Fabrizio Aimar

Fabrizio Aimar is an Architect and holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Development from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy. Since August 2023, he has held the position of Assistant Professor of Practice at the Department of Architecture at Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. At the same university, he also serves as the Director of the Center for Heritage Conservation and holds the Woodcock Endowed Professorship in Historic Preservation. Previously, he served as a Lecturer and Head of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at POLIS University, Tirana, Albania (2021-2023).

His scholarly and research activities have been the subject of articles and interviews in prominent Italian national newspapers, including La Repubblica, Avvenire, and La Stampa. In 2020, he was Visiting Researcher at ICCROM, Rome, Italy. In 2021, he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board for the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition “La Biennale di Venezia”, Venice, Italy. In 2023, he participated as a speaker in the side event “Students as Researchers,” one of the 9 side events of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition “La Biennale di Venezia”, Venice, Italy. From November 2019 to March 2022, he collaborated with the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre (R3C) at the Polytechnic University of Turin.

Moreover, Fabrizio Aimar was elected as a member of the Executive Board of the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects, and Conservators of the Province of Asti (Piedmont, Italy) for the period 2017-2021, and previously served as a member of the Culture Commission from 2010 to 2016. Furthermore, Fabrizio Aimar was an invited speaker at the 28° International Book Fair in Turin (Piedmont, Italy, 2015) and at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome (Italy, 2015). In 2020, he was a jury member for the IN/ARCH 2020 Award – Sicily and Calabria regions.

• landscape,
• landscape resilience,
• UNESCO cultural landscapes,
• built and cultural heritage,
• urban resilience,
• sustainable development