Curriculum

Associate Professor in Technical Architecture (SSD ICAR/10)
- 2011 to 2017: Researcher and Assistant Professor in Technical Architecture II at Icea Department (Padua);
- 2008 to 2011: Adjunct Professor in Technical Architecture II at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Padua (Construction Engineer & Civil Engineer);
- 2006 to 2012: Assistant Professor in Rehabilitation and Conservation of buildings at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Padua;
- November 1994: degree in Architecture, University of Venice, "cum laude";

Research activity
- The reversibility of the techniques for rehabilitation of historic buildings;
- The building sustainability and the reuse of materials. The adaptation and renewal of technologies in the field of architecture;

Research projects
- 2011-2013 PRIN: Requirements of the contemporary building in sites with environmental excellence: the sustainability of underground architecture ;
Role: researcher.
- 2012: Ex 60%: Technological innovation in construction details: Criteria and cases histories;
Role: Researcher.
- 2013: FSE, Development of reversible innovative building systems and related executive details for the construction of anchors between wooden floors and perimetric load-bearing walls without concrete curbs; Role: Referent.
- 2014: Ex 60%: “Mediterranean Buildings – past and present sustainability . Innovative technologies for reusing building with historical value;
- 2015: Ex 60%: “Mediterranean Buildings – past and present sustainability . Innovative technologies for reusing building with historical value;
- 2016: FSE, “Development of reversible and innovative construction systems based on structural timber to elevate and to refurbish residential buildings”.

Congress
- 2012, “Unconventional construction technology for the recovery of historic buildings for the community use. two case histories”, Speaker;
- 2012,“Experimental operating activities. Recovering technical and architectural invariants. Technological innovation in the construction detail. Invited speaker;
-2013,“ Rehabilitation of the Ex-cinema Excelsior in Milano. Structural problems in buildings rehabilitation”, Invited speaker;
- 2014,“Restoration of historical timber structures criteria, innovative solutions and case histories”, Invited speaker;
- 2015,“Techniques and testing of insulating materials in modern construction in Italy: the case of the colonies”;
- 2016,“Upward extension of residential buildings in italy criteria, innovative solutions and case histories”, International conference, Invited speaker.

Publications
-From 2011 to 2017: Umberto Turrini has produced many publications related to his research topics.

Graduation Theses
-From 2006 to 2018: Umberto Turrini has been tutor or co-tutor of more than 90 thesis works ;