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Dr Paola Favaro
Senior Lecturer

Dr Paola Favaro

Master in Architecture IUAV, Venice Italy (First Class)

PhD in Architecture UNSW Sydney

Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching The University of Newcastle, Australia

Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Management, Enterprise in Building Sector and Sustainable Architecture European Commission on Status of Women in the Profession-Venice, Italy

Postgraduate Certificate in History of Architecture on Andrea Palladio’s work International Architecture Centre "A. Palladio" Vicenza, Italy

Professional Registration at the Italian Institute of Architects

Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

I am a Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the School of Built Environment and Senior Lecturer in the Architecture Program at UNSW. I am a graduate in architecture from the IUAV University of Venice, Italy and I completed my PhD at the UNSW Sydney. At UNSW I have been HDR postgraduate research coordinator, acting Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design, Coordinator Tongji/UNSW Dual Degree Program in Architecture , Coordinator International Design Studio Venice, Italy. I have a particular interest in architecture history and urban history and their importance in solving design problems related to the contemporary city.
E-mail
paola.f@unsw.edu.au
Location
Red Centre, Room 4012
  • Books | 2007
    2007, The contribution of Enrico Taglietti to Canberra's architecture, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Chapter, Canberra
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'Design Excellence in Sydney: A legacy from Venice’s urban and architecture history', in Iuav Academics Abroad: An “analogous city” for Venice, LetteraVentidue Edizioni, Siracusa, Italia, pp. 149 - 152
    Book Chapters | 2019
    2019, 'Dickson District Library', in Lewi H; Goad P (ed.), Australia Modern, Thames & Hudson, Port Melbourne, pp. 270 - 271
    Book Chapters | 2019
    2019, 'St Anthony's Catholic Church', in Lewi H; Goad P (ed.), Australia Modern, Thames & Hudson, Port Melbourne, pp. 268 - 269
    Book Chapters | 2018
    2018, 'An architecture of good intentions: Aileen Sage’s The Pool', in Murray A; Ruan X (ed.), Hand and mind: Conversations on architecture and the built world, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 187 - 201
    Book Chapters | 2018
    2018, 'Design studio approach: An educated imagination', in Favaro P; Pola A-P; Tridello V (ed.), Venice borders: Re-interpreted, ListLab, Trento, pp. 10 - 17
    Book Chapters | 2018
    2018, 'Harry Seidler's design principles', in Favaro P; Pola A-P; Tridello V (ed.), Venice borders: Re-interpreted, ListLab, Trento, pp. 18 - 25
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'Six lectures: Reconstructing and testing Harry Seidler's 1980s architecture design studio', in Perlen C; Breen Lovett S (ed.), Expanded architecture: Temporal spatial practices, Deutscher Spurbuchverlag, pp. 41 - 54, http://www.spurbuch.de/en/product-reader-aadr/product/bauhaus-edition-47-expanded-architecture.html
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'Urban survey and design', in Favaro P; Pola A-P; Simon K (ed.), A new gateway for Venice, ListLab, Milano, pp. 48 - 54, http://www.listlab.eu/en/shop/libri/a-new-gateway-for-venice/
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'Venice as a modern city', in Favaro P; Pola A-P; Simon K (ed.), A new gateway for Venice, ListLab, Milan, pp. 14 - 23, http://www.listlab.eu/en/shop/libri/a-new-gateway-for-venice/
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Margalit HZ; Favaro P, 2016, 'A central player: The corporate presence of the MLC', in O'Callaghan J; Hogben P; Freestone R (ed.), Sydney's Martin Place: A cultural and design history, Allen & Unwin, pp. 122 - 137
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Freestone R; Favaro P; Baker S, 2015, 'Sydney 1967-1971: The 1971 City of Sydney strategic plan', in Albrecht B; Magrin A (ed.), Esportare il centro storico, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Milan, pp. 347 - 351
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Margalit HZ; Favaro P, 2008, 'The local and the migrant: Limits of mutual recognition', in Leach A; Moulis A; Sully N (ed.), Shifting views: Selected essays on the architectural history of Australia and New Zealand, edn. First, University Of Queensland Press, Queensland, Australia, pp. 178 - 188
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Favaro P, 2007, 'Architectural education', in Charton K (ed.), The contribution of Enrico Taglietti to Canberra`s architecture, edn. Original, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Chapter, Canberra, pp. 102 - 113
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Favaro P, 2007, 'Design principles', in Charton K (ed.), The contribution of Enrico Taglietti to Canberra`s architecture, edn. Original, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Chapter, Canberra, pp. 90 - 99
  • Edited Books | 2018
    Favaro P; Pola A-P; Tridello V, (eds.), 2018, Venice borders: Re-interpreted, ListLab, Trento
    Edited Books | 2016
    Favaro P; Pola A-P; Simon K, (eds.), 2016, A new gateway for Venice, ListLab, Trento, http://www.listlab.eu/en/shop/libri/a-new-gateway-for-venice/
  • Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The social sustainability of smart cities: A conceptual framework', City, Culture and Society, 29, pp. 100460 - 100460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2022.100460
    Journal articles | 2018
    Favaro P, 2018, 'Bruno Zevi's speaking architecture: Its legacy in Australia', Esempi di Architettura, 5, pp. 27 - 27
    Journal articles | 2011
    Favaro P; Manasseh C, 2011, 'A total experience: The constructed environment of Romaldo Giurgola's "Casa di Campagna" in Australia', The International Journal of Constructed Environment, 1, pp. 127 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v01i03/37484
    Journal articles | 2011
    Favaro P; Manasseh C, 2011, 'An inquiry into the design and aesthetics of the Venice Biennale Pavilions', The International Journal of the Constructed Environment, 1, pp. 71 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2154-8587/CGP/v01i03/37496
    Journal articles | 2009
    Favaro P, 2009, 'Lake Macquarie Pavilions: Connecting the community with artists, places and spaces', The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 4, pp. 19 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v04i03/35655
    Journal articles | 2007
    Favaro P, 2007, 'The architect and others: Oral history and understanding the evolution of architectural ideas and practices', Oral History Asscociation of Australia Journal, 29, pp. 21 - 27
    Journal articles | 2007
    Favaro P, 2007, 'Un`Architettura Parlante [RAIA Gold Medalist 2007 - Enrico Taglietti]', Architecture Australia, 96, pp. 92 - 93, https://architectureau.com/articles/raia-gold-medallist-1/
    Journal articles | 2005
    Favaro P, 2005, 'Da Milano a Canberra: l'Architettura di Enrico Taglietti tra Memoria e Adattamento', Territorio, 32, pp. 86 - 86
    Journal articles | 2005
    Favaro P, 2005, 'Interviews with the Canberra architect Enrico Taglietti: Extracts from interviews with the Canberra architect Enrico Taglietti conducted by Paola Favaro at the architect's office in Manuka on 23 April 2003 and 8 October 2003', Architectural Theory Review, 10, pp. 55 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13264820509478541
  • Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2022
    2022, History for architecture: Alec Tzannes and Doojin Hwang in Sydney and Seoul, Published: 2022, Duration: 11:38, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ISRKF-ZcU
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    2019, 'Sydney's Harry Seidler', presented at Harry Seidler Painting Toward Architecture, Venice, Italy IUAV University of Venice, 25 November 2019 - 30 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    2017, 'Harry Seidler Sydney Five Towers', presented at CTBUH 2017 Council of Tall Buildings and Habitat, Sydney, 01 November 2017 - 05 November 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'IUAV ABROAD: Strategies for International Collaborations', presented at IUAV ABROAD, 24 November 2016 - 24 November 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'Italy Builds: Romaldo Giurgola in Australia', presented at Italy Builds. Architetti Italiani nel mondo, IUAV University of Venice, 23 November 2016 - 23 November 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Favaro P, 2016, 'White gold: The European's dream of Thredbo', in Brennan A; Goad P (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, SAHANZ, Melbourne, pp. 178 - 189, presented at SAHANZ GOLD, Melbourne, 06 July 2016 - 09 July 2016, https://sahanz2016.msd.unimelb.edu.au/papers/SAHANZ-2016-Front-Pages-and-Table-of-Contents.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Margalit HZ; Favaro P, 2015, 'From social role to urban significance: The changing presence of the MLC company in Martin Place', in Hogben P; O'Callaghan J (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: 32, Architecture, Institutions and Change, SAHANZ, Sydney, pp. 378 - 389, presented at 32nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, 07 July 2015 - 10 July 2015, http://sahanz2015.be.unsw.edu.au/papers/Margalit-Favaro_From-Social-Role-to-Urban-Significance.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Favaro P, (eds.), 2014, 'Six lectures: Reconstructing and testing Harry Seidler's 1980s Architecture Design Studio', presented at Seidler Symposium - Expanded Architecture, Museum of Sydney, 07 November 2014 - 08 November 2014
    Conference Presentations | 2014
    Favaro P, 2014, 'Concrete ambitions for Sydney', presented at Fourth International Utzon Symposium - Sydney 2014 What would Utzon do now?, Opera House, 07 March 2014 - 09 March 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Favaro P, 2014, 'McMahon’s Point, Sydney: A translation of the 1956 CIAM 10 urban consciousness?', in Schnoor SC (ed.), Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: Translation, SAHANZ, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 225 - 236, presented at SAHANZ, Auckland, New Zealand, 02 July 2014 - 05 July 2014, https://www.sahanz.net/wp-content/uploads/19-paola-favaro.pdf
    Reports | 2012
    Favaro P, 2012, L'Architettura del Mondo Exhibition: Integrated Sustainable Initiatives for the City of Sydney [Contemporary Section]
    Reports | 2012
    Favaro P, 2012, L'Architettura del Mondo Exhibition: Snowy Mountain Hydro Electric Scheme [Historical Section]
    Conference Presentations | 2011
    Dr Favaro P, 2011, 'Aldo and Paola's Giurgola's la casa di campagna', presented at International Symposium The Reluctant Master- a symposium to honour the life and work of Romaldo Giurgola, Melbourne, The Oratory, Newman College, The University of Melbourne, 20 August 2011, http://melbourneartnetwork.com.au/2011/08/15/the-reluctant-master-a-symposium-to-honour-the-life-and-work-of-romaldo-giurgola/
    Conference Presentations | 2010
    Dr Favaro P, 2010, 'A total experience: The constructed environment of Romaldo Giurgola's "Casa di Campagna" in Australia', presented at International Conference of the Constructed Environment, Venice, Palazzo Querini Stampalia, 17 November 2010 - 19 November 2010, http://2010.constructedenvironment.com/
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Manasseh C; Favaro P, 2010, 'Connecting Disciplines and Tracing an Educated Imagination: Biennale of Sydney Pavilions Design Summer Studio', in Proceedings of Connected 2010 2nd International conference on design education:, ConnectED 2010 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, pp. 347 - 347, presented at ConnectED 2010 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney UNSW
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Favaro P, 2009, 'A floating pavilion for the City of Lake Macquarie: Connecting the people with artists, places and spaces', presented at International Conference on the Arts in Society, Palazzo Ferretti-Cavalli, Venice, Italy, 28 July 2009 - 31 July 2009, http://2009.artsinsociety.com/index.html
    Theses / Dissertations | 2009
    Favaro P, 2009, Drawn to Canberra: the architectural language of Enrico Taglietti, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/59526
    Conference Papers | 2004
    Favaro P; Margalit HZ, 2004, 'The local and the migrant: Limits of mutual recognition', in Limits: Proceedings of the 21st annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, SAHANZ, Melbourne, presented at SAHANZ: Limits, Melbourne, 26 September 2004, https://www.sahanz.net/conferences/limits/
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    Favaro P, 2004, 'Visual memory and its uses as a source of historical collection in the 'making of architecture'', presented at Visions: The Australian Historical Association, Newcastle, 05 July 2004, https://www.theaha.org.au/about-the-aha/aha-conferences-since-1982/

Australia-Korea Foundation Grant Program

Industry Grant

Faculty Learning and Teaching Grant: Feasible delivery of research seminar for HDR candidates  (with Prof Robert Freestone and Associate Professor Riza Sunindijo)

Faculty Research Grant ‘Concrete Ambitions for Sydney’

UNSW Completion PhD Scholarship

 

Architecture and Urban Design Competitions

1992                International Architecture Competition: New German Parliament Spreebogen Area Berlin, Germany

1992                National Competition: New Venues for the Cinema?, Italy

1991                European Competition: The Mosaic as Architectural Language, Italy

1991                European Competition Europan 2, Re-qualification of Urban Spaces, Winning Scheme for an urban re-development

                        of an industrial area in the historic town of Padua, Italy

1988                An idea/installation for underground passages in Toronto, Canada

1987                Vancouver Re-vision. Urban Design ideas for a specific precinct of Vancouver, Canada following Roma Interrotta 

                         1980s competition 

I am passionate about architecture history and urban history and their importance in solving design problems related to the contemporary city. My research examines the architecture and urban design paradigms of the 1950s CIAM and their legacy; urban morphology and urban typology; concrete urban architecture from the 1950s. I have a long-standing interest in examining the work of Australian architects with European origins like Aldo Giurgola, Enrico Taglietti and Harry Seidler. I am an expert in concrete architecture history in Sydney and I am now researching the historical and contemporary collaboration between architect and engineer in their visionary integration of formal, spatial and structural design decisions.

 

 

 

HDR Postgraduate Research Coordinator, acting Director of the Master of Urban Development and Design, Coordinator Tongji/UNSW Dual Degree Program in Architecture, Coordinator International Design Studio Venice, Italy

My Research Supervision

Currently Supervising the following research projects

Kamila Soh (Masters of Research) Monumental Aspirations: understanding Sydney Opera House as a monument in the Public Realm

Hao Wang (PhD) Density and Urban Housing: a historical study of housing forms in Shanghai 1843-1949

Sugandha (PhD) Smart Cities and Social Sustainability: A critical analysis of the Indian Smart CitIes Mission

Deepthie Perera (PhD) Socio-spatial role of outdoor transitional spaces in contemporary urban houses of Sri Lanka

Saul Deane (PhD) Processes and drivers of foreshore dis/possession: a spatial-temporal study: North Harbour esp. Little Manly 1770 - 2020

 

Completed

2021 Philip Drew (PhD) The fire in the stone: The Life and Architectural Sculpture of Thomas Vallance Wran, 1832-1891

2019 Eleonora D’Ascenzi (Masters of Research) The changing role of the architects over the last ten years in Italy

 

My Teaching

In my teaching I write design briefs for architecture and urban design and consult with local, state and national government and industry bodies to include the City of Sydney, Transport for New South Wales, RAIA ACT and NSW and architecture professional bodies. In my teaching I help students cultivate an ‘educated imagination’ through the integration of research and critical thinking.

I lecture in architecture and urban design studio, architecture and urban history for undergraduate and postgraduate 

.   testing innovative teaching methods by cultivating in the students an “educated imagination” through the integration of research, critical thinking and a structured system of analysis and design assessment tasks 

.   nurturing students’ ability to develop complex integrated design solutions

·   leading master and under graduate students to develop design solutions relevant to current local and International design problems 

In 2012 as course convener for the Master in Architecture my postgraduate students submitted a winning scheme to the International Canberra CAPITheticAL Competition based on the RAIA ACT Chapter competition for celebrating Canberra in its first century as capital city. Design submission was selected as one of the 20 projects out of 115 to progress to a second stage. Final Project was displayed in a prestigious exhibition in Canberra at the Gallery of Australian Design (May 2012).