Professor of architectural and urban design at the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna and the
University of Parma. He dedicated his research activity in particular to the history and theory of architecture, publishing important essays: The architecture of anti-rhetoric, 1995; Industrial Architecture and Landscape, 1997, Project and foundation of a garden city on the Adriatic Sea, 1999; Andrea Palladio and the Renaissance construction of the villa landscape, 2008. He deals with the design of public buildings, libraries and museums. Author of critical texts on cultural events, exhibitions, new buildings and new books, he participates in international conferences on the theme of museums and places of memory. Editorial director of the magazine “In Museo”, he collaborates with the magazine “Area. international magazine of architecture and design culture“.
