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Roberto Cavallo is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology. Since 1996, he has been teaching and conducting research at Delft University of Technology, where he served as Vice Dean of Education from 2014 to 2019. He currently chairs the section of Theory, Territory, Transitions, leads the Architectural Design Crossovers group, and is a member of the Department of Architecture Research Steering Team. Additionally, he coordinates the research line on Architectural Pedagogy.
An architect by profession, he was educated at the schools of architecture in Naples and Delft, where he completed his PhD in 2008. After earning his MSc in 1991, he worked at the offices of Cees Dam & Partners (Amsterdam) and Studio di Architettura (Amsterdam), becoming a partner at the latter in 1996. He has managed several architectural projects in practice and collaborated with Aldo Rossi's office on his Dutch projects, including the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht and the Slachthuisterrein in The Hague. In 1999, he co-founded Studio-AI in Amsterdam.
In 2013, he served as a visiting professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, the Faculty of Architecture at Hong Kong University, in 2014 at the College of Architecture & Urban Planning at Beijing Technical University, and in the academic year 2020-2021 at the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering, Politecnico of Milan. He is a member of the Architectural Research Network ARENA, and an advisor for the Dutch Architects Register as well as for various Dutch and European funding programs. On behalf of the Faculty/Department of Architecture, he leads several research initiatives both in the Netherlands and abroad. His expertise involves interdisciplinary and multiscale approach to architecture and urban design, design-driven research, and experimental pedagogies. He has extensive experience in workshops, symposia, conferences, exhibitions, keynote lectures, and as a member of scientific committees for international academic and professional events.
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Message from the new EAAE President, Roberto Cavallo
Dear Colleagues, Dear Members of the European Association for Architectural Education, It is with great honor and enthusiasm that I write to you as the newly elected President of our esteemed network. As we move forward together, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the solid foundation laid by my predecessor and share some thoughts on the future. Over the past seven years, under the dedicated leadership of our outgoing President, Oya Atalay Franck, and Vice-President, Ilaria…
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