Neorealist Architecture

22/05/2023, h. 11:30
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Leonardo, Edificio 16b, AULA 16b 1.1

Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy

David Escudero is an architect and Ph. assistant professor in the Department of Architectural Composition (DCA, ETSAM-UPM). His doctoral thesis, ‘Beyond cinematography: In search of neorealist architecture in Italy, 194X-195X’, won the UPM 2020 Extraordinary Doctorate Award. In addition, he has a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Projects, and his Final Degree Project was awarded by the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIII BEAU).
He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles in 2022, and a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, California (2017), at the GTA Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich (2017) and at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca (2018). He has taught at the Center for Critical Studies in Architecture (CCSA), at the University of Valparaíso, and at the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE), where he recently coordinated the seminar “Heritage 20XX”.
His research topics focus on the intersections between architectural and landscape theory, cinematography and representation. He is the author of articles in the Journal of Architecture (RIBA), Architectural Theory Review, OASE Journal for Architecture, European Planning Studies and LA + Journal, among others.

Relatore:  David Escudero, ETSAM-UPM Madrid

Responsabile: Luka Skansi