Conference Venue
SAPIENZA University of Rome - Faculty of Architecture
Facoltà di Architettura - Sapienza
Università di Roma
Via Antonio Gramsci, 53 - 00197 Roma
For location of university, please
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This location is the main seat of the
Faculty and it is also in the center of the
city just beside the
National Gallery of Modern Art
With over 700 years of history and 115,000
students, Sapienza University of Rome -
founded in 1303 - is one of the oldest
universities in the world, the largest
University in Europe and a top performer in
international university rankings.
Sapienza is a public University that employs
over 4,500 professors and 5,000
administrative and technical staff and
offers a wide choice of courses including
over 300 degree programs and 250 1st and 2nd
level specialized qualifications along with
59 libraries, 20 museums and many support
services at the disposal of its students
coming from Italy and abroad, also providing
a wide range of international opportunities,
such as double-title degrees, scholarships
for writing theses abroad, apprenticeships
and internships in European and non-European
countries, and international doctorates.
Sapienza is member of several international
interuniversity networks and carries out
leading scientific investigations in almost
all disciplines, achieving high-standard
results both on a national and an
international level with its 11 Faculties,
63 Departments, 24 Research Centers and over
150 PhDs programs in all fields of
knowledge.
Sapienza plays an active role in research,
international rankings, PhDs and mobility
programmes in order to develop the exchange
of professors and researchers, new
partnerships and projects, that enrich its
international panorama.
The University annually funds hundreds of
projects that meet rigorous criteria of
scientific excellence and innovation. The
University also promotes the active
management of its patent portfolio, securing
licenses and development contracts in the
pursuit of innovative entrepreneurship,
registering every year several patents which
are sold to national and international
companies for commercial application.
Innovative start-up companies are also
continuously launched, with a turnover of
about 2 M€ per year, mainly in chemistry,
energy and environment. In an effective and
continuous link between research and
industry. Sapienza stipulates agreements
with industrial associations that bring
together thousands of business working at
local level.
Among its huge fields of academic activity,
Sapienza is very active in Building Sciences
research and design through its Faculty of
Architecture.
Sapienza's Building Sciences research and
design activities are focused on Energy
efficiency and Renewable energy, Advanced
materials, Industrial Design, Green
Buildings and Smart Cities and include
scientific and technical consultancy to
Italian Public Authorities on policy making
and for the development of specific
standards on environmentally sustainable
construction. In the last decade alone,
Sapienza has successfully lead or took part
in a large portfolio of relevant
international and national projects on
Energy Efficiency of Buildings and Smart
Cities and Communities, focusing on the
definition and experimentation of theories,
methods, and technical and operational tools
to innovate, change, and transform the built
environment, carrying out important
innovative projects at the building and
district scale, promoting the technological
culture of design and actively involving
industrial partners for successful
technology transfer.
Note: Please refer to the final detailed program which will be updated around one month before the conference.