Maria Grazia Turco

Job Title: Associate Professor Institutional affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome

Architect, Specialization degree in Restoration of Monuments, PhD in History and Conservation of Architecture, both held at Sapienza-University of Rome. Associate professor of Architectural Restoration, Sapienza University of Roma, Department of History, Representation and Restoration of architecture; in 2017 He obtained the national qualification as Full professor. She is also a member of the same university professorial board for the Architectural History and Restoration doctorate program. Her own research activity focuses on the conservation of architectural heritage, history of architecture and the relationship between color, architecture and urban design. She has participated in studies and national and international research (Tunisia, Pakistan, Hungary), in numerous conferences regarding history of architecture, restoration and conservation of monuments (Rome, Athens, Madrid, Barcelona, Sofia, Tunis, Brussels). Is member of Centre for the History of Architecture in Rome, AISU International and International Planning History Society (IPHS). She is a member of the scientific committee of architecture magazines.

She is author of more than 120 essays and monographs.

Publications

Turco, M.G. “Pierre Vago architetto e urbanista.” In Pierre Vago e la cultura architettonica del Novecento, 41-62. Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2020.

Turco, M.G. “La Conferenza di Atene del 1931. Rilettura critica di alcuni documenti conservati nell’archivio di Gustavo Giovannoni.” In Gustavo Giovannoni e l’architetto integrale. Atti del convegno internazionale. edited by G. Bonaccorso and F. Moschini. Roma: Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, 2019. 39-46.

Turco, M.G. “Architetture per lo spettacolo e città tra Ottocento e Novecento. Proposte per una nuova identità urbana.” In Theatroeideis. L’immagine della città, la città delle immagini, Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Bari, 15-19 giugno 2016), edited by M. Livadiotti et alii. “Thiasos Monografie 11”, vol. III, L’immagine della città moderna. Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2018. 393-405.

Turco, M.G. “The “Venezia Nuova” district in Livorno, Italy. The role of the Dominicans in the urban development of the city.” In International Planning History Society Proceedings, 17th IPHS Conference, History-Urbanism-Resilience (Delft, 17-21 July 2016), edited by C. Hein. Delft, 2016. 105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.7480/iphs.2016.3.1256

Turco, M.G. “Note su un’area a margine di Villa Celimontana. La passeggiata archeologica tra l’Oppio e l’Aventino. Battaglie vinte e perdute (Notes on an area on the edge of Villa Celimontana.The archaeological promenade between Oppio and Aventino.Won and lost battles.” In Il verde nel paesaggio storico di Roma. Significati di memoria, tutela e valorizzazione, edited by M.P. Sette, 97-108. Roma: Edizioni Quasar, 2016.

Turco, M.G. “Building the capital city: Maria Ponti Pasolini, the Passeggiata Archeologica and the planning of Rome (1887-1917).” Planning Perspectives 37, no. 3 (2022): 497-527. Published online:27 Mar 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2022.2045623

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