Bangalore

Prof. Fernanda Cantone, architect and Ph.D. in Building and Environmental Recovery, is Associate Professor in Technology of Architecture at University of Catania. She teaches Building Recovery Technologies. She has held seminars at many Italian universities, also for PhD and Masters. She has been supervisor of more than 100 University and Sperimental Thesis. She is vice-president of the degree course in Architecture. She has received numerous awards for thesis and the gold medal at the International Domus Restoration Award. She is a member of the Italian Society of Architecture Technology (Sitda) and is participant of clusters Recovery and Maintenance and Architectural Heritage. She is Coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee for Riviera dei Ciclopi Ecomuseum, Catania, Sicily, is a full Member of Green Lines Institute (Barcelos, Portugal), is director of the Editorial Series “Project and Sustainable Construction” Gangemi Editore, Rome. She has participated in numerous international conferences. He has published several monographs and essays on the issues of building and urban recovery, on building redevelopment, on urban regeneration and valorization. He has provided scientific advice to numerous projects of recovery and building and urban redevelopment. She has been on the scientific committee of numerous national and international conferences. Prof. Francesca Castagneto, architect and Ph.D. in Building and Environmental Recovery, is joint Professor in Technology of Architecture at University of Catania-School of Architecture in Siracusa. She teaches Environmental Design and Technological Culture for Designing. She is a member of the Italian Society of Architecture Technology (SitdA) and is participant of clusters “Environmental Design” and “Nearly Zero Energy Building”.  She is scientific coordinator of ManUrba Laboratory (Research Laboratory for Urban Maintenance and Building requalification) placed in SDS Architettura in Siracusa and is coordinator of Editorial Series “ManuUrba” LetteraVentidue Edizioni Siracusa. She takes care of the aspects concerning the relationship between building and context with particular attention to the use of resources and to the material recycling. From 2011-13 she was Scientific coordinator of the European Project “Euro South Hub” financed by Italy-Malta 2007-13 Program, that combine the topics of sustainability of the action for regenerating Hystoric Centres with social innovation problems.