Mar Loren-Méndez (Málaga, 1968) B.Arch, M.Arch and PhD in Architecture from the University of Seville (1994, 2004). Master in Heritage and New Technologies (1996), with a scholarship from the European Leonardo Da Vinci program, and Master in Design Studies, Harvard University (1998), with a scholarship from the Real Colegio Complutense, a world center of excellence, where she has developed pre-doctoral stays, marking the international profile of her career.

Professor at the Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, School of Architecture, University of Seville since 2019, she has been teaching there since 1999. She is a member of Seville University Research Committee since 2016, of the School of Architecture Board since 2018, of the University Senate since 2013. She has developed her international research and teaching work in centers such as Boston Architectural Center (USA) where she started teaching architecture, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Universidad de la República de Montevideo (Uruguay), Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rice University, La Villette (France), UC Berkeley (USA) or the Getty Research Institute, among others. He has carried out research stays at the last three. She directed a module in the European Master Architecture Studium Generale, coordinated by BTU Cottbus (Germany). Since 2020 she coordinates and manages the European Erasmus+ Project for research and innovation in higher education HERSUS (Enhancing of Heritage Awareness and Sustainability of Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Design Higher Education), within strategic networks of higher education in Europe, on the innovation of good practices. He has won awards for innovation, teaching excellence and his teaching and research career.

Member since 2000 of the CAPC Research Group (Contemporary City, Architecture and Heritage), she is its responsible researcher since 2015. Her research focuses on heritage characterization and protection, with emphasis on non-exceptional heritage, developing three lines of research: cross-cultural studies Europe-US, contemporary architecture and coastal transformation and tourism, with emerging lines in interdisciplinary and creative methodologies, as well as their conceptual integration with new technologies. In 2019 she is the Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair Built Urban heritage in the digital era CREhAR (Creative Research and Education in heritage Assessment and Regeneration). 

She has extensive experience as a director of research projects and contracts: her projects on Contemporary Heritage have been subsidized with more than 1.5 million euros, of which she has directed and managed more than 350,000 euros in research grants from institutions such as the EU ERDF Funds, the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage and the Ministry of Research, Development and Innovation. He has directed contracts and projects such as the Registro Andaluz de Arquitectura Contemporánea RAAC (Málaga team management); Costa del Sol. Territorio, Ciudad y Arquitectura (IP) -both recognized with the 2009 Malaga Award, Fomento de la Arquitectura. The N-340 road corridor as a historical axis of the Andalusian coastline within the framework of the AOP R&D+i Contracts, European ERDF Funds, in the framework of which he has received two awards at the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism BEAU 2018. The exhibition and publication project Bernard Rudofsky. Critical Disobedience of Modernity, culminates in the protection of the Rudofsky House as the youngest monument in Andalusia. For this research she won a grant from the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles) and an Award from the College of Architects of Malaga in 2016.

She is the author of more than 50 articles, 20 books and book chapters and 30 reports on contemporary heritage for the Junta de Andalucía and UNESCO. She has curated several exhibitions and has been director and committee member of multiple congresses. She has received awards for innovation and excellence in teaching, as well as for the quality of her research. She has published nationally and internationally in Sustainability, VLC, PAA, TDSR (Berkeley), Arquitectura COAM, AS Arquitecturas del Sur (Chile), Apuntes (Colombia), Geographical Review (USA), IJGI (Switzerland), Revista de Historia Industrial, Revista EGA, Informes de la Construcción, DoCoMOMO Internacional, present in Avery, Riba, A&H Index or JCR. Her involvement as an evaluator, member of scientific and editorial committees of impact publications, complete her commitment to quality transfer in her area, which has culminated with the founding and current direction of the TEMPORÁNEA Journal, Journal of Architectural History.

Enrique Larive is an architect, Master in Architecture and Historical Heritage and PhD International Mention from the University of Seville. He was Associate Professor of Graphic Expression at the School of Architecture at the University of Malaga, Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Architecture and Building at the Autonomous University of Chile. At present, he is Associate Professor of the Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition at the School of Architecture at Seville University. He is also a member of the Research Group Contemporary City, Architecture and Heritage at Seville University and other research teams such as SEVLAB, Transversal Andalusia (Active Information System on Public Space in Andalusia). He is also co-founder of the Industrial Heritage Laboratory of Seville. Coordinator of the International Network of Research and postgraduate Education American Laboratory of the Historical Landscapes of Production, which is part of the Iberoamerican Network AUIP. He is also co-founder of lacasavacia Landscape and Heritage Architectural firm.

His lines of research are the result of more than twenty years of academic and research exploration, facing the process as a continuous action of transversal and creative approach to the landscape, to the industrial heritage as a complex system and to its interdisciplinary updating, incorporating ICTs and citizen participation. This experimental methodology was also developed in his doctoral research Frontier Spaces: Landscapes in Reclamation.

It should be noted that he has participated in regional and European research projects at the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute, which have become references in the field of the cultural landscape. In particular, the Cultural Landscape Guide of the Bolonia cove, Cadiz (2002-2003)

Two initiatives undertaken reconcile space, time and action in a creative production process of active cartographic systems where test trans-disciplinary ways, transversality and transference in the field of landscape. Those initiatives are the coordination of the Project of Landscape intervention in the mining county Linares-La Carolina for the Regional Government of Andalusia (2007-2009) and the Project SEVLAB Seville Lab-Team Laboratory under the European programme Interreg IV C of activation in historical industrial areas for the Seville City Council (2011-2012).

Emanuela Sorbo is Associate Professor of Architectonic Restoration, she is a member of the executive committee of the Architecture, Construction and Conservation Department, (DACC,) for the three-year period 2015-2018. She is a member of the Board of Directors and officer in charge of the communication group of the Italian society for architectural restoration(SIRA), for the three-year period, 2017-2020. She has worked as architect functionary of the Architectural and Landscapes Heritage Superintendency (Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e Paesaggistici) of the provinces of Verona, Vicenza and Rovigo. 

Prof. Sorbo graduated in Architecture in 2003. In 2004, she obtained a specialisation grant to study at the Fachhochschule in Munich (Image and Construction: post-war reconstruction in Germany and Italy). Since 2005, Prof. Sorbo has held a doctorate studies scholarship in History of architecture and of the city, Sciences of the arts and Restoration (SSAV, Università Iuav di Venezia, Università Cà Foscari Venezia). She also conducts her research at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), the Warburg Institute (London) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich). In 2008, Prof. Sorbo received the qualification of Doctor od Philosphy (PhD) with a dissertation on Matter and Memories. Restoration at Herculaneum. In 2012 she was appointed as Assistant Professor. Since 2017 she has been an Associate Professor.

Her research activities regard the forms and techniques of restoration of ruins, with particular attention paid to the themes of post-war reconstruction (M. A. Crippa, E. Sorbo, Liliana Grassi e il recupero creativo della memoria storica, Bonsignori 2004), of restoration in the Vesuvian archaeological area (C. G. Malacrino, E. Sorbo, Architetti, Architettura e città del mediterraneo Antico, Bruno Mondadori 2007; E. Sorbo, Tra Materia e Memoria. Ercolano 1711-1961, Maggioli Editore 2014) and of conservation of abandoned locations (E. Sorbo, La memoria dell'Oblio. Ex Ospedale Psichiatrico di Rovigo, Marsilio 2017). 

ANA CARDOSO DE MATOS Professor at the Évora University-ECS Department of History and member of Research Centre CIDEHUS/UE. Since 2007 she the responsible at the University of Évora of the Erasmus Mundus Master TPTI - Techniques, patrimoines, territoires de l’industrie, a joint programme of the Universities of Paris I –Panthéon Sorbonne, Évora and Padua and other universities, renewed this year by the European Union until 2027. Since 2015 until 2022 she was vice-director of the Institute of Research and Advanced Training (IIFA). She is member of the editorial board of the journal TST- Transportes, Servicios y Telecomunicaciones, and Journal of Energy History (JEHRHE) member of the scientific committee of Patrimonio Industriale AIPAI (Italy); e-Phasistos. Revue d’histoire des techniques ; Midas-Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares.

She is representative of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education on the Advisory Board of the National Railway Museum Foundation and representative of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities on the Advisory Board of the National Commission of UNESCO.

In 2010 and 2012 she was a Visiting Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS-Paris).

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Sofia Tonello is a specialised architect and teaching assistant at the Iuav University of Venice with Emanuela Sorbo. She is a PhD candidate at EIDUS | Escuela Internacional de Doctorado in Seville in the Architecture program under the guidance of Mar Loren Mendez. Her research thesis focuses on preserving cultural and landscape heritage protection and its relation to cultural identity and cultural enhancement of heritage, particularly in anthropogenic landscapes. She is a member of the scientific committee of the international network CARVEland. Previously, she was a junior researcher in the Erasmus+ project - HERSUS.

Armando Quintas obtained his Ph.D. in History at the University of Évora, (2021), with a thesis on the Alentejo Marble, History, Heritage and Cultural Enhancement (1850-2020). Master´s degree in Management and Enhancement of Cultural and Industrial Heritage (2012) from University of Paris I, France, Padua, Italy and University of Évora and a degree in History and Heritage (2008) from University of Évora.

He develops research on the industry of Alentejo (Portugal), in particular on marble, at the level of historical research, heritage and connection with industrial tourism. He has publications in Industrial Heritage, History and Economic History, and Marble Industry.

Since 2010 is researcher at CIDEHUS - University of Évora, and 2012 in CECHAP, a Heritage and Cultural Studies Center in Vila Viçosa, Portugal. Also belongs to the team of Marble Route at CECHAP.

Juan Manuel Becerra García (1958) es arquitecto y doctor por la Universidad de Sevilla, máster en arquitectura y patrimonio histórico, y académico correspondiente de la Real Academia de Nobles Artes de Antequera. Dirige el Servicio de Protección del Patrimonio Histórico de la Dirección General de Patrimonio Histórico y Documental, teniendo a su cargo las políticas de salvaguarda del patrimonio histórico en Andalucía. También es responsable de la elaboración y tramitación de expedientes para la declaración de bienes como Patrimonio Mundial y Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad por UNESCO, así como el asesoramiento y gestión de los mismos en Andalucía. Miembro del Consejo Asesor de la candidatura «Itálica adrianea», y del Grupo de Expertos en Patrimonio Mundial que asesora al Estado sobre las candidaturas que elevan las Comunidades Autónomas. Ha dirigido la redacción de la Ley 14/2007 del Patrimonio Histórico de Andalucía, y su modificación. Imparte docencia en Máster y cursos relacionados con la protección del patrimonio histórico, planeamiento urbanístico de protección y patrimonio mundial. Profesor honorario de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla en el Departamento de Urbanismo. Ha organizado cursos y publicado diversos artículos sobre protección del patrimonio histórico, principalmente en su relación con la ordenación urbanística y el territorio, y sobre el Patrimonio Mundial en Andalucía. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación HUM-700 «Patrimonio y desarrollo urbano territorial en Andalucía», de la Universidad de Sevilla. Participa en el proyecto I+D «Ruinas, expolios e intervenciones en el patrimonio cultural».

Licenciada en Geografía e Historia en 1982 por la Universidad de Sevilla. Tesis de licenciatura en 1987, dirigida por el Profesor Doctor Isidoro Moreno Navarro, bajo la denominación de “Coliblancos y Colinegros de Baena: estructura social, poder y simbolismo en un pueblo de la campiña cordobesa”. Desde 1991, por oposición, es funcionaria del cuerpo Superior Facultativo de Conservadores del Patrimonio de la Junta de Andalucía, ejerciendo labores de asesora técnica hasta junio de 1997, cuando por concurso obtiene la jefatura del Departamento de Catalogación e Inventario del Patrimonio Histórico de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía. Ha participado en el equipo técnico redactor de la Ley 14/2007 del Patrimonio Histórico de Andalucía. Realizó el Máster en Arquitectura y Patrimonio Histórico (2007-2008), sección investigación, de la Universidad de Sevilla, donde desarrolló el trabajo de investigación denominado “Los patios de Córdoba: Imagen de la ciudad y objeto patrimonial de protección “. Obtuvo el grado de doctora por la Universidad de Sevilla en septiembre de 2017, con la tesis denominada “La catalogación de bienes patrimoniales como servicio público y la participación social como necesidad: Nuevos y viejos objetivos, retos y cauces tras treinta años de competencias de la Junta de Andalucía”, dirigida por la profesora doctora Doña Teresa Pérez Cano y el profesor doctor Don Isidoro Moreno Navarro. Participó en el equipo de redacción y seguimiento del Plan Estatal del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Ha realizado investigaciones antropológicas y publicaciones sobre diversas zonas de Andalucía entre las que cabe destacar las del área de Doñana y la Campiña de Córdoba, además de las más recientes, dedicadas a la gestión del patrimonio cultural de Andalucía. Es profesora colaboradora del máster “Arquitectura y Patrimonio Histórico”, de la Universidad de Sevilla y Junta de Andalucía, ejerciendo también labores docentes en el Instituto Andaluz de la Administración Pública. Ha participado en diversos congresos, cursos y jornadas sobre patrimonio cultural y su gestión.

After receiving a degree in Architecture, Marco Chiuso pursued a Research Doctorate in the History of Architecture and Urban Studies at Iuav University in Venice. Until 2018, he was a teaching assistant in the Restoration labs and in courses on the Theory of Restoration, and served as a tutor in the Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Architettonici under Professor Mario Piana. From 2009 to 2014, he collaborated with Professor Massimo Carmassi, both academically and professionally, and contributed to the editing of publications on restoration interventions. Since 2018, he has been an Official Architect for the Ministry of Culture with the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio in Lucca and Massa Carrara, where his principal task is the preservation of monuments and landscapes for the City of Lucca and other minor centres. He is currently responsible for architectural planning and oversight for the restoration of the Palazzo Ducale in Lucca, with lead architects Bartolomeo Ammannati and Filippo Juvarra, and a portion of the Medieval Walls of Montecarlo with Porta Fiorentina.

Daniela Capra, è funzionario del Ministero della Cultura. Dal 1991 al 2005 ha lavorato presso la Soprintendenza di Trento prendendo parte al team di lavoro per il recupero e la valorizzazione del sistema dei castelli e delle fortificazioni del Trentino. 

Dal 2005 ad oggi lavora presso la Soprintendenza di Lucca e Massa Carrara come responsabile dell' Ufficio Vincoli e Dichiarazioni di Interesse Culturale. 

Fra il 2012 e il 2015 ha collaborato ai tavoli tecnici di copianificazione  tra Ministero e Regione Toscana per la redazione del PIT-PPR . 

È attualmente la referente dell'istituto per il Patrimonio Demoetnoantropologico.

Ana Paula Amendoeira, mestre em Recuperação do Património Arquitetónico e Paisagístico pela Universidade de Évora, foi eleita em 2011 presidente do Conselho Internacional dos Monumentos e Sítios (ICOMOS) em Portugal.

Desde 2012 é investigadora na Universidade de Coimbra, foi assistente convidada na Faculdade de Letras de Coimbra na área de Gestão do Património, e entre 2000 e 2008 foi Chefe de Divisão da Ação Cultural, Educação e Ação Social no Município de Reguengos de Monsaraz. Atualmente é Diretora Regional de Cultura do Alentejo.