Chizzoniti Domenico Giuseppe

Domenico Chizzoniti is Full Professor in Architectural Design at Politecnico di Milano, ABC Department. He is a coordinator of several national and international research programs focused on the process of city reconstruction (i.e. urban and rural built environments after destruction by “natural” disasters, warfare, conflict), including immediate response, transitional settlement, and long-term reconstruction, incorporating sustainable development principles and community participation. As a visiting professor, he was invited to several international Universities. He leads AIALab (Aesthetical Impact Assessment LAB - IA based).

Career

Master Of Architecture, Politecnico di Milano.

PhD in Architectural Design, IUAV University of Venice.

Research

Support for Public Administrations, public bodies, Ministries and private clients in projects involving change of use and spatial reorganization/adaptation of buildings and spaces of historical and cultural significance;

Support for Public Administrations, public bodies, Ministries and private clients in projects aimed at recontextualizing buildings and spaces of historical and cultural significance;

Development of new models for the use of integrated museum systems to enhance cultural assets and to promote tangible and intangible cultural heritage;

Development of innovative models for social and healthcare infrastructure, education, sports, tertiary and residential facilities (new-build and conversion), public spaces, and the related urban and territorial interconnection networks;

Development of new building/real-estate products in the field of co-living, co-working and related services;

Development and refinement of user-/community-centered design models;

Development and refinement of multiscale design and technological strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change and pollution, as well as adaptation and prevention measures.

Selected Publications

Chizzoniti, D. Monica, L. (edited by) Canella, G. (2003) "Sulla Composizione e sui Progetti, catalogo della mostra su G. Canella", Leonardo International, Milano.

Chizzoniti, D. (2007) "L'altra idea di Parigi", Canella, G. (preface), Edizioni Araba Fenice, Boves (CN).

Chizzoniti, D. (2008) "Ideologia e Iconologia", Semerani, L. (preface), Edizioni Clean, Napoli.

Chizzoniti, D. (2011) "Josef Gocar. Memoria della tradizione e poetica d’avanguardia", Edizioni Clean, Napoli.

Chizzoniti, D. (edited by), Aymonino, C. (2012) "Teoria dell’architettura", Edizioni Clean, Napoli.

Chizzoniti, D. (2016) "Fidenza. Progetti per la citt.", Aion, Firenze.

Chizzoniti, D. Palladio, A. (2017) "Ideologia e Figurazione", Mimesis, Milano.

Chizzoniti, D. (2020) "Praga. La città ebraica tra mito e storia", Aion, Firenze.

Chizzoniti, D. Nencini, D. (edited by), (2025) "Vchutemas. Un museo per il XXI secolo", Il Poligrafo, Padova.

Grants, awards and Honours

Winner – International two-stage design competition for the submission of design proposals for the construction of new schools through the replacement of existing buildings, to be financed under the PNRR, Mission 2 – Green Revolution and Digital Transition – Component 3 – Energy efficiency and building refurbishment – Investment 1.1: “Construction of new schools through building replacement”, funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU – “Lower Secondary School (Scuola secondaria di I grado) at Viale Sarca 24 (Municipio 9)

Mention – National ideas competition for the “Construction of a new multi-purpose school complex” in Altavilla Vicentina, Vicenza; Lead Partner, with F. Bruno – Rassegna lombarda “New proposals in architecture,”

Award – Young People’s Prize. National Academy of San Luca, 2006. Architecture: New School Complex in Esine (BS), with T. Guicciardi, E. Manganaro, M. Roveggio, R. Turla, M. Zampedrini

National Grant - MURST Grant
Ministry of University, Scientific and Technological Research, “Program Jung Researcher”: L’ideologia della città e della campagna nella tipizzazione dei caratteri figurativi dell’architettura palladiana (The ideology of the city and the countryside in the typification of the figurative characters of Palladian architecture).

Community Service

Coordinator of editorial Board
(Lamberto Amistadi, Armando Dal Fabbro e Luca Monica) of series TECA, Teorie della Composizione Architettonica (Theory of Architectural Composition) for the Edizioni Clean – Napoli (Clean Editions – Naples), with Comitato Scientifico Internazionale (with International Scientific Committee)

Editor in Chief
Editorial Series “22x22x108. Studi e progetti di architettura (Studies and architectural projects)”, for the Edizioni Clean - Napoli, (Clean Editions – Naples) with Comitato Scientifico Internazionale (with International Scientific Committee)

Editorial and reviewer’ Board
Athens Journal of Architecture, a journal of the architecture research unit of “The Athens Institute for Education and Research” ISSN NUMBER: 2407-9472