Gisella Calcagno, Arch.

University of Florence

 

 

 

Architect; she studied at the DIDA School of Architecture of the University of Florence, where she concluded with a thesis on an architectural project of reception centre for refugee in Pozzallo (Sicily). 

 

In 2014 she attended the II level Master ABITA (Architecture Bio-ecologic and Innovative Techologies for the Environment), where she had to occasion to took part to research activities focusing on environmental sustainability, NZEB retrofitting and urban regeneration. 

 

PhD student in Technology of Architecture at the DIDA Department of Architecture of the University of Florence, conducting a research on the housing and social emergency of migrant and refugees which focus on the architecture of reception centres for asylum seekers. Research is matching the topic of temporary use, technological and typological innovation and social integration. She participated to international workshop, conferences and academic lessons.