Roberta Fonti

Background

About Roberta Fonti

Born in 1984, she is a researcher at the Chair of Conservation-Restoration of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Before, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Chair for Structural Design of the TUM. While her doctoral research focused on the mechanics of historic masonry, the subject of her post-doctoral studies shifted from simplified numerical models to preservation theories especially for modern heritage buildings and archeological remains. In particular, she designed a novel typology of protective shelter fully reversible and especially for the archeological remains of Pompeii. She is the scientific responsible of the Project "Restoring Modern Architecture in Europe by the work of Marcello Piacentini (NB-EINS)" – thus, conducting research on the history of building techniques in modern Italy with a focus on the influence of preservation theories on the theory of architecture. In general, her interests in research are laying into preservation theories especially for heritage lacking integrity. Further, she is conducting research in the field of construction history especially investigating historic books on theory of Architecture aiming at turning words into simplified numerical models. She has been awarded a prize by the International Masonry Society (IMS) within the 10th IMC Conference (year 2018) and a special mention within the Edoardo Benvenuto International Prize per la ricerca sulla Scienza e l’Arte del Costruire nel loro sviluppo storico (year 2015). Further, she was honored with a fellowship from the TUM Foundation (2014) within the German excellence programme, and individual fellowships within the COST Action TU0904 (2013) and ReLUIS (2012) networks on the protection of historic buildings from Fire and Earthquakes. Fonti was one of the three experts invited to represent Europe at the International Symposium on strategies of intervention for cultural heritage affected by earthquakes in Mexico City (year 2018 - section: immovable heritage). Additionally, she was one of the three early career scientists invited to represent the TUM at the Global Scientists Summit in Singapore (year 2015).