Associate Professor of “Architectural and Urban Design” (SSD - ICAR/14) at DICAAR Department of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Architecture).

ERASMUS referent for bachelor and master courses in Architecture, University of Cagliari.

Referent of L.I.D.I.A. Laboratory - Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Teaching in Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari.

member of  DICAAR commission for the VQR, Area 08a  (non-bibliometrics)..

Member of the Council for the School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage, University of Cagliari. 

Member of the Teaching Board of the PhD Program in Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari.

 

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General Profile

Giovanni Battista Cocco (Cagliari, 1973) graduated in Cagliari (professors Enrico Corti and François Roche).

PhD in "Architecture", UP8 - Paris (thesis directors: professors Yannis Tsiomis and Enrico Corti);

Master's degree II level in "Recovery and Conservation of Modern Architecture", Universities of Cagliari and Rome Tor-Vergata;

DEA "Projet architectural et urbain: théorie et dispositifs", École Nationale Supérieure de Belleville - Paris (professors: Pierre Pinon, Yannis Tsiomis, Monique Eleb, Jean-Louis Cohen, Stéphane Yerasiomos, Philippe Panerai, Jean Castex, Pierre Clément).

Specialization in "Urban planning, environment and territory", University of Cagliari.

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He carried out several years of professional activity in the field of architectural and urban design collaborating with the University of Cagliari.

Since 2012 he conducts full-time academic activities in the School of Architecture of the same University. He is in charge of Architectural and Urban Composition modules in the courses “Integrated Laboratory of Architectural Design and Restoration” (Master's Degree in Architecture), “Integrated Laboratory of Architectural Design 1” (Bachelor's Degree in Architecture). 

He has partnerships with several schools and international institutions, including: ENSA Paris la-Villette; ENSA Paris Val de Seine; ENSA Toulouse; ENSA Grenoble; ENSA Saint-Etienne; ESA Rabat.

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Research fields

The research activity focuses on three axes of study: the requalification of historic and modern city landscapes; the reuse and conservation of architectural and urban heritage; the architectural design of the territory and landscape.

In Academia, he studies heterotopic architectures, with particular focus on disused historical prisons and psychiatric hospitals. This research has been funded by the Fondazione di Sardegna and the Regiona Autonoma della Sardegna The outcomes, still in progress, have been presented at several international conferences and lectures at numerous national doctoral programs. In addition, in 2023, some of these studies have been published in the volumes “Architetture Liberate. Il carcere di San Sebastiano a Sassari" (published by Gangemi Roma); “Destini incrociati per le fabbriche detentive storiche dismesse/Crossed Destinies for the Decommissioned Historical Prisons” (ArcHistoR).

He studies the theme of city project and landscape reuse. This research has had numerous project outcomes, including “Project for urban requalification and safety of the peripheries in the city of Cagliari”, funded by the Italian Government - Presidency of the Council of Ministers, 2016, and “Urban and landscape regeneration project for the territory of Villacidro” (in progress). Interest in this topic emerges in the text “The urban project adrift. Loosing and finding the route” (published by LetteraVentidue, Siracusa).

He addresses the theme of architecture at the large scale, with regard to coastal architecture and the design of metropolitan territories, for which he has recently published, with A. Dessì, the volume "Paesaggi neometropolitani/Neometropolitan Landscapes" (published by LetteraVentidue, Siracusa).

Publications

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Teaching

As part of the scientific disciplinary field of Architectural and Urban Composition, he teaches in the following courses:

- “Integrated Laboratory of Architectural Design and Restoration” Master's Degree in Architecture - LM4.

- “Integrated Laboratory of Architectural Design 1,” Bachelor's Degree in Architecture - L17.

- “Landscapes of Memory” School of Specialization in Architectural and Landscape Heritage.

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Participation in editorial boards of journals and editorial series.

- “U+D. Urbanform and design” (Anvur Class A journal).

- “BACK TO BASIC” (Listlab, Barcelona).

- “Paesaggi in trasformazione. Tecnologie e progetto per l'ambiente, la città, l'architettura” (Gangemi, Roma).

- “enter_vista. Architettura, teoria e progetto in Italia” (Università degli Studi di Camerino).

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Affiliations

- ProArch | National association of design teachers ICAR-14-15-16.

- DO.CO.MO.MO. Italy | DOcumentation, COnservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement.

 

(updated Sept. 1, 2023)