Valentina Santoro

VALENTINA SANTORO earned her Masters Degree in Architecture at Poliba in 2008, with a thesis in History of Architecture on the Sanctuary of Aphrodite Pontia et Pandamos in Kos (Greece). Since 2008 she has been involved in various researches including various international campaigns in the archaeological area of the Mediterranean. Thanks to the post-graduate scholarship (POR Puglia 2007-2013) she deepened the use of innovative technologies applied to the restoration of ancient stone monuments.
In 2015 she obtained the title of Ph.D. at the Polytechnic of Bari (Cycle XXVII), discussing a thesis on “The integration of the ancient monuments. Anastylosis in the Greek area and in Sicily. “(Prof. G. Rocco, Co-tutor: C. Karanassos, S. Gizzi).
From 2016 to 2018 she won a second scholarship, carrying out a research internship in Agrigento for the historical-architectural study of the church of St. Nicola, on behalf of the Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples.
In the post-doctoral course (2017-2019) she carried out researches on the themes of Cultural Heritage as “Expert in innovative procedures for the integration and restoration of stone monuments”, thanks to the program PhD ITalents promoted by the MIUR and the CRUI. In this occasion, she had the opportunity to validate the theories on stone restoration in the laboratories of the PI.MAR. (Melpignano, Lecce), leader company in the stone extraction and processing field.
As a member of the Research Units on Ancient Architecture of ArCoD Poliba, she collaborated with Unitelma La Sapienza (Prof. Rita Sassu), at the research project on the virtual use of the Praetorium of Gortina (Crete), creating the 3D reconstruction of the main monuments of the Site.
Currently she is a Research Fellow in Restoration of Architecture (ICAR 19), at ArCoD – Polytechnic University of Bari. She are responsible for a specific research project in ICAR 19, on a topic concerning the Restoration of ancient stone architecture.

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INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING ACTIVITY
Her teaching activity has been carried out continuously since 2015, holding teaching support seminary belonging to the ICAR / 18 and ICAR / 19 of the Master’s Degree Course in Architecture of the Polytechnic of Bari. In fact, since 2016 as part of the training offer of the ArCoD School of Specialization in Arch.l and Land.Herit., she has been curator of a post-graduate application training laboratory and National and International Cultural Heritage Workshops on the “Themes of anastylosis and use of new methods for the restoration of ancient monuments”,(with laser scanner 3D, 3D and CNC machine). She has been tutor and member of several Master’s Degree Laboratories on issues concerning the main lines of research in the history of ancient architecture and its restoration at the ArCoD Department.
Some thesis projects, produced in the context of these workshops, have received important national awards and have been exhibited at the Salone del Restauro in Ferrara (ed. 2017-2018), and finally have also been realized. In 2018, in fact, she directed with Giorgio Rocco the “Project of Anastylosis and restoration of the North Portico of the Roman Temple of Agrigento”, carried out in 2019.
As Keynote Speaker or invited / selected speaker, she has participated in some national and int. congresses, symposia, conferences and seminars on architecture, including International Congress: Int. Hybrid Conf. Priene, Architecture and Archaeology, (Priene 2022); Congr. Patrimonio Culturale Pugliese (Bari 2022); XX Forum Word Heritage and Ecological Transition, “Le vie dei mercanti” (Capri 2022); Seminario Int.Lev. del Patr. Arquit. (Monteira, 2020); Int. Congr. “The stone integration and design of ancient monuments” (Salone del Restauro, Ferrara 2017); Int.Congr. “L’Antichità nel Regno. Archeologia, Tutela e Restauro nel Mezzogiorno preunitario” (Reggio Calabria, 2017); 31° Int. Congress “Scienza e Beni culturali. Metalli in Architettura” (Bressanone 2015);

Mercoledì 15:00-17:00 (Dipartimento ArCoD, Politecnico di Bari) - contattare il docente via mail: valentina.santoro@poliba.it