About

The Environmental History Group is conceived as a space for discussion and debate, aimed at raising new research questions in the contemporary debate on environmental history, through the promotion of innovative approaches, both research and educational, in the field of architectural history. The initiative aims to be part of a broader interdisciplinary research perspective, now well established internationally and aimed at exploring the intersections between architecture, environment, and history.
The Environmental History Group was founded on the initiative of professors and researchers from the Department of Architecture and Design at the Polytechnic University of Turin and its members are scholars with a common interest in exploring the themes, methods, and tools of the environmental history of architecture and its interactions with other disciplines.
The main purpose of the Environmental History Group is to contribute to a reflection on how environmental issues can be a factor of strong innovation in teaching and research practices within architecture schools, in a continuous exchange between research and teaching. Specifically, the EHG aims to define new lines of research related to the environmental history of architecture and territories, to support the presence of teaching activities on these topics within the degree courses and doctorates affiliated with the DAD, and to promote the creation of a national and international network based on them.
– The Environmental History Group operates according to the following objectives:
– The recognition, at national and international level, of a research group at the Polytechnic University of Turin active in research and teaching in the environmental history of architecture;
– The internationalization of research, through participation and the creation of networks on the research group’s key themes and interdisciplinary collaboration on the themes of crisis and ecological transition;
– The establishment of collaborations and synergies to encourage participation in competitive calls for proposals and national and international research initiatives;
– Openness to colleagues from other departments of the University interested in promoting research activities on the same topics;
– Willingness to host research staff from other institutions, both national and foreign, for agreed periods;
– The development of teaching activities specifically dedicated to topics of interest to the EHG in the Polytechnic’s bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, in close relation to research activities;
– The development of third mission activities open to society and aimed at the professional and industrial world.