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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

Teacher component

Lamberto Amistadi, Silvia Gasparotto, Vanessa Assumma, Saveria Olga Murielle Boulanger

Student component

Maria Vittoria Arfelli, Simone Baravelli, Alessandro Barlotti, Giovanni Benagli, Benedetta D’Antuono

Quality Assurance Commission

It constitutes the main interlocutor to whom the PQA refers to support the departmental quality assurance processes. It is responsible for overseeing the activities inherent to the departmental planning and self-evaluation processes, drafting the supporting documentation and ensuring its return to the Departmental Council. 

Composition

  • Prof. Fabrizio Apollonio (Director, Joint Committee President) 
  • Prof.ssa Elena Formia (Deputy Director) 
  • Prof.ssa Angela Santangelo (Research and Open Science Delegate) (Temporary support until December 2025: Prof.ssa Cecilia Mazzoli) 
  • Prof. Luca Cipriani (Third Mission Delegate) 
  • Prof.ssa Cristina Gentilini (Internationalization Delegate) 
  • Prof. Matteo Cassani Simonetti (PhD Coordinator) 
  • Dott.ssa Paola Motetti (Head of Administration) 
  • Sig. Filippo Montevecchi (Representative of Degree Course students) 
  • Sig. Damiano Turchetti (Representative of Degree Course students) 

Teaching Commission

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

Competencies

  • Preparation of the Three-Year Teaching Plan.
  • Overseing of the coordination of the Doctoral Course.
  • Coordination of the internationalisation of teaching.
  • Drafting of the teaching self-evaluation report.
  • Through the Delegate, management of 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

  • Promotion of research quality.
  • Planning of functions for research activities, establishing a Three-Year Research Plan.
  • Development of monitoring functions on an annual basis.
  • Coordination of the internationalisation process for research, plus cultural, publishing and exhibition activities and communication.
  • Through the Delegate, maintaining of 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 (Temporary support until December 2025: Prof.ssa Cecilia Mazzoli) 

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: Matteo Cassani Simonetti (PhD Coordinator), Giorgia Predari (PhD Vice-Coordinator), Pierpaolo Ascari (Delegato del Corso di Dottorato a pratiche e rapporti con i dottorandi), Federico Fallavollita (Procedures and Relations with Doctoral Students Delegate), Leila Signorelli (Procedures and Relations with Doctoral Students Delegate), Ernesto Antonini (Third mission and relations with companies PhD Delegate), Valentina Gianfrate (Third mission and relations with companies PhD Delegate), Annalisa Trentin (Internationalisation PhD Delegate), Angela Santangelo (Internationalisation PhD Delegate), Vanessa Assumma (Training activities and Website PhD Delegate), Lamberto Tronchin (Training activities and Website PhD Delegate)

VQR 2020-2024 contact: Angela Santangelo​

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

Internationalisation Commission

Competencies

  • Definition of the internationalisation strategy of the Department.
  • Analysis of specific problems and proposes solutions, taking into account departmental strategy.
  • Assistance of the departmental delegate in the activation and management of practices relating to the activation of sector agreements and MoUs.
  • Activation of coordinated actions to promote internationalisation activities.
  • Assistance of the departmental delegate in the management of internationalisation tutors.

Composition

Delegate: Cristina Gentilini

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

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

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

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

UNAEuropa/ Self Steering Committee/Sustainability: Annarita Ferrante​

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

Competencies

  • Work in tandem with the Research Commission for the optimisation of departmental research and activation of communication channels and networks with the third sector.
  • Connection with the University Third Mission Quality Assurance Committee regarding the University Strategic Plan within Alma2021
  • Coordination of cultural, publishing and exhibition activities and communication towards civil society
  • In agreement with the Department's research laboratories, activation of 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 and 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 guidance, 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

Other members: Silvia Gasparotto, Elena Maria Formia, Giorgia Predari, Stefania Rössl, Leila Signorelli​

Technical support: Giulio Bruno, Sara Putzolu

Commission for Guidance 

Competencies 

  • Incoming guidance: promotes and coordinates activities to raise awareness of study programmes (open days, meetings with schools, preparation of information materials).
  • Ongoing guidance: supports students already enrolled in the educational programme (tutoring, study plans, dropout prevention).
  • Outgoing guidance: promotes integration into the world of work (career days, internships, meetings with alumni and companies).
  • Monitoring and quality: analyses student flows, collects feedback and proposes actions to improve the educational offer.
  • Coordination with the University: ensures consistency between departmental activities and university's central guidance guidelines and services.

Composition

Delegate: Elena Vai

Single-Cycle Master’s Degree in Architecture: Alessia Zampini

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

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

First Cycle Degree Industrial Design and Second Master’s Degree in Advanced Design: Silvia Gasparotto

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 

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

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

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

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