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Davide Mezzino

Tenured teacher
Davide Mezzino

Department of Humanities
Faculty of Interpreting and translation
Davide Mezzino

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CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor (Tenured Teacher) at the Department of Humanities, IULM University.

Ph.D. in Architecture, from Carleton University, Ottawa.

Doctorate in Cultural Heritage, obtained at the Politecnico di Torino.

From 2023, in charge of one of the three research units of the Project of Significant National Interest (PRIN) "Know.it" (MUR P2022WRPY5 - CUP J53D23016530001).

In 2022, expert contract at the EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research Executive Agency (REA) for the evaluation of projects submitted to the HORIZON calls.

From 2018 to 2021, at the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino, he worked as Digital Expert for the development of new paradigms for the management and dissemination of cultural heritage, through digital techniques and tools.

From 2014 to 2017, at the Carleton lmmersive Media Studio (CIMS), Ottawa, he developed advanced skills and abilities in the field of three-dimensional surveying and modeling, as well as skills in the use of cataloguing and management systems for built heritage at the architectural and urban scale. Within CIMS he has also conducted field research projects in Bahrain, Canada, Morocco, Mexico, and Myanmar.

Since 2013, qualified to practice as an Architect in Italy and in the European Union.

Since 2010, he has carried out research and training activities at Universities, Foundations, Companies and Institutions in Italy and abroad (including: Carleton University, Università di Genova, Università degli Studi di Torino, Università Telematica Internazionale UniNettuno, Universidad de Guadalajara, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, Scuola di Amministrazione Aziendale-SAA, Yangon Technolgical University, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione Giovanni Goria, Fondazione Paolo Ferraris s.r.l., URBIT s.r.l., Fondazione Scuola dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Fondazione Sicilia, Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali per l'Innovazione-SiTI; United Nations System Staff College)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Within the graphic-visual-synesthetic, information-computational domains including their historical, epistemological, semantic, technological and applicative aspects, the research activity focuses on:

- the scientific foundations and applications of graphic, infographic and multimedia language

- digital representation;

- visual communication, with particular reference to the possibilities of eXtended Reality (XR);

- the design and visual translation of concepts, ideas and narratives;

- knowledge and dissemination of cultural heritage.

 DISCIPLINARY GROUP:

 Scientific Disciplinary Sector ICAR/17

 

Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.

    Book chapters

     

    • "Digital Workflows for Cultural Tourism". In SMART TOURISM, edited by Valter Cantino, Francesca Culasso, Gabriella Racca. McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2018

     

    • "Interpretation of sensor-based 3D documentation". InHow to manage data and knowledge related to interpretative digital 3D reconstructions of Cultural Heritage? edited by Sander Münster. Springer, Berlin, 2016.

     

    • "The city as a work of art. The role of design between historical memory and innovation." In ARCHITECTURE AND CITY ARGUMENTS. Projectsof urban renewal. Di Baio Editore, Milan, 2015

     

    • "GIS and 3D modeling for Cultural Heritage". In Telling the history of the city in the age of the ICT Revolution, edited by Rosa Tamborrino. CROMA - University of Roma Tre, Rome, 2015.

     

    • "From Urban Restoration to Intervention Policies. Smart cities and the case of L'Aquila". In ARCHITECTURE AND CITIES ARGUMENTS. New urban scenarios Works Projects Utopias, Di Baio Editore, Milan, 2014

     

    • "E-SCAPE. New tools and new opportunities for the localization of Expo 2015 general interest services along the Canale Cavour, a backbone of the Milan- Turin urban region". In Multidisciplinarity and innovation ASP project 7. Polipress, Milan, 2013

     

     

    Articles on scientific journals

     

    • "Archaeological heritage between urban context, landscape and territory". Quaderni dell'istituto di Storia dell'architettura, special issue 2019, volume I.

     

    • "Opportunities and limits of BIM systems for built heritage: the Lawkahteikpan temple in Bagan." Drawing ideas images, Year XXIX no. 56/2018

     

    • "Toward a holistic heritage conservation". Technical Transactions. Architecture. Issue 7-A (10) year 2015 (112)

     

    • "A Smart Region between Turin and Milan for EXPO 2015 ICTs and territorial rebalancing". Planum. The Journal of Urbanism, no.27, vol.2 (2013), pp. 1-7.

     

    • "Metropolitan areas: local identities and 'networking' against degrowth". I BENI CULTURALI, protection, enhancement, cultural activities, contemporary architecture and bio-architecture. Bimonthly scientific journal. Year XX n. 4/5, 2013.

     

    • "Trees in urban and rural landscapes: value and enhancement of a common heritage". CULTURAL HERITAGE, protection, enhancement, cultural activities, contemporary architecture and bio-architecture. Bimonthly scientific journal. Year XX n. 1, 2012.

     

    • "The walls in our cities. The recovery of the Wall of Palazzina FIAT in Lingotto, Turin". I BENI CULTURALI, tutela, valorization, cultural activities, contemporary architecture and bio-architecture. Bimonthly scientific magazine. Year XIX n. 1, 2011.

     

    • "Bergolo: hidden identity, landscape recovery and enhancement project". I BENI CULTURALI, tutela, valorization, cultural activities, contemporary architecture and bio-architecture. Bimonthly scientific magazine. Year XIX n. 4-5, 2011.

     

     

    Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed)

     

    • "The digital transformation of the Egyptian Museum". Proceedings of the joint international event 9th ARQUEOLÓGICA 2.0 & 3rd GEORES, Valencia (Spain). 26-28 April 2021. Publication in progress.

     

    • "The conservation of the living religious heritage site of Bagan". In WORLD HERITAGE AND CONTAMINATION. Architecture I Culture I Environment I Agriculture IHealth I Economy I Landscape I Design I Territorial Governance I Archeology I e-Learning . Le vie dei Mercanti, XVIII International Forum. Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2020.

     

    • "The role of Intangible for Built Heritage Conservation". In WORLD HERITAGE AND LEGACY. Culture I Creativity I Contamination. Le vie dei Mercanti, XVII International Forum. Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2019.

     

    • "The role of intangible aspects in conservation and promotion strategies of Matera and its surrounding territory". WORLD HERITAGE AND DISASTER. Knowledge, Culture and Representation. Le vie dei Mercanti, XV International Forum. La Scuola di Pitagora, Naples, 2017.

     

    • "Built Heritage documentation and management: an integrated conservation approach in Bagan". In ICOMOS/ISPRSInternational Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) 26th International CIPA Symposium - Digital Workflows for Heritage conservation (Volume IV-2/W2)143-150, 28 August-1 September 2017, Ottawa, Canada

     

    • "Digital workflows for the conservation of Bahrain built heritage: the Sheik Isa Bin Ali house". In ICOMOS/ISPRSInternational Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) 26th International CIPA Symposium - Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation (Volume XLII-2/W5) 65-70, 28 August-1 September 2017, Ottawa, Canada.

     

    • "From field work to deliverables. experiences on the Tin House courtyard documentation". In ICOMOS/ISPRSInternational Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) 26th International CIPA Symposium - Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation (Volume XLII-2/W5) 77-81, 28 August-1 September 2017, Ottawa, Canada.

     

    • "Digital tools for documenting and conserving Bahrain's built heritage for posterity". In ICOMOS/ISPRS International Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) 26th International CIPA Symposium - Digital Workflows for Heritage Conservation (Volume XLII-2/W5) 513-519, 28 August-1 September 2017, Ottawa, Canada.

     

    • "Log houses in Les Laurentides. From oral tradition to an integrated digital documentation based on the re-discovery of the traditional constructive-geographical 'repertoires' through digital BIM data archive". In ICOMOS/ISPRS International Scientific Committee on Heritage Documentation (CIPA) 26th International CIPA Symposium - Digital Workflows for Heritage conservation (Volume IV-2/W2) 75-82, 28 August-1 September 2017, Ottawa, Canada.

     

    • "Technical assistance for the conservation of built heritage at Bagan, Myanmar". In XXIII congress International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Prague, 12 July - 19 July, 2016

     

    • "A 'stream of culture': an integrated approach between urban developments and historical water infrastructures". In WORLD HERITAGE AND DEGRADATION. Smart Design, Planning and Technologies. Le vie dei Mercanti, XIV International Forum. La Scuola di Pitagora, Naples, 2016.

     

    • "The storytelling in the travel practice: from the travel diaries to the digital guides". In Drawing and City, Culture, Art, Science, Information. 37TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TEACHERS OF REPRESENTATION - ELEVENTH UID CONGRESS. Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2015

     

    • "Documenting Modern Mexican Architectural Heritage for posterity: Barragán's Casa Cristo, in Guadalajara, Mexico." In XXV International CIPA Symposium, Taipei, 31 August - 5 September, 2015.

     

    • "3D modellingin Architecture: from tangible to virtual model". In HERITAGE and TECHNOLOGY Mind Knowledge Experience. Le vie dei Mercanti, XIII Forum Internazionale di Studi. La Scuola di Pitagora, Naples, 2015.

     

    • "The Tridimensional Survey in Architecture: From the 3D Model to the Restoration Project". In Italian survey & international experience. 36TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF TEACHERS OF REPRESENTATION - 11TH UID CONGRESS. Gangemi Editore, Rome, 2014.

     

    • "UNESCO Cultural Landscapes & food & wine."In I Valori del Verde e del Paesaggio - Atti del Convegno, 28 - 29 May 2014, pp. 216-227. Arkadia publisher, Cagliari

     

    • "Digitalization of cultural heritage's tangible & intangible dimensions". In BEST PRACTICES IN HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. FROM THE WORLD TO POMPEII. Le vie dei Mercanti, XII International Forum of Studies. La Scuola di Pitagora, Naples, 2014

     

    • "Landscape design and sustainable development: from smart City to the smart Land". In HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE LANDESIGN focus on CONSERVATION REGENERATION INNOVATION. Le vie dei Mercanti, XI International Forum of Studies. La Scuola di Pitagora, Naples, 2013

     

     

    Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.