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Nicola D'Addario is an architect and researcher specializing in architectural history, heritage dissemination, and digital visualization methods. He holds an Integrated Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Porto and is currently pursuing a PhD in Architectural Heritage at the same institution. With international experience spanning Portugal, Italy, and Switzerland, he has worked as a university lecturer and collaborated with renowned architecture firms. His research focuses on the communication, analysis, and understanding of architectural heritage through digital tools. He has published on heritage visualization and dissemination strategies and has received recognition in international design competitions.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nicola D’Addario

Citation names

  • D'Addario, Nicola

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1316-6927-8738
ORCID iD
0009-0001-1103-6813

Email addresses

  • nic.daddario@gmail.com (Professional)
  • up201500533@arq.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09/27 - 2027
Ongoing
 Arquitetura (Doutoramento)
Major in Património Arquitectónico - Opção D
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09
Attended
 PASAP_MED - PhD in Archaeological, historical, architectural Mediterranean landscape heritage (Dottorato di Ricerca)
Major in Arquitectura
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
2024/08/31
Concluded
 CoVHer: Computer-based Visualization of Architectural Cultural Heritage (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
2024/06 - 2024/07
Concluded
 Unidade Curricular Isolada: Problems and methods of contemporary restoration - Prof.a R. de Cadilhac (Outros)
Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy
 30/30
2024/04/16 - 2024/06/21
Concluded
 Unidade Curricular Isolada: Theories and Methods of Design for the Antique - Prof. A. Nitti (Outros)
Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy
2016 - 2023/02/06
Concluded
 Arquitetura (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Villa Altissimo: Circunstância e Projecto - (20,0 Valores)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
2012 - 2015
Attended
 Scienze dell'Architettura (DM 270) (Laurea)
Major in Arquitectura
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
2011 - 2012
Attended
 Architettura (D.M. 270/04) (Laurea Magistrale)
Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10 - 2024/07 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy
2014/02 - 2014/09 Tutor (University Teacher) Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10 - 2024/10 Rappresentante dei Dottorandi nel Collegio dei Docenti del 39° ciclo [PhD Student Representatives in the Academic Board for the 39th Cycle] Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
2013/05 - 2015/10 Rappresentante degli studenti al Consiglio di Dipartimento [Student Representative on the Department Board] Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
2014/05/21 - 2014/12/09 Vicepresidente Commissione Paritetica docenti-studenti [Vice President of the Joint Faculty–Student Committee] Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
Università degli Studi Roma Tre Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/02/05 - 2023/07/11 Italian Language Instructor ASCIPDA, Portugal
Consulado Honorário de Itália, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2022/06/01 Architect MAX DUDLER AG, Switzerland
2021/02/01 - 2021/12/01 Architect MINT ARCHITECTURE AG, Switzerland
2019/10/01 - 2019/12/31 Architect GNWA - Gonzalo Neri & Weck Architekten, Switzerland
2018/06/01 - 2018/08/31 Colaboração projecto de arquitectura [Collaboration in Architecture Project] Pedro Bragança, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Assistente bibliotecario - Borsista [Student Library Assistant – Scholarship Position] Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy
Biblioteca di Area delle arti – sezione Spettacolo “Lino Miccichè, Italy
2008 - 2011 Volontariato alla Mensa Caritas [Volunteer at Caritas Canteen] Caritas Italiana - CEI, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/11 - 2024/09 Borsa di studio D.M. 118/2023 Teorie e tecniche del progetto per i luoghi dell’archeologia nei paesaggi stratificati mediterranei [Scholarship D.M. 118/2023 Theories and Techniques for Designing Archaeological Spaces in Mediterranean Stratified Landscapes]
PNRR 4.1 P.A.
PhD Student Fellow
Politecnico di Bari
Concluded
2015/09 - 2016/07 Programa de Mobilidade/Mobility Programme: Programa Erasmus+ Estudos/Programme Erasmus+ Studies
581 ISCED (ERA-02.0/02.5)
Master Student Fellow
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy

Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Erasmus Plus

Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mannino, Marco; Defilippis, Francesco; Giusti, Vincenzo; Montemurro, Michele; D'Addario, Nicola. "Assonanze Urbane". In STUDIUM 2030. LA CITTÀ DEGLI STUDENTI / CALL FOR PROJECTS, 44-48. Italy: Libria, 2025.
    In press
Conference paper
  1. Fantasia, Jared; D'Addario, Nicola. Corresponding author: Fantasia, Jared. "The STET Offices and Warehouse Complex in Maia(1973/74): Adaptability and Transformation in Portugal’s Modern Prefabricated Industrial Context". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Docomomo Portugal – Ensino, Reuso e Transformação da Arquitetura e da Cidade Modernas, Coimbra, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Fantasia, Jared; D'Addario, Nicola. Corresponding author: Fantasia, Jared. "Islands of Void: Excavation and Memory in Offshore Steel Sheet Reclamation Projects - A case Study of San Marco in Boccalama". Paper presented in The Built Ocean - EAHN Thematic Conference, Porto, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. D'Addario, Nicola. Corresponding author: D'Addario, Nicola. "Virtualization as Digital Ambiance: Toward a Theory of Immersive Historiography in Architecture". Paper presented in Shaping the Future Living Places | Act 1. Defining Architectural and Urban Ambiances | Dessine-moi une ambiance, Lisboa, 2025.
    Accepted
  4. Fantasia, Jared; D'Addario, Nicola. Corresponding author: Fantasia, Jared. "As barragens de contenção da Mina de São Domingos: entre o património industrial e a requalificação sustentável". Paper presented in 2ª Jornadas Ibéricas de Molinologia, Vila do Conde, 2025.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Mannino, Marco; Defilippis, Francesco; Giusti, Vincenzo; Montemurro, Michele; D'Addario, Nicola. "Assonanze Urbane". Paper presented in STUDIUM 2030 - La città degli studenti, 2024.
  2. D'Addario, Nicola. "The Round Cloister of Bramante’s Tempietto, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Arquitectura,". Paper presented in CoVHer Multiplier Event, 2024.
Journal article
  1. Nicola D'Addario; Carla Garrido de Oliveira. "Redesigning Bramante's rounded perspective: digital speculations on the unbuilt cloister of the Tempietto". Virtual Archaeology Review (2025): https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2024.22605.
    In press • 10.4995/var.2024.22605
  2. D'Addario, Nicola. "The Project of the Ruin: The Porto School and the Question of Continuity". QuAD Quaderni di Architettura e Design (2025):
    Under revision
Online resource
  1. D'Addario, Nicola. The Round Cloister of Bramante's Tempietto (1510) reconstructed by Nicola D'Addario. 2024. https://repository.covher.eu/wisski/navigate/1524/view.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Villa Altissimo: Circunstância e Projecto". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, 2022. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/148281.

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition
  1. 2017. "Celebração - 30 anos AEFAUP".
Visual artwork
  1. D'Addario, Nicola. ESTAMPAS LIVRARIA AEFAUP.

Other

Software
  1. D'Addario, Nicola. "A State of the Art in the Form of a Video Game: Digitalization of Architecture and Virtual Spatiality". 01. Unreal Engine 5. 2025.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/07/04 Virtualization as Digital Ambiance: Toward a Theory of Immersive Historiography in Architecture Shaping the Future Living Places | Act 1. Defining Architectural and Urban Ambiances | Dessine-moi une ambiance
CitysenZ (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/10/03 Figure Urbane: "Assonanze Urbane" [Urban Resonances] STUDIUM 2030 La città degli studenti - Seminario conclusivo
ProArch - Università degli studi di Perugia (Perugia, Italy)
2024/09/09 The Round Cloister of Bramante's Tempietto CoVHer Multiplier Event
Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/05/30 Dialoghi multidisciplinari per un museo del paesaggio [Multidisciplinary Dialogues for a Landscape Museum] Giornate di Studio e Laboratori per la Conoscenza, la Progettazione e la Valorizzazione del Patrimonio Culturale
Scuola di specializzazione in Beni archeologici - Interateneo Uniba e Unifg (Canosa, Italy)
2024/01/29 Il Valore della Stratificazione nel progetto per i luoghi dell’antico: il caso del parco archeologico di Satùro [The Value of Stratification in the Design of Ancient Sites: The Case of the Satùro Archaeological Park] Dialoghi sul Patrimonio Culturale 2024
DIRIUM - University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09 - 2024/07 Il progetto topografico nei luoghi per l'Antico. L'isola di Sant'Andrea a Loppio [The Topographic Project in Places of Antiquity: The Island of Sant’Andrea in Loppio]
Co-supervisor
 Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Architettura (Master)
Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/04/22 - 2025/04/24 Habitar o Silo Auto Porto | UAH!ackathon POLIMI_FAUP | Maratona de projeto | (2025/04/22 - 2025/04/24)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2024/12/03 - 2024/12/03 7FMA - Immersive Architectural Perception: Real-Time VR and 3D Modeling Workflow (2024/12/03 - 2024/12/06)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 OA-SRN, Portugal

Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2024/05/22 - 2024/05/22 Progettare con la Memoria Michele Cannatà - Cannatà & Fernandes Arquitectos [Designing with Memory – Michele Cannatà & Cannatà & Fernandes Architects] (2024/05/22)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy
2024/02/05 - 2024/02/05 Il progetto per il patrimonio architettonico, archeologico e paesaggistico [The Project for Architectural, Archaeological, and Landscape Heritage] (2024/02/05)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Politecnico di Bari Dipartimento di Architettura e Urbanistica, Italy

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/27 - 2025/03/28 Kick-off event for the project Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) as a documentation, planning and monitoring method for the elimination of harmful environmental influences using the example of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Worms Synagogue and conference on the topic: Heritage BIM in Monument Preservation - Innovative Strategies for Preservation and Monitoring.
Congress
 Heritage Bim in Monument Preservation - in der Denkmalpflege
Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany
2025/02/03 - 2025/02/08 Study Days, Seminars, and Workshops on Cultural Heritage
Symposium
 Dialoghi sul Patrimonio culturale
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
2024/12/18 - 2024/12/18 Gathering of the Doctoral Careers Community, providing an unique opportunity to connect with peers from various courses, faculties, and even countries, all sharing the common experience of pursuing a PhD.
Meeting
 UP Doctoral Careers - Get Together - PhD Winter Gathering
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/12/03 - 2024/12/06 The 7th Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture (7FMA) aims to contribute to the discussion in architecture and urbanism on the application of new formal methods to emerging social and technical issues. The focus will be on methodological advances based on recent developments in collaboration with mathematics and computer science, applied to architecture and urbanism at different levels of abstraction and formalization.
Symposium
 Formal Methods in Architecture 2024 - 7FMA
OA-SRN, Portugal

Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2024/06/01 - 2024/09/09 International Workshop on DIGITAL 3D HERITAGE. Exploring 3D- Modelling in Education, Documentation and Dissemination, Learning, teaching and training activities
Workshop
 CoVHer - 2nd International Workshop on Digital 3D Cultural Heritage
Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy

Politechnika Warszawska, Poland

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2024/05/28 - 2024/06/01 Study Days and Workshops on the Knowledge, Design, and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage
Symposium
 Giornate di Studio e Laboratori per la Conoscenza, la Progettazione e la Valorizzazione del Patrimonio Culturale - Canosa
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Università degli Studi di Foggia, Italy
2024/04/28 - 2024/05/03 International workshop bringing together scholars and PhD candidates from 13 Italian universities to explore research on Agrigento’s cultural heritage. Organized in collaboration with PASAP_MED, it included seminars, site visits, and discussions on archaeology, architecture, and heritage conservation.
Workshop
 Le Università italiane per Agrigento Capitale della Cultura 2025
Università degli Studi di Palermo Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy
2024/01/29 - 2024/02/09 Study Days, Seminars, and Workshops on Cultural Heritage
Symposium
 Dialoghi sul patrimonio culturale
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
2022/07/02 - 2022/07/03 Voluntário
Other
 Open House Porto 2022
Casa da Arquitectura, Portugal
2014/09/29 - 2014/10/04 International workshop on the adaptive reuse of existing buildings, focusing on the design of a higher education campus in the medieval village of Castiglione del Terziere. The program explored strategies for heritage regeneration and architectural transformation through seminars, collaborative design work, and the development of a masterplan.
Workshop
 La rifunzionalizzazione del patrimonio edilizio esistente
Università degli Studi Roma Tre Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - 2024 Società Dante Alighieri www.dante.global
2012 - 2015 Link - Coordinamento Universitario

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/04/22 - 2025/05/14 Curso de Renderização - Blender Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/08 Laboratorio di Progettazione Architettonica 3C [Architectural Design Studio 3C] - Prof. M. Montemurro Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Architettura (Laurea) Politecnico di Bari, Italy
2023/02/05 - 2023/07/11 Ensino de Italiano como Língua Estrangeira Italiano - Corso A1 (Outros) ASCIPDA, Portugal
2023/04/20 - 2023/06/29 Ensino de Italiano como Língua Estrangeira Italiano - Corso A1 (Outros) ASCIPDA, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/05/29 Ensino de Italiano como Língua Estrangeira Italiano - Corso A1 (Outros) ASCIPDA, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 GO! ARCHITECTURE V.10 - 1º Prémio
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 CONCURSO INSTALAÇÃO 2017 - 1º Prémio
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 CONCURSO DE ESTAMPAS LIVRARIA AEFAUP - 1º Prémio
Associação de Estudantes da Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Other distinction

2025 EUmies Awards - Young Talent 2025 - Nomination
EUmies Awards, Spain

Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Spain
2025 Prémio APRUPP 2025 - Participante
Associação Portuguesa para a Reabilitação Urbana e Proteção do Património, Portugal
2024 Archiprix Portugal 2024 - Participante
Fundação Serra Henriques, Portugal
2020 HILL OF THE ARTS - Finalista
YAC - Young Architects Competitions, Italy