE (Rome), UNIPA (Palermo), Sapienza (Rome), Politecnico di Bari (Bari) and POLIMI (Milan), the series brought together international professors and experts to discuss contemporary approaches to managing modern architectural heritage.

Espèces d’espaces – 10 exercises, 90 cities, 20 April 2023, Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec. Description: Organisation of an exhibition of student work from the Winter 2023 architectural spatial construction course. Directed by Fabio Sedia, the exhibition highlighted the students’ proposed responses to contemporary architectural challenges in diverse urban contexts.

What leads to what? 22 October - 10 November 2023, Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City. Organization of an exhibition of student work from Studio 2, Winter 2023. The event showcased student projects exploring space and architecture, highlighting their engagement with architectural design and spatial innovation.

2022 – Lecture: Gio Ponti — Everything in the World Will Be Very Colourful. 24 March 2022, Université Laval, Québec City. Description: Presentation of Everything in the World Will Be Very Colourful, organised by Université Laval. The lecture explored the work of architect Gio Ponti, focusing on his innovative use of colour as a structuring element in modern architecture. As the main speaker, Fabio Sedia examined how Ponti revolutionised the design of modern spaces and influenced contemporary architecture.

Lecture: The Invention of Continuity. 10 May 2022, Récollets-Bâtisseurs, Québec. Description: Presentation of The Invention of Continuity, organised by Récollets Bâtisseurs. The talk explored the architectural reinterpretations of Villa Adriana over the centuries, highlighting its influence on modernity. As the speaker, I offered a critical analysis of the villa’s spatial and cultural continuity and the ways it has been reinterpreted in a contemporary context.

Roundtable: Modern Québec’s Built Environment — Defining a Cultural Memory, 24 November 2022, Université Laval, Québec City. Description: Organisation of and participation in a roundtable entitled Modern Québec’s Built Environment, promoted by Université Laval. The discussion explored tensions between cultural memory and contemporary urban planning, focusing on the work of architect Jean-Marie Roy.

2020 – Seminar: What Is an Exhibition? 14 May 2020, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. Description: Presentation organised by the University of Rome Tor Vergata as part of the architectural drawing course (Prof. Giuseppina Cinque). The seminar explored the exhibition as an architectural tool, highlighting its role in cultural interpretation and the dissemination of architectural knowledge. As the main speaker, Fabio Sedia examined how exhibitions can construct and deconstruct architectural narratives.

International conference: Post-pandemic cities, 8-9 October 2020, University of Palermo, online. Description: Presentation of the talk Green beauty. The sustainable future of historic gardens, organized by the National Institute of Urban Planning (INU) and the University of Palermo in collaboration with the Sicilian Region. The talk addressed sustainable management strategies for historic gardens in a post-pandemic context. The critical analysis focused on adapting conservation practices to contemporary needs. Role: speaker.

Work: selection of 10 drawings for the exhibition Architecture and Art in Intimacy, 2020, Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante, Torrevieja (Spain). Description: Participation in the exhibition Architecture and Art in Intimacy with a selection of 10 original drawings exploring the intimate relationship between the two disciplines. The works highlighted the capacity of architecture and art to create spaces for dialogue and interpretation, emphasising the importance of detail in shaping spatial and visual intimacy.

2019 – Study day: Rendezvous in the Garden, 1 June 2019, Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Italy

Description: Presentation of the talk Stories of an Extraordinary Nature at Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, organized by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage (MiBACT) and the Villa d’Este Institute in collaboration with the Italian Association of Historic Parks and Gardens (APGI). As keynote speaker, he explored the evolution and management of Italian historic gardens, highlighting how they reflect changing cultural ideals and the challenges of preserving them amid an ecological crisis.

Work: selection of 10 drawings for the exhibition Architecture and Art, Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante, Alicante (Spain). Description: A selection of 10 drawings was presented in the exhibition Architecture and Art, highlighting the interaction between these two creative practices. Through sketches and technical drawings, the works explored space, form and materiality, showing how architecture and art can enrich one another.

Work: Mail art for the 4aWOMAN exhibition — Censeo Group and 4aWOMAN Onlus association, 2019, Volume 33, Milan, Italy. Description: Participation in the 4aWOMAN exhibition with mail art based on female archetypes. The project sought to question and deconstruct gender stereotypes through graphic works, using the postal system as an artistic medium. The exhibition raised public awareness of women’s place in history and contemporary art.

International conference: Gardens in the Mirror of Travellers, 4 October 2019, Consortium of Royal Residences, La Venaria Reale, Turin. Description: Presentation of the talk Le Villae – things seen to the right and left (without glasses), organised by the Consortium of European Royal Residences in collaboration with the Association of European Royal Residences (ARRE), FAI and the Italian Parks and Gardens Association (APGI). The talk examined how European travellers, from classical antiquity to the present, have perceived and influenced the design of royal gardens. As a speaker, he explored tensions between conservation and modernisation through a critical historical analysis.

III Forum on Historic Gardens, 19–21 September 2019, Sintra, Portugal. Description: Presentation of a poster entitled Villa d’Este within the European Network of Historic Gardens, promoted by The European Network of Historic Gardens. The contribution explored contemporary challenges in the sustainable management of European historic gardens, particularly climate-related issues. Role: conservation project leader and presenter of findings on the management and enhancement of historic gardens.

16-24 Sept 2025 – International intensive ULaval–TUM workshop “Expo 67 Montréal – The Art Museum Pavilion” (co-direction)
Université Laval, School of Architecture; Technische Universität München
Québec and Montréal

15–19 Oct 2024 – Experimental workshop “Pneumatic architectures and ephemeral spaces” with Picado de Blas (academic organization and coordination)
Université Laval, School of Architecture
Québec

11–22 March 2024 – ‘Reinhabiting Heritage’ design charrette (co-organisation and facilitation)
Université Laval, School of Architecture
Québec

3–6 Oct 2023 – AT intensive workshop – Andrés Cánovas (organization)

Université Laval, School of Architecture, Québec City

Galerie Beauchamp, Québec City. Representation of a collection of twenty-one works (drawings and graphic works).

2020 – Work: selection of 10 drawings, exhibition Architecture and Art in Intimacy — Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos de Alicante with the Joaquín Chapaprieta Torregrosa Municipal Institute of Culture and Torrevieja City Council, Torrevieja (Spain), Vista Alegre Exhibition Hall, 17 January–1 March 2020 (extended)

2019 – Work: selection of 10 drawings. Exhibition Architecture and Art – Territorial College of Architects of Alicante

Alicante (Spain) / Emilio Varela Exhibition Hall, 16 May–14 July 2019

Artwork: Mail art works, 4aWOMAN archetypes exhibition - Censeo Group and 4aWOMAN Onlus association, Volume 33, Milan, 26 November 2019

2017 – Work: Secret Garden (drawing), Stellina Prize Make Your Dreams Shine, Viareggio, Villa Borbone, 5 August 2017.

Work: Koinè (drawing), exhibition for the competition Arab-Norman Imaginary. A Heritage of Stories, Dreams and Ideas — UNESCO / Municipality of Palermo, Palermo, Palazzo Sant’Elia, 19 April–3 May 2017

2016 – ‘Scientific Autobiography’ postcard, selected for the ‘Scientific Autobiography’ call of the ADAPT-r international practice research symposium. Exhibition in London, University of Westminster, 23–25 November 2016.

2015 – Artwork: Un rêve made in Sicily (seven drawings), contemporary art collective, Montagnes d’art - I ART Project / Sicilian Region, former Capuchin monastery, Geraci Siculo (PA), 28 August–14 September 2015

2015 – Installation of a flying chair and a series of drawings in Sutera, as part of the hospitality festival ‘Rabato Embraces the World’. Region of Sicily and Municipality of Sutera, 7–10 August 2015.

“Sicucinala” (postcard), shown in the “Cartes postales de Sicile” competition exhibition. First prize in the graphic design category. KWGroup, Catania, 6 to 23 May 2015.

2013 – Project: Tea Pavilion, Palermo, exhibition Architectures 2010-2012. Architecture observatory on projects by members of the Palermo Order of Architects. Palermo Order of Architects, 4-19 April 2013

2010 – Project: Restoration of the S.S. Nunziata chapel in Palermo with T. Marra and D. Parlavecchio.

Salvare Palermo Foundation exhibition, Casa Professa, cloister of the municipal library, Palermo, 26 November - 7 December 2010

2010 – Graduation project presented in the exhibition of the 12th edition of the travelling architectural design seminar ‘Villard de Honnecourt’, Palazzo Sambuca, Palermo, 8–12 November 2010.

Projects: Casa Livermore-Mennonna and the Candela Clinic chapel, Architectures 1990–2010 exhibition. Architecture observatory showcasing projects by members of the Palermo Order of Architects.

Palermo Order of Architects, 12–22 July 2010.

2009 – Projects: Casa Livermore-Mennonna and the chapel of the Candela Clinic, exhibition New Generations of Architects in Sicily, Exhibition Hall, Faculty of Architecture of Palermo, 20 July 2009

2008 – Project: Candela Clinic Chapel, exhibition for the ‘Pasquale Culotta’ International Architecture Award for a First Work and Its Client, former locomotive depot, Palermo, 7/8/9 February 2008

2007 – Competition project, International Competition for the Urban Redevelopment of Mondello exhibition, S. Mattia Church, Palermo, 28 June–7 July 2007

2007 – Presentation of teaching materials and projects from the first-year master’s architecture studio at the Conference of Deans of Italian Faculties of Architecture. Exhibition devoted to architectural education, Faculty of Architecture, University of Palermo.

2006 – Project: Master’s thesis, FA3 architecture festival exhibition. Research on display, architectural and urban composition. Investigation into design studio teaching in Italian schools of architecture, Modena, Foro Boario, 23–29 October 2006

Project: Master’s thesis and models, exhibition of teaching projects from architecture studios on the Oreto River in Palermo, University of Palermo, Faculty of Architecture, Palazzo Branciforti, Palermo, March 2006

2005 – Project: design from the “Airport and Surroundings” studio, Fa1 exhibition. Architecture Festival, Parma, 2005

2002 – Architecture Studio IV plates presented at the 8th Venice Architecture Biennale, “NEXT”.