Giorgia Aquilar

Giorgia Aquilar is an architect and postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich. She currently holds a fellowship awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Prior to that, she was postdoctoral fellow of the TUM University Foundation and at the University IUAV of Venice, and adjunct professor at the University of Naples Federico II. Her research stands at the intersection of architectural theory, urban design and historic preservation, with a special focus on evolutionary taxonomies and strategies for heritage futures. She has published a number of articles and essays on related themes, including: Afterwardsness As Design Process (in: «Processes of Reflexive Design», edited by Margitta Buchert), and The Ideal of the Broken-Down: Porous States of Disrepair(in: «Porous City», edited by Sophie Wolfrum et.al.). As a member of the IUAV study team, she contributed to the drafting of the European report for the United Nations Conference Habitat III, included in the UNESCO publication Culture: Urban Future – Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development (Paris, 2016). She has been the recipient of grants and fellowships for her scholarly work, including from the Harvard Research Center Dumbarton Oaks, the Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University, and the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage.