Paolo DE MARTINO

Architect. Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Planning. Department of Architecture, Chair of History of Architecture & Urban Planning. Delft University of Technology. Delft, Netherlands.

Paolo De Martino is a researcher and teacher at Delft University of Technology. He moved to the Netherlands in 2015 where he started as a Ph.D candidate at the Department of Architecture of TU Delft under the supervision of prof. dr-ing. Carola Hein. He received is PhD diploma in May 2021 within a dual program between the Department of Architecture of Delft University of Technology and the University of Naples Federico II. His research interest – which touches upon the complex relationship between ports, cities and regions – deals with port cities from a spatial and institutional perspective. He has investigated the port city of Naples in comparison to port city territories along the Hamburg-Le Havre range, with particular reference to the cities of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Le Havre. He is involved as tutor in the development of MOOCs on port cities (https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/re-imagining-port-cities-understanding-space-society-and-culture/) and water works (https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/water-works-activating-heritage-for-sustainable-development/) working with Carola Hein and PortCityFutures research team. Since August 2021 he has a temporary teaching position at the Department of Architecture at TU Delft.