Orari di ricevimento
Ricevimento ogni mercoledì mattina ore 11:00 via flaminia 70 piano terra aula Docenti o in modalità remote su meet previo appuntamento da prenotare tramite mail al seguente indirizzo: angelo.figliola@uniroma1.it
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Angelo Figliola is an architect, researcher, and educator whose work lies at the intersection of environmental technological design, computational workflows, digital fabrication, and climate-adaptive strategies. He is currently a Fixed-Term Researcher (RTD-A) at the Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture (PDTA), Sapienza University of Rome, where he contributes to the PNRR programme PE5 CHANGES, developing multi-source methodologies for assessing climate risks and regenerating fragile historic landscapes.
His academic trajectory reflects a continuous integration of architecture, environmental sciences, digital technologies, and advanced computational methodologies. Figliola holds a PhD in Architectural Technology (ICAR/12) from Sapienza University of Rome, where he completed his dissertation “Post-industrial robotics: Processi computazionali e nuovi metodi produttivi per l’esplorazione di architetture informate nell’era post-digitale”, supervised by Prof. Alessandra Battisti. He also earned a Master of Science in Architecture (LM-4) with highest honours from the University of Camerino and a Professional Master in Housing at Roma Tre University. His international training includes the prestigious Open Thesis Fabrication programme at IAAC – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Barcelona), where he specialised in robotic fabrication applied to experimental timber structures. He later completed advanced training with IDM Südtirol and Eurac Research, participating in the elite programmes FACE – Façades Architecture Construction Engineering and Under Construction – Building Hotel Comfort, both reserved for selected professionals under 35.
His research agenda focuses on climate-adaptive and evidence-based design, integrating GIS-to-BIM workflows, environmental simulation (microclimate, energy, comfort), parametric modelling, digital twins, and robotically-enabled fabrication processes. This multi-scalar perspective spans from heritage landscapes to façade technologies, climate-responsive urban morphologies, and digital construction. Within the PNRR CHANGES programme, Figliola contributes to developing methodological frameworks for environmental risk assessment, linking remote sensing, climate indices, material diagnosis and computational modelling to support decision-making for vulnerable cultural heritage sites.
Figliola has produced more than 40 scientific publications, including articles in A-rank journals, chapters in edited volumes, peer-reviewed conference papers, and two monographs. His book Post-Industrial Robotics (Springer) is recognised as a reference contribution on digital fabrication, computational design, and material experimentation in architecture. His publications address themes such as generative design, adaptive envelopes, climate mitigation strategies, circular and low-impact construction systems, and multi-scale climate analysis for performance-based design.
He has been an active presenter in several international conferences, including PLEA, Advances in Architectural Geometry, eCAADe, Façades Architecture Construction Engineering, and symposia on digital fabrication, computational design, and environmental modelling. His ability to communicate complex, interdisciplinary topics has led to frequent invitations as lecturer, seminar instructor, and workshop leader at several institutions in Italy and abroad, including RWTH Aachen, IAAC, University of Pisa, University of Camerino, Roma Tre University, and multiple design and technology clusters.
Teaching represents a core component of his academic identity. At Sapienza University of Rome, he teaches in the Environmental Technological Design Studio (LM-4, Urban Regeneration, taught in English), guiding international cohorts of students in climate-adaptive architectural design through simulation-based workflows and data-driven methodologies. He also teaches in the Laboratory of Technological Design in the single-cycle degree in Architecture. From 2016 to 2023, he played a significant role in the Master of II Level in Ecosustainability and Energy Efficiency for Architecture (University of Camerino), teaching modules on low-energy buildings, sustainability metrics, comfort assessment, and environmental modelling. Additionally, he taught design-technology and environmental systems courses in the BA programmes in Industrial Design and Architecture at UNICAM, and delivered specialised seminars on parametric simulation, robotic fabrication, and digital environmental analysis.
Beyond teaching and research, Figliola actively contributes to the academic community. He has served as a member of PhD examination committees at the Politecnico di Milano (2022 and 2024) and participates in Scientific Committees for Master programmes and international conferences such as the Conference on Creativity, Technology and Sustainability (2024–2025). He is a member of the Italian Society of Architectural Technology (SITdA) within the Clusters on Architectural Heritage and Environmental Design. He collaborates in the organisation of large-scale international workshops and hackathons—including Rome Super Cool, Hackathon Pe’rCorso, Models of the Past. Cities of the Future, and HOTspot – Walk, Sweat, Map!—which foster interdisciplinary exchange on climate resilience, public behaviour, and adaptive design.
His professional activity complements and enriches his academic work. Figliola has contributed to awarded international projects such as Urban Dunes in Abu Dhabi, winner of the Cool Abu Dhabi Challenge and recipient of the Golden Trezzini Award, and the Bamboo Office in Zhuhai, recognised at the International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building (China). He has also worked in multidisciplinary teams on social housing, climate-responsive façades, parametric design for performance optimisation, and heritage-sensitive architectural interventions.
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to integrating computational intelligence, environmental evidence, and technological innovation to advance a new generation of climate-sensitive design paradigms. His academic work contributes to shaping an architectural culture capable of addressing climate change, ecological transition, and digital transformation with methodological rigour, interdisciplinary synthesis, and an orientation towards societal impact.