Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism

CEAU

Center for Studies
in Architecture and Urbanism

Elena Parnisari

Elena Parnisari (Italy, 1992). Architect and urban planner, PhD candidate in architecture. Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano (2015), Master's degree in Spatial Planning and Urban Project from FEUP and FAUP (2017), PhD candidate in the Doctoral Program in Architecture-Urban Forms and Dynamics at FAUP (2020), researcher in Territory Dynamics and Morphologies at CEAU (2021). Member of the associations APU-Associação Portuguesa de Urbanistas (2018), ASF-Architetti Senza Frontiere Italia (2018) and MA- Mulheres na Arquitectura (2020). Since 2014, she has collaborated in urban, architectural and social scale projects in Italy, Argentina, Switzerland, India and Peru, always recognizing the communities’ importance in participatory processes, designing spaces for the people and with the people, getting involved in the most critical urban situations affecting the poorest territories of the world.

Identification

Degree
Master
Category
Collaborator
Join Year
2020
Citation Names
Parnisari, Elena
Ciência ID
6D18-630F-1FFB
Ciência Vitae ID
6D18-630F-1FFB
Orcid ID
0000-0001-6523-7947
Email
elena.parnisari@live.com
Activity Domains
Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies
Research Groups
Territory Dynamics and Morphologies (50%)
Dedication (Research)
100%

Education

Ongoing

Architechtural Doctoral Program

Doutoramento

"Searching for equitable, inclusive and caring urban neighbourhoods: measuring children’s right to the city through urban design. An urban laboratory in Contumil and Lagarteiro social housing. "

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal


Concluded

IELTS certificate

Licence

Overall Band 7.5

British Council Milano, Italy


Concluded

Planeamento e Projeto Urbano

Mestrado

"Self-public planning Villa 31. The public space as a social place that does not exist inside the house."

16/20

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal ; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal


Attended

Hábitat y Pobreza Urbana en América Latina (MHyPUAL)

Master

Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo, Argentina


Concluded

Architecture

Bachelor

"La città orto: ricerca per un paesaggio commestibile. "

103/110

Politecnico di Milano Sede di Milano Leonardo, Italy


Concluded

DIPLE-Diploma Intermédio De Português Língua Estrangeira B2

Título de especialista

Resultado Final 77, Classificaçào Final Bom

Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal


Attended

Architecture

Licenciatura

Universidade Lusófona, Portugal


Concluded

Diploma Liceo Scientifico

Licence

77/100

Liceo Enrico Fermi, Italy


Concluded

English Language Training Worldwide

Licence

Embassy CES London, United Kingdom


Concluded

English Language Course

Licence

The University of Kent, United Kingdom

Professional Career

Others

Integrated Researchers (Collaborator Researchers )

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Portugal


Architect

Bruno Parnisari Architetto


Architect

Asociación Semillas para el Desarrollo Sostenible


Architect

Critical Concrete - Social & Sustainable Architecture


Mobility Planner

Jaipur Smart City


Urban Planner

Urbz-user generated cities


Urban Planner

Urbz-user generated cities


Urban Planner Volunteer

Rupanco Farm


Intern Architect

Cini Boeri Architetti


Volunteer

EXPO 2015


Organic producer volunteer

WWOOF - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms


Intern Landscape Architect

PROAP-Arquitectura paisagista

Projects

Grant

Ongoing

Searching for equitable, inclusive and caring urban neighbourhoods: measuring children’s right to the city through urban design. An urban laboratory in Contumil and Lagarteiro social housing.

PhD Student Fellow

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

2021.06908.BD

Outputs

Book chapter

Co-creation: involving everybody. An ethical dimension of the design process and a discussion of solutions between different actors with practical and creative goals.

, Atlantis Press: 283-304

Elena Parnisari

http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_23

isbn: 9789464634686
isbn: 9789464634693
issn: 2731-796X
issn: 2667-128X
doi: 10.2991/978-94-6463-469-3_23


Published

Conto Até Mil. Visual Activism Narrative

Sustainable Development Goals Series, Springer International Publishing: 107-121

Parnisari, Elena

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36993-3_9

issn: 2523-3084
issn: 2523-3092
isbn: 9783031369926
isbn: 9783031369933
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36993-3_9


Journal article

Published

A participatory action research developed in Southern Europe. Measuring children's right to the city through urban design.

XV Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo_SIIU 2023, 15: 1-14

PARNISARI, ELENA

Acesso Aberto

https://revistes.upc.edu/index.php/SIIU/article/view/12778


Published

Os bairros das crianças. O papel da arquiteta num laboratório urbano de mulheres para promover a participação infantil no bairro do Lagarteiro.

Astrágalo. Cultura de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad, 1, 33-34: 353-371

Parnisari, Elena

http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/astragalo.2023.i33-34.18

issn: 1134-3672
issn: 2469-0503
doi: 10.12795/astragalo.2023.i33-34.18


Newspaper article

Mulheres em Construção! Um projecto ecofeminista em Aveiro.

Le Monde Diplomatique. Edição Portuguesa.

PARNISARI, ELENA; Antunes, Lia; RUSCONI, ISABELLA; Robalo, Patrícia ; Gabriela Cavalcanti

https://pt.mondediplo.com/2022/05/um-projecto-ecofeminista-em-aveiro.html


Online resource


Activities

Association member

MA - Mulheres na Arquitectura


Founding Member of Portuguese Association of Town Planners

APU - Associação Portuguesa de Urbanistas


ASF-Architetti senza frontiere Italia onlus


Course / Discipline taught

Taller de Proyectos Urbanos III "Prácticas participativas en diferentes contextos geográficos y metodológicos" - Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central del Ecuador.

Bachelor in architecture and urban planning

Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador


International seminar series - Planning and design for outdoor education. The city as an educational place/Città come luogo di apprendimento.

Laurea Magistrale

Università degli Studi Gabriele d'Annunzio Chieti Pescara Dipartimento di Architettura, Italy


Event organisation

TED EXPERIENCES exhibition

Co-organisor, Exhibition

TEDx Tukuy, Peru


Apriamo il carro di Ersilia LAB Exhibition

Member of the Organising Committee, Exhibition

ASF-Architetti senza frontiere Italia onlus, Italy


Handstorm workshop - NYU Abu Dhabi university students

Co-organisor, Workshop

Urbz-user generated cities, India


Delta V exhibition - participatory neighborhood project

Co-organisor, Exhibition

Urbz-user generated cities, Switzerland


Delta V - design workshop

Co-organisor, Workshop

Urbz-user generated cities, Switzerland


Event participation

Child in the City Cascais Seminar How to make children's rights mainstream in local policy planning?

The Child in the City Foundation, Netherlands


The Power of Design Competition

Casa Comum, Portugal ; CITTA: Centre for Research on Territory, Transport and Environment, Portugal ; Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal ; Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto – Hall of Biodiversity – Ciência Viva Center, Portugal


Porto Design Biennale 2021 Competition

Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal ; Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal ; Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos, Portugal


FAV 2019 Competition

Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier, France


Ersilia Lab - Participatory architecture planning workshop

ASF-Architetti senza frontiere Italia onlus, Italy


Oral presentation

Landscapes dreamed of and designed by children. How to make it visible to those who transform the urban space.

International congress Uncertain Landscapes. Beyond transdisciplinary approaches.

Lab2PT


Conto Até Mil. Visual activism narrative.

UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 Copenhagen

UIA Nordic section: Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.


The image of public spaces through children's perspective.

AMPS conference - Livable Cities - New York City College of Technology - City Tech

New York City College of Technology - City Tech


A participatory action research developed in southern Europe. Measuring children’s right to the city through urban design.

International Research Seminar on Urbanism 2023 - XV SIIU Lisbon

Lisbon School Architecture, University of Lisbon


Laboratorio urbano bairros Contumil e Lagarteiro.

Festival Co.cidades!

Rés do Chão


Other jury / evaluation

Peer reviewer - UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen 2023

UIA The International Union of Architects, Denmark

Distinctions

Award

Premio Dante 2017, 32° Edizione

Società Dante Alighieri, Italy


Attestato di Benemerenza Civica

Comune di Milano, Italy