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Journal Articles
The construction of the Sydney Opera House: An Australian story
Casabella. 2023-06-10. num. 946, p. 80-109.Dancing structures – The telescopic arches of the Sydney Opera House
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui. 2023-08-01. num. 456, p. 20-29.Milinda Pathiraja and Ganga Ratnayake – Robust Architecture Workshop, Two works in Sri Lanka
Casabella. 2023-11-01. num. 951, p. 90-101.Small opportunities, big challenges
Casabella. 2023-11-01. num. 951, p. 91-92.Sails, octopuses and beds: Collective creativity at the Sydney Opera House
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui. 2023-10-20. Vol. Hors-série, num. 45, p. 8-63.Tecnologia come discorso sul metodo e sul progetto
Techne-Journal Of Technology For Architecture And Environment. 2023-01-01. Vol. 25, p. 38-47. DOI : 10.36253/techne-14630.Structural reality and architectural editing: The four invisible columns of the Sydney Opera House
Architectural Research Quarterly. 2023-03-31. Vol. 27, num. 1.Technology as discourse on method and on design
TECHNE – Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment. 2023-04-01. num. 25 – Special Issue: “Enabling Roles of Technology”.A piè di Opera. La fabbrica delle vele per la Sydney Opera House / The sail plant for the Sydney Opera House
Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica. 2023-03-03. Vol. LVII, num. 168, “Visioni strutturali”, September-December 2022, p. 32-43.Not really an aftermath. The role of actual construction in the design process of the Sydney Opera House roof
Frontiers of Architectural Research. 2023-04-01. Vol. 12, num. 2, p. 242-265. DOI : 10.1016/j.foar.2022.10.005.Circularity by stock in Sri Lanka: Economic necessity meets urban fabric renovation
Frontiers In Built Environment. 2023-01-10. Vol. 8, p. 1098389. DOI : 10.3389/fbuil.2022.1098389.Construction Conditions and Practices during War in Afghanistan
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 2023-03-07. Vol. 149, num. 5, p. 05023005. DOI : 10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-12815.Comparing thermal performance of standard humanitarian tents
Energy & Buildings. 2022-03-22. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112035.Shear behavior of single- and triple-thickness masonry panels strengthened by bed-joint structural repointing
Construction And Building Materials. 2021-06-07. Vol. 286, p. 122925. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122925.Learning from Failures: Reflections on the Role of Project Design and Design Management in the Procurement of Non-Standard Buildings
Buildings. 2021-06-11. Vol. 11, num. 6, p. 253. DOI : 10.3390/buildings11060253.A revolutionary practice redefining architecture
Architecture Australia. 2021-02-18.Robust Architecture Workshop (RAW)
Architecture Australia. 2021-02-01. Vol. 109, num. 1, p. 102-106.Valorization of biomass derivatives through the conversion of phenol over silica-supported Mo-Re oxide catalysts
Fuel. 2020-01-01. Vol. 259, p. 116245. DOI : 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116245.Effect of Re content and support in the liquid phase conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol and 2-methyl furan over ReOx catalysts
Fuel. 2019-04-15. Vol. 242, p. 532-544. DOI : 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.01.090.The task of architecture
The Journal of Architecture. 2017-06-17. Vol. 21, num. 4, p. 493-498. DOI : 10.1080/13602365.2016.1192375.Recycling of hydrated cement pastes by synthesis of alpha'(H)-C2S
Cement And Concrete Research. 2017. Vol. 100, p. 398-412. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.08.001.Capital gains and architectural losses: the transformative journey of Caudill Rowlett Scott (1948–1994)
The Journal of Architecture. 2016-06-17. Vol. 21, num. 4, p. 540-563. DOI : 10.1080/13602365.2016.1192425.Effect of fibres addition on the physical and mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures with crack-healing purposes by microwave radiation
Construction and Building Materials. 2016-11-30. Vol. 127, p. 369-382. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.10.005.Relative Proportioning Method for Controlled Low-Strength Material
ACI Materials Journal. 2015-03-01. Vol. 112, num. 2, p. 179-188. DOI : 10.14359/51687226.Properties of mortars produced with reactivated cementitious materials
Cement and Concrete Composites. 2015-08-01. Vol. 64, p. 16-26. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2015.08.003.Torre Antena Santiago, cerro San Cristóbal, Santiago, Chile: Smiljan Radic, Gabriela Medrano, Ricardo Serpell, 2014
ARQ (Santiago). 2014-08-01. num. 87, p. 34-39. DOI : 10.4067/S0717-69962014000200005.Quantification of chemical and biological calcium carbonate precipitation: Performance of self-healing in reinforced mortar containing chemical admixtures
Cement and Concrete Composites. 2014-07-01. Vol. 50, p. 10-15. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2014.02.005.Reactivated cementitious materials from hydrated cement paste wastes
Cement and Concrete Composites. 2013-05-01. Vol. 39, p. 104-114. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2013.03.020.Are Physical Mock-Ups Still Necessary to Complement Visual Models for the Realization of Design Intents?
Journal of Architectural Engineering. 2011-08-03. Vol. 18, num. 1, p. 34-41. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000060.Towards a more “robust” technology? Capacity building in post‐tsunami Sri Lanka
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 2009. Vol. 18, num. 1, p. 55-65. DOI : 10.1108/09653560910938547.Forum Out of what? Locating the underpinnings of theory
Building Research & Information. 2008. Vol. 36, num. 6, p. 668-673. DOI : 10.1080/09613210802396320.Rules of Engagement: Testing the Attributes of Distant Outsourcing Marriages
Architectural Engineering and Design Management. 2007. Vol. 3, num. 1, p. 49-64. DOI : 10.1080/17452007.2007.9684629.Barrio Cívico: Concepción, Chile
ARQ (Santiago). 2007-12-01. num. 67, p. 18-25. DOI : 10.4067/S0717-69962007000300003.Good thinking and poor value: on the socialization of knowledge in construction
Building Research & Information. 2006. Vol. 34, num. 3, p. 272-286. DOI : 10.1080/09613210600634336.Understanding qualitative drivers in distance collaboration for architectural services
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment. 2006. Vol. 90, num. 1, p. 155-165. DOI : 10.2495/DARC060161.Vessels of Expression and Flows of Innovation
Journal of Architectural Education. 2005. Vol. 59, num. 2, p. 43-52. DOI : 10.1111/j.1531-314X.2005.00015.x.Sloppily built or precisely loose? The technology of the curtain and the ideology of Disney Hall
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 2004. Vol. 8, num. 3-4, p. 246. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135504000272.Interpretations of Vitruvius Critical misunderstandings Parliamentary reply
Architectural Research Quarterly. 2004. Vol. 8, num. 2, p. 102-102. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135504220127.Agencies of Central Design Intelligence
Journal of Architectural Education. 2004. Vol. 58, num. 2, p. 54-57. DOI : 10.1162/1046488042485321.Back to the future: the pragmatic classicism of Australias Parliament House
Architectural Research Quarterly. 2003. Vol. 7, num. 2, p. 140-154. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135503002100.Routine production or symbolic analysis? India and the globalisation of architectural services
The Journal of Architecture. 2003. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. 63-94. DOI : 10.1080/1380236032000068479.Involving the industry: Gehry’s use of ‘Request for Proposals’ packages
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 2002. Vol. 6, num. 1, p. 77-87. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135502001495.A true south for design? The new international division of labour in architecture
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 2001. Vol. 5, num. 02, p. 171-180. DOI : 10.1017/S1359135501001191.Modelling the dynamics of design error induced rework in construction: comment
Construction Management and Economics. 2000. Vol. 18, num. 7, p. 727-732. DOI : 10.1080/014461900433014.The Carriage in the Needle: Building Design and Flexible Specialization Systems
Journal of Architectural Education. 1998. Vol. 52, num. 3, p. 134-142. DOI : 10.1111/j.1531-314X.1999.tb00264.x.Conference Papers
Structural shop drawings at the Sydney Opera House: An instructive model of information flow?
2022. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) World Building Congress (WBC 2022), Melbourne, Australia, June 27-30, 2022. p. 1-9. DOI : 10.1088/1755-1315/1101/9/092018.The forgotten columns at the Sydney Opera House
2022. 5th International Conference for Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022), Aalborg, Denmark, July 6-8, 2022.Beyond the spherical solution: The contractor’s contribution to the roof of the Sydney Opera House
2021. International fib Symposium, Attisholz-Areal, Switzerland, Septembre 16-18, 2021. p. 387-394.Is conventional knowledge enough? Playing the devil’s advocate in the adoption of digital fabrication technology
2016. CAADRIA 2016 – 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia – Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;, March 30 – April 2, 2016. p. 871-880. DOI : 10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.871.Le dimensioni progettuali del costruire
2011. 1st International Congress of Retevitruvio Architectural Design between teaching and research, Bari, Italy, May 2-6, 2011. p. 1917-1926.Once they were heroes: What happened to the companies that built the Sydney Opera House?
2010. 18th CIB World Building Congress, Building a Better World, Salford, United Kingdom, May 10-13, 2010. p. 48-59.Do Projects Matter? Tracing Firms’ Industrial Trajectories from the Australian Federal Parliament House
2010. 18th CIB World Building Congress, Building a Better World, Salford, United Kingdom, May 10-13, 2010. p. 60-72.Tourist Sirens or Technological Beacons? On the Innovation Function of Large Public Buildings
2005. The Art of Architecture/The Science of Architecture: 93rd ACSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 2005. p. 553-560.Project costs and industrial benefits: Analyzing the technological function of the Sydney Opera House thirty years after its completion
2005. CIB W096 Architectural Management Meeting, Designing Value: New Directions in Architectural Management, Lyngby, Denmark, November 2-4, 2005. p. 69-80.Reviews
Dimensions and Correlates of Development in Construction
Journal of Construction in Developing Countries. 2021. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. 37–64. DOI : 10.21315/jcdc2021.26.2.3.Books
Water and sanitation hub in Mali. Reasons for an architecture seminar
EUNSA. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A., 2020.Book Chapters
The Poetry of Process
INI – A selection of buildings by Vijitha Basnayaka; Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2023. p. 301.The forgotten columns at the Sydney Opera House
Structures and Architecture : A Viable Urban Perspective?; London: CRC Press, 2022-07-08. p. 578.Danish spheres and Australian falsework: Casting the Sydney Opera House
History of Construction Cultures. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Construction History (7ICCH 2021), July 12-16, 2021, Lisbon, Portugal; London: CRC Press, 2021. p. 786-793.Cronache di un’amicizia tra Tucidide e il Che
Claudio D’Amato Guerrieri e la “scuola barese” di architettura. A trent’anni dall’istituzione del Politecnico di Bari e della Facoltà di Architettura; Rome: Gangemi Editore International, 2020. p. 528.In deference to the skeptics
Pisé. Rammed Earth: – Tradition and Potential; Triest Verlag, 2019.More for less – Architectural labour and design productivity
The Architect as Worker – Immaterial Labor, the Creative Class, and the Politics of Design; London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.Patterns of a journey. The Giurgola effect
Erasmus effect. Italian Architects Abroad; Quodlibet, 2013.What do we mean by building design?
Digital Workflows in Architecture: Design – Assembly – Industry; Berlin: Birkhauser, 2012.Prometheus Unchained: The Multiple Itineraries of Contemporary Professional Freedom
The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory; London: Sage, 2012. p. 393-409.On the cultural separation of design labor
Building (in) the future: Recasting labor in architecture; Princeton University Press, 2009.Globalization and Architectural Education: Introduction
Globalization and Architectural Education; Woodbury University, 2005. p. 1-4.Iconic Public Buildings as Sites of Technological Innovation
Harvard Design Magazine – online; Harvard Design Magazine, 2005.Cost vs. Investment: Architecture, Technical Knowledge, and the Socialization of Value
Center, Vol. 11 – Value 2; Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1999. p. 143.Talks
Architecture, système agricole et construction
Dessiner des (éco)systèmes agro-urbains résilients. Urbanisme, architecture et agriculture au défi du changement climatique, Agadir, Maroc, Septembre 09-10, 2019.Projet et Subsistance : systèmes agro-urbains en transition
Dessiner des (éco)systèmes agro-urbains résilients. Urbanisme, architecture et agriculture au défi du changement climatique, Agadir, Maroc, Septembre 09-10, 2019.Student Projects
One possible future for Grande Dixence
2023.Un complexe hospitalier polyvalent à Dadaab, espace de cohabitation entre ville et camp de réfugiés. Une unité de maternité et soins relatifs aux femmes
2023.Un camp d’urgence vertical. Occupation d’une ruine moderne à Beyrouth
2022.
Pensée globale, construction locale: stratégies d’adaptation d’une culture du bâti individualiste aux contraintes communautaires de la vie contemporaine et du développement durable
2021.
Habiter l’hexagone, centre collecteur d’Eysins (VD)
2020.
“Overgreened” – affectation future du bâtiment du Smart Living Lab à Fribourg
2020.
Revitalisation de la friche industrielle de la Eisfabrik: un nouvel espace civique le long de la Spree (Berlin, A)
2020.
La réimagination d’un parc comme site de refuge temporaire en cas de séisme, Gheytarieh (Téhéran)
2020.
Le paramètre humain
2019.
Espace(s) de vie – Un habitat collectif pour la classe ouvrière
2019.
Africanités II: Modernité & Liké ouflê / Modernité (Côte d’Ivoire)
2019.
LATUM. Transformation de la cantine des usines Innocenti en musée du tube métallique à Lambrate (Milan, I)
2018.
Réminiscences. Promenade muséale dans les ruines de Chan Chan (Pérou)
2018.
Le monde de la couture: un hub industriel pour revitaliser Beyrouth
2018.
Le projet d’architecture derrière son processus de construction, une reconstitution du Rolex Learning Center de l’EPFL (Ecublens, VD)
2018.
Etablissement hybride intergénérationnel à Evolène: cohabitation entre les résidents d’un EMS et les enfants d’une crèche (VS)
2018.
Cohabitation chromatique: une nouvelle “Siedlung” à Vufflens-la-Ville (VD)
2018.
Apprendre des fabriques horlogères: le potentiel urbain d’une typologie industrielle
2018.