STEFANO MUSSO

Graduated in Architecture in 1984, he is PhD in "Building and Environmental Rehabilitation" and, at present, he is Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Engineering - University of Genoa - where he teaches "Architectural Restoration" and "Theories and History of Architectural Restoration". He is Director of the “Specialization School in Restoration of Monuments” and President of the Bachelor Course in “Architectural Restoration”. He is Council Member of the European Association for Architectural Education and member of the scientific committee of several cultural association like Do.CO.MO.MO Italia. He is also Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Genoa.

He contributed, as a scientific consultant, to many studies and surveys of ancient monuments and settlements: starting from the historical centres of Genoa, Siena and Piacenza, the monumental settlement of the Savona Sanctuary and of the Cathedral of the same town, the medieval castles of Torriglia and Dolceacqua in Liguria. He has been designer and responsible for the restoration interventions, among the others, carried out on the ancient Hospital of S. Maria della Misericordia in Albenga, the medieval Castle at Saliceto (CN) and the parish Church of Cengio Chiesa (SV).

His researches and teaching activities are mainly connected to the theories and history of restoration and to the outstanding lines of the cultural and technical debate in this field (Questioni di storia e restauro, Alinea, Firenze1988, Itinerari bibliografici sulla tutela, in B. Pedretti (a cura di), ll progetto del passato, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 1997, Le carte del restauro, in Aa.Vv. Cos’è il restauro?, Marsilio, Venezia 2006). In the wealth of his scientific production, the technological aspects of analysing and preserving interventions on ancient and pre-industrial buildings refer to the complex themes of restoration as well to the methods for a non-destructive analysis and diagnosis of ancient buildings as elements of our cultural and architectural Heritage (Architettura, segni e misura, repertorio di tecniche analitiche, Esculapio, Bologna 1995 – Recupero e restauro degli edifici storici, EPC Libri, II ed., Roma 2006). Other research themes are linked to the intervention techniques (Tecniche di restauro, UTET, Torino 2003 - with B. P. Torsello) and to the preservation and rehabilitation of rural architecture (Guida alla manutenzione e al recupero dell’edilizia rurale, Marsilio, Venezia 2001- and Guida agli interventi di recupero dell’edilizia diffusa nel Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre, Marsilio, Venezia 2006, with G. Franco).

With regard with these themes, he has been author of more than 100 publications and scientific responsible or national-local coordinator in several research programs funded by the University of Genoa, the Italian Ministry for the University and Research, the European Commission and other organizations and cultural bodies.



Former EAAE Presidents

Hans Haenlein, from London (1975-1979)
Herbert Kramel, from Zurich (1979-1982)
Age Van Randen, from Delft (1982-1984)
Peter Jockusch, from Stuttgart (1984-1986)
Nils Ole Lund, from Aarhus (1987-1991)
Jean-François Mabardi, from Louvain-la-Neuve (1991-1994)
Hentie Louw, from Newcastle (1994-1995)
Pierre von Meiss, from Lausanne (1995-1997)
Constantin Spiridonidis, from Thessaloniki (1997-2000)
Herman Neuckermans, from Leuven (2000-2003)
James Horan, from Dublin (2003-2005)
Per Olaf Fjeld, from Oslo (2005-2008)
Francis Nordemann, from Paris (2008-2010)