Publications.

Articles in scholarly journals

2025 – Sedia, F. and Dufaux, F., ‘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’, Restauro Archeologico, vol. 33, no. 1, special issue, vol. II, 2025, pp. 64–69, Firenze University Press. ISSN 1724-9686; e-ISSN 2465-2377. DOI: 10.36253/rar-19036.
[Peer-reviewed scholarly article / Double-blind review by at least two reviewers]

Sedia, F., “Deformazioni tipologiche. Pratiche progettuali sul patrimonio moderno tra permanenza e trasformazione”, GUD – Genova University Design. A Magazine about Architecture, Design and Cities, no. 11, 2025, pp. 35–41. ISSN 1720-075X.
[Scholarly article — selected through anonymous peer review]
https://www.stefanotermaninieditore.it/portale/gud-design-2/gud11-01_2025-tipologia-typology/

Peer-reviewed articles published in conference proceedings

2026 – Sedia, F., Carlotti, P. and Dufaux, F., “Oltre l’evento. L’eredità dell’Expo 1938 nel progetto architettonico e urbano di Trois-Rivières / Beyond the Event. The Legacy of Expo 1938 in the Architectural and Urban Design of Trois-Rivières”, in Currà, E. et al. (eds.), 3° Stati Generali del Patrimonio Industriale, Bari–Matera–Lecce, 5–8 February 2026, Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2026, pp. 1464–1472. ISBN 978-88-492-5487-7. Volume DOI: 10.61020/9788849254877.
[Article in scholarly proceedings / anonymous peer review]

2011 – Sedia, F., ‘La conservazione del paesaggio del moderno. Città e spazio aperto come patrimonio per la città contemporanea’, in Heritage and Design of Geometrical Forms, Editorial Universidad de Granada, Granada, 2011. ISBN 978-84-338-5345-5.
[Paper in international academic proceedings — anonymous peer review]

Monograph

2024 – Sedia, F., Italia/Spagna. I quartieri del moderno risorsa per la città contemporanea, Politecnica University Press–Maggioli, 2024. DOI : 10.30448/UNI.916.74357.
[Scholarly monograph published following editorial review]

Chapters and contributions to edited volumes

2024 – Sedia, F., “ECCE HOMO?”, original plate, in Trovato, G. (ed.), Cartas a Vitruvio en tiempos de pandemia. Ejercicios de Introducción a la Arquitectura, Madrid, 2024, pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-84-09-61315-1. Collaboration on the ETSAM course noted in the project acknowledgements. [Graphic contribution to an edited volume]

2011 – Sedia, F., Minaldi, S. and Leto, F. (eds.), Sicilia Costa Nord. Architettura e Arte, Edizioni di Passaggio, Palermo, including the text “Vedere più che si può”, pp. 9-12. [Edited volume and chapter]

2023 – Sedia, F., “Disubbedienza”, drawing, in Oddo, M. (ed.), L’Albero dell’Architettura, Catania, 2023, section 6, “Architetti che disegnano alberi”. ISBN 978-88-6242-381-6.
[Graphic contribution to an edited volume]

2021 – Sedia, F., ‘L’invenzione della continuità. Villa Adriana e le sue declinazioni di senso’, in Bruciati, A., Eichberg, M. and Proietti, G. (eds.), Le grandi ville romane del territorio tiburtino, Comune di Tivoli, Tivoli, 2021, pp. 237–244. ISBN 978-88-946079-0-1.
[Chapter in an edited volume and scholarly catalogue]

2019 – Sedia, F., “Fiumi di città. Pánta rhêi hōs potamós”, in Panzarella, M. (ed.), Verso una capitale. La città che manca. Il progetto di Palermo Sud-Est, Caracol Editore, Palermo, 2019, p. 43–46.
[Chapter in an edited volume]

2015 – Sedia, F., ‘Città microurbanità. Forme di estensione ante-litteram’, in Margagliotta, A. (ed.), Strada Paesaggio Città. La città in estensione tra Palermo e Agrigento, Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2015, pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-88-492-2925-7.
[Contribution to an edited volume]

2014 – Sedia, F., “Tra la città e il fiume. Descrizioni, appunti e progetti per la valle dell’Oreto a Palermo”, in Fatta, G. (ed.), Palermo città delle culture. Contributi per la valorizzazione di luoghi e architetture, 40due Edizioni, Palermo, 2014, pp. 239–244. ISBN 978-88-98115-06-8.

[Chapter in an edited volume]

2012 – Panzarella, M. and Ferlenga, A., “Riuso/Riciclo”, with F. Sedia and I. Elmo contributing to the entry, in Biraghi, M. and Ferlenga, A. (eds.), Architettura del Novecento. I. Teorie, scuole, eventi, Einaudi, Turin, 2012, p. 738–745. ISBN 978-88-06-18243-4.
[Collaboration on an encyclopaedia entry in a scholarly reference work]

2011 – Sedia, F., ‘Complesso INA-Casa “Villaggio Santa Rosalia” a Palermo. Progetto di restauro e confronto con l’esperienza delle Viviendas Sociales a Madrid’, in Palazzotto, E. (ed.), Il restauro del Moderno in Italia e in Europa, FrancoAngeli, Milan, 2011, pp. 265–270. Print ISBN 978-88-568-4454-2; electronic ISBN 978-88-568-7097-8.
[Chapter in an edited scholarly volume]

2010 – Sedia, F., “Dal disegno al modello”, in Madonia, M. E., Un vademecum. Laboratorio di progettazione architettonica e urbana, Abadir, Palermo, 2010, p. 25. ISBN 978-88-87727-46-3.
[Contribution to an edited volume]

Sedia, F., “Un piano, due case, tre spazi. Il ridisegno del cottage Wise di Marcel Breuer”, in Centineo, S., Interno, interiore, intimo. Architettura degli interni, uomo, cultura, società, Edizioni Caracol, Palermo, 2010, p. 35–44. ISBN 978-88-89440-59-9.
[Chapter in an edited volume]

Other papers published in conference proceedings

2026 – Sedia, F., “Redrawing the Modern: Critical Devices in the Age of Hypervisibility”, in critic|all VI – International Conference on Architectural Design and Criticism. Grapho-logics, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, 29–30 January 2026, Critic|all Press–ETSAM, 2026, p. 487–497. ISBN 978-84-09-81684-2.
[Article in the proceedings of an international scholarly conference]
https://criticall.es/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=694

2010 – Sedia, F., “Continuità o crisi. I quartieri del moderno come risorsa per la città contemporanea”, in Abitare il futuro… dopo Copenhagen, Clean Edizioni, Naples, 2010, pp. 231–242. ISBN 978-88-8497-163-0.
[Article in the proceedings of an international conference with a scientific committee]

2009 – Sedia, F., “Rethinking Modern Movement Neighborhoods as a Resource for the Contemporary City”, in City Futures ’09, Madrid, 4–6 June 2009, EURA, electronic proceedings on CD-ROM.
[Article in international conference proceedings]

Abstracts published in conference proceedings

2026 – Sedia, F., “Rileggere la modernità architettonica in Québec. Conoscenza, interpretazione e progetto tra conservazione e riuso adattivo”, in XX Conference of Italian Researchers in the World, conference proceedings, Rome, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Sala Polifunzionale, 18 June 2026, p. 149.
[Conference abstract published in the proceedings]

Research reports

2026 – Sedia, F., Architecture au Québec 1900 à 1980. Connaissance, interprétation et premières stratégies de réutilisation. Final research report, Université Laval, “SSHRC Explore Grants” programme, Québec, 2026. Report produced under a CA$7,000 research grant; project conducted from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
[Scientific report required by the funding agency]

2025 – Dufaux, F. and Sedia, F., Rapport sur la requalification de trois édifices fédéraux dans le Vieux-Québec, research report commissioned and funded by Public Services and Procurement Canada — PSPC, November 2025.
[Commissioned and funded research report delivered to the commissioning body]

2025 – Sedia, F. and Dufaux, F., “La mémoire dans une boîte de métal”, Docomomo Québec, 27 April 2025, on the Colisée de Québec. [Critical outreach article]

2020 – Sedia, F., contributions to European Historic Gardens and Covid19. Times for Reflection and Action, collective publication of the European Route of Historic Gardens, 2020, pp. 6 and 18. [Contributions to an international collective publication]

2012 – Editorial team member (UAM) for E.JOURNAL / Palermo architettura, nos. 7 (March 2012) and 11 (July 2012). ISSN 2282-2674. [Editorial work]

2026 – Sedia, F., ‘Une mémoire en projet. Le parc de l’Exposition de Trois-Rivières’, FORMES, no. 79, summer 2026, special issue ‘Patrimoine architectural moderne’ (eds. C. Carbone and F. Vanlaethem, École de design de l’UQAM, in collaboration with Docomomo Québec), pp. 72–76.
[Article in a professional architecture journal — peer-reviewed]
https://www.formes.ca/publications/n-79

2026 – Sedia, F. (ÉAUL+ committee member), Memento. Annual publication of the Université Laval School of Architecture, 2025/26, School of Architecture, Université Laval, Québec, August 2026. ISSN 2818-0615. Authored texts presenting the courses: Studio I ARC-1011 (pp. 8-13), ARC-1041 Architectonic Imagination and Spatial Vision (pp. 14-17), ARC-1042 Architectonic Spatial Construction (pp. 18-21), ARC-7031 Modern Architecture, Documentation, Analysis and Representation (pp. 74-75), Design Thesis (pp. 149-165). [Institutional publication — published teaching content]

2025 – Sedia, F. (member of the editorial team and ÉAUL+ committee), Memento. Annual publication of the School of Architecture of Université Laval, 2024/25, School of Architecture, Université Laval, Québec City, August 2025. ISSN 2818-0615. Authored texts introducing the courses: Figuration 0 — Introduction to Architectural Drawing (pp. 8–9), Studio I ARC-1011 (pp. 10–15), ARC-1041 (pp. 16–19), ARC-1042 (pp. 20–23), ARC-3551 Modern Architecture, Documentation, Design and Enhancement (pp. 64–65), Design Thesis Unit 7 (pp. 195–205). [Institutional publication — editorial direction and published teaching content]

2024 – Sedia, F., “Un avant-goût de design italien”, in Memento. Publication annuelle de l’École d’architecture de l’Université Laval, 2023/24, ÉAUL+ section, School of Architecture, Université Laval, Québec City, August 2024. ISSN 2818-0615. Signed text on the Alessi exhibition (15 April - 28 June 2024); exhibition design with C. Beaumariage, M. Paré and J. Videaud-Maillette. Also designed the exhibition “The Waste Land” by A. Pellicoro. Published course outcomes: Studio IV (p. 12-23), study visit to Podor (p. 24-29), Design Research Project Unit 5 (p. 173-191, signed text). [Text in an institutional publication]

2023 – Sedia, F., Memento. Publication annuelle de l’École d’architecture de l’Université Laval, 2022/23, École d’architecture, Université Laval, Québec, August 2023. ISSN 2818-0615. Published course outcomes: “Regards sur la première année” — Studio II ARC-1012, ARC-1041 and ARC-1042 (pp. 8-43), Studio IV (pp. 44-49), Design Thesis Unit 3 (pp. 87-95). [Institutional publication — published teaching content]

2012 – Sedia, F., “Vedere più che si può”, E.JOURNAL / Palermo architettura, no. 11, July 2012, pp. 9–19. ISSN 2282-2674.
[Article in an architecture journal]

Sedia, F., ‘Une petite petite Maison sulle Madonie’, E.JOURNAL / Palermo architettura, no. 7, March 2012, pp. 156–165. ISSN 2282-2674.
[Article in an architecture journal]

Sedia, F. (ed.), ‘LM TOUR / Sicilia Architettura + Arte / Report’, E.JOURNAL / Palermo architettura, no. 11, July 2012, pp. 19–45, 67–110 and 117–169. ISSN 2282-2674.
[Editorial direction and curation]

2011 – Sedia, F., “Museo del Novecento”, Ciudad y Territorio. Estudios Territoriales, vol. 43, no. 168, 2011, p. 431–438, “Experiencias” section.
[Contribution to an international scholarly journal]

Sedia, F., “Soluciones laterales”, “Con ojos nuevos”, “Necesidad de la Utopía”, “Arquitectura de la Ciudad. ¿Volver hacia al centro?” and “The View from the Road”, HipoTesis, Alphabetical Series K, November 2011, pp. 5, 6, 8, 12 and 14. ISSN 1989-8576.
[Five short texts in an experimental architecture journal]

Sedia, F., ‘Architettura e città. INA Casa a Enna’, ARCHINGEGNO, no. 3, January–February 2011, p. 7.
[Article in an institutional university periodical]

Sedia, F., “Architetture del Vino. Un disegno per il territorio agricolo”, in Davì, E. (ed.), Libri di architettura: un’esperienza di rete nell’Ateneo di Palermo, Quattrosoli, Palermo, 2011. ISBN 978-88-8046-120-3.
[Critical review in an edited volume]

2009 – Sedia, F., review of Sarro, A. (ed.), Architetture del Vino. Un disegno per il territorio agricolo, published on inpost.it, 2 May 2009.
[Critical review published online]

Sedia, F., “Dalla materia alle relazioni. Il progetto come conoscenza critica dell’esistente”, Il tempo delle cose conference, University of Florence, 18–19 December 2026. Full text submitted; possible publication in a special issue of Restauro Archeologico.
[Paper accepted / full text submitted / not yet published]

Sedia, F., Watanabe, S. and Gagné, P.-U., “Reframing Quebec Modernity. Robert Blatter and the Analytical Knowledge of Domestic Space”, CAH 2026 – Conservation of Architectural Heritage, Politecnico di Torino, 8–10 September 2026. Paper presented on 9 September 2026. Article in preparation for possible publication in the Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation series, Springer.
[Paper presented / article in preparation]

Sedia, F., ‘Per una grammatica del Frammento. Nodi ed elementi di un discorso urbano’, in Il frammento e la lacuna. Il progetto per il patrimonio costruito, a thematic volume associated with U+D Urbanform and Design. Final text submitted in April 2026; publication announced, ISBN assigned.
[Forthcoming chapter in a book or thematic volume]

Sedia, F., “Adrian’s Villa: Memory and Reinvention of Its Architectural and Urban Archetypes”, in Carlotti, P. and Maretto, M. (eds.), Lectures in Urban Morphology, Springer.
[Chapter accepted / volume in preparation]

Sedia, F., Insegnare architettura? Una questione di metodo!
[Editorial project]

Sedia, F. and Dufaux, F., Réhabiter le moderne. Book in preparation.

Sedia, F., “SINGULARITY vs COMMUNITY. The scale of landscape in the Modern, between new city forms and infrastructure”. Article in preparation.

2023 – Architecture competition “Reclaiming and Enhancing the St. Lawrence Shoreline in Québec City – Phase 4”.

“Fasciner le littoral” project.

https://www.ccc.umontreal.ca/fiche_projet.php?lang=fr&pId=6515&etape=1