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Department of Architecture

Commissions and committees

Commissions, committees and working groups appointed to coordinate the Department's institutional activities.

Joint Teaching Staff-Student Committee

The Department of Architecture has a Joint Teaching Staff-Student Committee representing all of the Department's degree programmes.

The Commission consists of 10 members, equally divided between teachers and students, and is chaired by the Director, or the latter’s delegate.

The Joint Committee is tasked with availing of dedicated evaluation indicators in order to monitor the range of courses on offer, the quality of teaching and of student services, formulating opinions on the establishment, activation, modification and discontinuation of courses.

The Commission draws up an annual report on the teaching activities of the courses for which the Department is responsible.

The Commission has a three-year term of office.

Composition

Director: Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio

Appointed to Chair the Joint Committee: Danila Longo

Teacher component

Lamberto Amistadi, Marco Alvise Bragadin, Andreas Sicklinger, Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger

Student component

Emily Ann Angelini, Matilde Gardini, Matteo L’Erario, Giulia Micaletto

Teaching Commission

Tasked with appointing roles held by departmental lecturers in order to fulfil institutional formalities for the appointment of the Interdepartmental Teaching Commission

Competencies

  • it prepares the Three-Year Teaching Plan
  • it oversees the coordination of the Doctoral Course
  • it coordinates the internationalisation of teaching
  • it draws up the teaching self-evaluation report
  • through the Delegate, it maintains relations with the Vice-Rector for Education, the Delegate for international training and new agreement initiations, and PQA-DID (the University Quality Assurance Presidium for teaching)

Composition

Delegate: Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio (Director)

Course Coordinators: Ernesto Antonini, Elena Formia, Elena Mucelli, Giorgia Predari

Phd Coordinator: Annalisa Trentin​

Technical and administrative staff: Roberta Aguzzi

Interdepartmental Committee for Teaching

Composition

Delegate for Teaching: Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio

Deputy director: Elena Maria Formia

Deputy Delegate: Elena Mucelli

Uos Cesena Coordinator: Stefania Rössl

Uos Bologna Coordinator: Michele Zannoni

Research Commission

Competencies

  • it promotes research quality
  • It performs planning functions for research activities, establishing a Three-Year Research Plan
  • it performs monitoring functions on an annual basis
  • it coordinates internationalisation of research, plus cultural, publishing and exhibition activities and communication
  • through the Delegate, it maintains relations with the Vice-Rector for Research and the PQA-RIC (the University Quality Assurance Presidium for Research)

Composition

Research and Open Science Delegate: Angela Santangelo

Working Group members for the different areas: 

SUA-RD Review, TM, Teaching (AVA3 Departmental): Fabrizio I. Apollonio (Director and Delegate for Teaching), Luca Cipriani (Third Mission), Annalisa Trentin (PHD), Vanessa Assumma (QPS), Claudia De Luca (IRIS-RM), Cristina Gentilini (Internationalisation), Paola Motetti (RAGD), Camilla Donati, Giuseppe Frau (Research Managers)​

Doctoral Committee: Annalisa Trentin (PhD Coordinator), Valentina Gianfrate (Third mission and relations with companies PhD Delegate), Vanessa Assumma (Training activities and Website PhD Delegate), Ernesto Antonini (Third mission and relationswith companies PhD Delegate), Federico Fallavollita (Student relations Phd Programme Delegate), Matteo Cassani Simonetti (PhD Committee member).

VQR 2020-2024 contact: Angela Santangelo​

VQR Working Group: Lamberto Amistadi, Matteo Cassani Simonetti, Giorgia Predari, Elisa Conticelli​

Internationalisation Commission

Competencies

  • it defines the internationalisation strategy of the Department
  • it analyses specific problems and proposes solutions, taking into account departmental strategy
  • it assists the departmental delegate in the activation and management of practices relating to the activation of sector agreements and MoUs
  • it activates coordinated actions to promote internationalisation activities
  • it assists the departmental delegate in the management of internationalisation tutors

Composition

Delegate: Cristina Gentilini

First Cycle Degree Architetture-Engineering and Master’s Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture: Alessio Erioli

First Cycle Degree Industrial Design and Second Master’s Degree in Advanced Design: Andreas Sicklinger

Master’s Degree in Architecture and creative practices for the city and landscape: Jacopo Gaspari​

Single-Cycle Master’s Degree in Architecture: Daniele Pascale Guidotti Magnani

UNAEuropa/ Self Steering Committee/Sustainability: Annarita Ferrante​

Third Mission Commission, Public Engagement, Relations with Local Authorities and Continuous Training 

Competencies

  • it works in tandem with the Research Commission for the optimisation of departmental research and activation of communication channels and networks with the third sector
  • it liaises with the University Third Mission Quality Assurance Committee regarding the University Strategic Plan within Alma2021
  • it coordinates cultural, publishing and exhibition activities and communication towards civil society
  • in agreement with the Department's research laboratories, it activates working groups that can collaborate with the operational sites of Almaeclub, AlmaLabor, etc.

Composition

Delegate: Luca Cipriani

Companies, institutions and intership: Marco Alvise Bragadin, Valentina Gianfrate, Leila Signorelli

Professional orders: Ernesto Antonini​

Local/campus authorities and public engagement: Stefania Rössl (CE), Cecilia Mazzoli (BO), Angela Santangelo (OS)​

Foundations: Maura Savini

Superintendencies: Andrea Ugolini

Commission for communication, orientation, website, editorial activities 

Competencies 

  • It coordinates the activities and manages the communication tools of the Department of Architecture (website and social media)
  • It liaises with the Communication contact persons of the degree courses and doctoral programme, as well as with the contact persons of orientation, internships and publishing activities to synchronise action and communication formats
  • It works in tandem with the teaching, research, third mission and internationalisation commissions of the Department of Architecture for the optimisation of initiatives in the various communication channels

Composition

Delegate: Cecilia Mazzoli

Courses Communication: Elena Maria Formia, Giorgia Predari, Stefania Rössl, Leila Signorelli​

Technical support: Giulio Bruno, Sara Putzolu

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission

Competencies 

  • Through the Delegate, it maintains relations with the Magnificent Rector's Delegate for equity, inclusion and diversity
  • It promotes and coordinates information and awareness-raising activities on issues of gender, respect and protection of the individual, equity, diversity and inclusion

Composition

Delegate: Valentina Gianfrate 

First Cycle Degree Architetture-Engineering and Master’s Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture: Cecilia Mazzoli

First Cycle Degree Industrial Design and Second Master’s Degree in Advanced Design: Valentina Gianfrate

Master’s Degree in Architecture and creative practices for the city and landscape: Beatrice Turillazzi

Single-Cycle Master’s Degree in Architecture: Andrea Ugolini