Gaia Redaelli

Architect & PhD in Architectural and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano, where she is Adjunct professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies. She is professor in the School of Architecture, Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, at the University of Sevilla & takes part in several international congresses, conferences & published many scientific articles & essays about Housing, Architecture, Urban design, Heritage and Landscape. She has an intensive applied research activities, member of the research group “Contemporary City, Architecture and Heritage” at the University of Sevilla, and takes part in H2020 and other international research projects. General Director of Rehabilitation and Architecture (2012-15) of the Housing Regional Government in Andalusia, that allowed the transference of knowledge to a public institution on Renovation of Housing and Heritage Buildings, Urban Renewal and Public Space. Director of the Contemporary Architectural Foundation (2003-2012), a no-profit institute dedicated to research, dissemination and training in contemporary architecture. Since 2018, co-founder of PAX – Patios de la Axerquia, a bottom-up strategy of Urban Regeneration with Social Innovation processes, to reuse historical Courtyards with Housing Cooperatives in Córdoba: member of the Faro Convention Network of the Council of Europe, European Heritage/Europa Nostra Award 2022, Eurocities best practice (2023), collaborates with World Monument Fund. Her works has been awarded in international competitions & published in many international magazines as Casabella, Abitare, Domus, Arquitectura Viva.