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Rossella Maspoli

Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design DAD
Participates in 1 Session

ROSSELLA MASPOLI. She is graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico of Torino and PhD doctor in "Building and environmental rehabilitation" at the University of Genoa. Since 1999 he is researcher of Technology of Architecture, Professor in the Academic Courses at the School of Architecture of the Politecnico di Torino. Since 2016 Associate Professor. Teacher of PhD course of "Technological Innovation for the Built Envinronment”, Master's Degree of "Building Manager" (University of Chieti), Web Master of "Conservation, Management and Enhancement Industrial Heritage" (University of Padua). Course and Workshop at Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, IUAV Venice, Universidade de Brasília, TaiYuan University of Technology.

Member of TICCIH, board member of AIPAI - Italian Association for the Industrial Archaeological Heritage (2006-2020).

Since 2005 the research regards the historic and modern industrial heritage, the knowledge of his technological rather than aesthetic value, the adaptive reuse. She is, inter alia, coordinator in the research projects: "Torino automotive heritage framework", for the dissemination and communication of the mobile and immovable automobile culture (2018-in progress), the exhibition “Lingotto lives&relives (2020) and “Promenade of the art and industrial culture” (2012-15). Head for the Politecnico in nomination of Torino UNESCO Creative City (2014-in progress).

She has edited over 150 publications, selected:  The heritage of motoring: the enhancement and prospects of UNESCO nomination, In: General states of industrial heritage Conférence, Venice (2020);  Conservation, enhancement and tourism of the architectural heritage of the car industry. From the Turin case to the international “mo-town”, In: Patrimonio Industriale (2018); Temporary reuse, sustainable regeneration, adaptive recovery of the post-industrial and service heritage. In: The New Frontiers of Conservation. Conveyances, contaminations, crossbreeding, Arcadia Ricerche (2017); Valorization of the automotive heritage. In: TICCIH Bulletin, n. 69 (2015); Industrial heritage. Conservation, patrimonialisation, sustainable transformation, In: Il progetto sostenibile (2014); Maspoli R., Spaziante A. (eds) Factories, villages and memories, Alinea (2012).

Sessions in which Rossella Maspoli participates

Monday 29 August, 2022

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Sessions in which Rossella Maspoli attends

Sunday 28 August, 2022

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7:45 AM
7:45 AM - 4:00 PM | 8 hours 15 minutes

A one-day itinerary on the opening day of the conference will allow visitors to discover Exporail in Saint-Constant, the Beauharnois hydroelectric plant and the Cotea...

Monday 29 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Si la vallée du canal de Lachine a été le berceau de l’industrialisation canadienne, la géographie industrielle métropolitaine ne s’y est pas confinée, peu s’en faut, Outre les grandes concentrations d’entreprises des quartiers centraux, elle est constituée des réseaux infrastructuraux, d’une douzaine de centrales hydroélectriques et des ensembles manufacturiers disséminés dans une quinzaine de petites villes aujourd’hui intégrées dans l’aire métropolitaine. La conférence proposera un surv...

Gérard Beaudet

Keynote speaker

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being preserved and for whom? And, relatedly, what is the relationship between industrial heritage sites and the deindustrialized working-class communities that often adjoin them? The keynote will consider the ways that the preservation of Montreal’s Lachine Canal, Canada’s premier industrial heritage site, has enabled gentrification processes that have forc...

Wednesday 31 August, 2022

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7:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Visit of the permanent exhibition : À cœur de jour, grandeurs et misères d'un quartier populaire, which traces the history of one of the oldest industrial and working-class neighborhoods in Montreal. Discovery of the old Généreux bathhouse, a building that recalls a time when most working-class dwellings had neither bath nor shower. Presentation of some elements of the neighborhood's heritage on the way between UQAM and the Écomusée.The visit will be guided in French by René Binette...

5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

In this lecture, I would like to talk about deindustrialised communities, heritage and memory in the context of right-wing populism. Drawing on studies of memory and heritage, I argue that right-wing populists have cornered the market on talking about the past of deindustrialised communities. They have successfully misrepresented this rich and complex history to fuel rage, resentment, fear and reactionary nostalgia. Indeed, ‘the past’, and in particular the industr...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes

From its construction to its restoration, immerse yourself in the now and then of this key Canadian industrial heritage site. A country’s central maritime route, a major inland port, the Canadian Lowell (using hydraulic power), the cradle of industrialization, Smokey Valley (using steam), a manufacturing hotspot, the Lachine Canal is all of this and more. For it is also a national historic site, for which

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

The use of industrial heritage is a profoundly important factor in the process of creating a sustainable economic, social, and political future for many communities occupying industrial heritage landscapes. More than ever we recognize the need for such communities to be capable of shaping and expressing their heritage in different forms in the context of current events and issues, and in doing so to inform both contemporary decision-making as well as the way their industrial heritage is re...

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1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

This lecture will argue that the landscapes of industrial heritage that can be found in different parts of the world are directly related to the place-specific trajectories of deindustrialization. In other words: the different ways in which deindustrialization impacts on local communities has a direct bearing on the emergence of forms of industrial heritage. I will differentialte between deindustrialization paths and related industrial heritage regimes in a) Anglo-...