Renato Bocchi

Renato Bocchi, full professor of architectural and urban design at the Iuav University of Venice until 2019 and director of the Department of architectural design from 2006 to 2009. He is currently a member of the Doctorate Schools at Iuav, Venice, and Sapienza University, Rome. He held seminars, workshops, and conferences in many European universities and was a visiting professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, in 2005 and 2011.
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The main field of his research is the relationship between architecture, art, and landscape. On these topics, he coordinated (with Cunico and Fontanari) the series of eight international conferences, "Dessiner sur l'herbe," between 2004 and 2012.
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He was responsible for cultural initiatives between Iuav University and the Venetian museums and cultural institutions, including the program "Salotto Longhena" with Muve in Ca’ Pesaro Art Museum. He was the editor of some architectural magazines in Italy and the national coordinator of the large research programme "Re-cycle Italy" between 2013 and 2016.
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His numerous publications include: La materia del vuoto, Universalia, Pordenone, 2015, and Spazio, arte, architettura, Carocci, Rome 2022.