Editorial Team

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

   Cesare Sposito | University of Palermo, Italy
Architect and PhD, he is an Associate Professor of Technological and Environmental Design in Architecture. He holds the Construction and Environmental Design Laboratories at the Department of Architecture, where he has been a member of the Doctoral Research Board since 2007. He is Scientific Director of the “Project | Essays and Researches” series for Palermo University Press and a founding member of the Italian Society of Architectural Technology (SITdA). A former founding member of DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med. (Euro-Mediterranean Documentation and Research Centre) and co-founder of the magazine AGATHÓN, since 2015, he has been a member of various Scientific Committees at international conferences and in publishing series. He conducts research on protection systems for archaeological sites, the recovery of brownfield sites, social housing, innovative materials for architecture, nanotechnologies and energy saving in buildings, and strategies and actions to tackle climate change.

 

MANAGING DIRECTOR

   Micaela Maria Sposito
PhD in History and Conservation of Architectural Heritage and a degree in Literature in Florence, since 1999 she has been enrolled in the Registered of Publicist Journalists of Palermo (n. 4923). Over the years, she became interested in the History of Architecture and the History of Art, making them the subject of her work aimed at the knowledge and protection of Cultural Heritage. She has collaborated with several journals, including the ‘Demetra | Semestrale di Architettura e Arte’ (Alloro Editrice, Palermo), the semiannual of Literature and Art ‘Il Portolano’ (Poligrafica, Firenze), the quarterly ‘La Sicilia Ricercata’ (Bruno Leopardi Editore, Palermo), and the newspapers ‘Giornale di Sicilia’ and ‘L’Adige’. Art Curator at the Transarte Gallery in Rovereto and a Member of the Boards of the ‘Sergio Poggianella Foundation’ and the ‘Civic Museum Foundation of Rovereto’, she is the author and editor of various scientific publications and art catalogues

 

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Alfonso Acocella (University of Ferrara, Italy), Jose Ballesteros (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain), Salvatore Barba (University of Salerno, Italy), Cristina Bianchetti (Politecnico di Torino, Italia), Françoise Blanc (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Toulouse, France), Roberto Bologna (University of Firenze, Italy), Tarek Brik (University of Tunis, Tunisia), Tor Broström (Uppsala University, Sweden), Josep Burch i Rius (University of Girona, Spain), Maurizio Carta (University of Palermo, Italy), Alicia Castillo Mena (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain), Pilar Chias Navarro (Universidad de Alcalà, Spain), Jorge Cruz Pinto (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Maria Antonietta Esposito (University of Firenze, Italy), Emilio Faroldi (Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy), Francesca Fatta (‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, Italy), Francisco Javier Gallego Roca (University of Granada, Spain), Maria Luisa Germanà (University of Palermo, Italy), Vicente Guallart (IAAC – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain), Motomi Kawakami (Tama Art University, Japan), Fakher Kharrat (Ecole Nationale d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme, Tunis), Walter Klasz (University of Art and Design Linz, Austria), Paolo La Greca (University of Catania, Italy), Inhee Lee (Pusan National University, South Corea), Mario Losasso (‘Federico II’ University of Napoli, Italy), Maria Teresa Lucarelli (‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, Italy), Cristiana Mazzoni (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville, France), Renato Teofilo Giuseppe Morganti (University of L’Aquila, Italy), Javier García-Gutiérrez Mosteiro (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain), Stefano Francesco Musso (University of Genova, Italy), Olimpia Niglio (University of Pavia, Italy), Marco Rosario Nobile (University of Palermo, Italy), Patrizia Ranzo (‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ University of Napoli, Italy), Laura Ricci (‘Sapienza’ University of Roma, Italy), Andrea Rolando (Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy), Dominique Rouillard (National School of Architecture Paris Malaquais, France), Roberto Pietroforte (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA), Carmine Piscopo (‘Federico II’ University of Napoli, Italy), Luigi Sansone (Art Reviewer, Milano, Italy), Andrea Sciascia (University of Palermo, Italy), Federico Soriano Pelaez (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain), Benedetta Spadolini (University of Genova, Italy), Conrad Thake (University of Malta), Maria Chiara Torricelli (University of Firenze, Italy), Fabrizio Tucci (‘Sapienza’ University of Roma, Italy)

 

EDITOR IN CHIEF

  Francesca Scalisi | University of Palermo, Italy
Architect and PhD, she has been the co-founder and Research Manager at DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med. (Euro-Mediterranean Documentation and Research Center), Palermo (Italy) She is a member of several International Steering Committees as well as a Reviewer for various scientific Journals. She carried out research on Green Materials, Innovative Materials for Architecture, Nanomaterials, and Energy Saving in Buildings. Her main Research Projects are ‘Natural and artificial innovative materials for architecture’, ‘Nanotechnologies for unfired clay bricks (tradition, innovation and sustainability)’, ‘Recovery and conservation of Architectural Heritage using nanostructured materials and innovative technologies’

 

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Tiziano Aglieri Rinella (IUAV, Italy), Fabrizio Aimar (Texas A&M University, USA), Silvia Barbero (Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy), Carmelina Bevilacqua (‘Sapienza’ University of Roma, Italy), Mario Bisson (Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy), Luca Bullaro (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia), Tiziana Campisi (University of Palermo, Italy), Nicola Valentino Canessa (University of Genova, Italy), Chiara Catalano (National Centre of Research – IRET, Italia), Clice de Toledo Sanjar Mazzilli (University of São Paulo, Brazil), Giuseppe Di Benedetto (University of Palermo, Italy), Santina Di Salvo (University of Palermo, Italy), Ana Esteban-Maluenda (Polytechnic Univeristy of Madrid, Spain), Raffaella Fagnoni (IUAV, Italy), Antonella Falzetti (‘Tor Vergata’ University of Roma, Italy), Elisa Mariarosaria Farella (Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy), Rubén García Rubio (Tulane University, USA), Toufic Haidamous (American University in the Emirates, UAE), Daniel Ibañez (IAAC – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain), Pilar Cristina Izquierdo Gracia (Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain), Pedro António Janeiro (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Massimo Lauria (‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, Italy),  Ina Macaione (University of Basilicata, Italy), Francesco Maggio (University of Palermo, Italy), Fernando Moral-Andrés (Universidad Nebrija in Madrid, Spain), Nuria Nebot Gómez de Salazar (University of Malaga, Spain), David Ness (University of South Australia, Australia), Elodie Nourrigat (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Montpellier, France), Elisabetta Palumbo (University of Bergamo, Italy), Frida Pashako (Municipality of Tirana, Albania), Julio Cesar Perez Hernandez (University of Notre Dame du Lac, USA), Valerio Perna (Epoka University, Albania), Pier Paolo Perruccio (Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy), Rosa Romano (University of Firenze, Italy), Daniele Ronsivalle (University of Palermo, Italy), Monica Rossi-Schwarzenbeck (Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Dario Russo (University of Palermo, Italy), Michele Russo (‘Sapienza’ University of Roma, Italy), Jörg Schröder (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), Marichela Sepe (‘Sapienza’ University of Roma, Italy), Marco Sosa (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates), Zeila Tesoriere (University of Palermo, Italy), Antonella Trombadore (World Renewable Energy Network, UK), Alessandro Valenti (University of Genova, Italy), Gaspare Massimo Ventimiglia (University of Palermo, Italy), Antonella Violano (‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ University of Campania, Italy), Alessandra Zanelli (Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy)

 

ASSISTANT EDITOR | Maria Azzalin (‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, Italy), Giorgia Tucci (University of Genova, Italy)

GRAPHIC DESIGNER | Michele Boscarino

EXECUTIVE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS | Agnese Abbaleo, Antonella Chiazza, Paola La Scala 

WEB EDITOR | Pietro Artale (startstudio)

 

PAST SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS AND PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med.

Alberto Sposito (1939-2018)
Emeritus Full Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture (University of Palermo), he was Scientific Director of the international journal AGATHÓN (from 2017 to 2018), the DEMETRA journal, and the SPIGOLATURE series. He has been the Coordinator of the PhD programme in Restoration and Use of Ancient Contexts and Member of the International Scientific Council of the Biennial Archaeology Organisation. He was co-founder and President of DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med. (Euro-Mediterranean Documentation and Research Centre) from its foundation until 2018, and has promoted several national and international conferences on the conservation, enhancement and use of cultural heritage. He has published numerous articles, essays and books on the processes of transformation of the built environment, natural and artificial materials, and conservation processes relating to cultural heritage, deepening our historical and technological knowledge.


  Giuseppe De Giovanni
Architect and Full Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture (University of Palermo). He coordinated the Erasmus+ international mobility programme in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University (Germany). He was President of DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med. (Euro-Mediterranean Research and Documentation Centre) from 2018 to 2024, President of the Scientific Committee of INSA (National Institute for Sustainable Architecture), honorary member of the Mangiarotti Foundation and founding member of SITdA (Italian Society of Architectural Technology). He has conducted research on the restoration and conservation of existing buildings, the history of construction techniques and processes in Sicily, temporary architecture (for emergencies, health and leisure), technological and domestic design for assisted care homes and elderly people with neurodegenerative diseases, and Design for All.