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Selected Publications 

Research Trajectory 

The following publications give evidence of a research organized around some clear questions.
They are linked to the relationship between architecture, the city and its scales. They consider design, and its methods the node of the discussion.
Contemporary architectural design methods are therefore studied not only in relationship to (digital) tools but also, in a wider perspective, from a theoretical and cultural point of view. An essential part of the question is therefore related to the contemporary built environment, its fabrics, its infrastructures and its landscapes. Their morpho-typological characters, the tools to read and interpret them are considered necessary ingredients for a dissertation about contemporary design.
These topics have also been addressed in design competitions to clarify research questions and to “test” from a practical point of view a possible formal output.
The body of work consists of journal articles, conference proceedings, essays in books and monographs.
The book Design/Disegno aims at giving an organic overview of this research, which began with the Ph.D. Many of the publications reported here highlight the close connection between research activity and teaching experience.

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• Fraschini, Matteo and Julian Raxworthy. “Territories Made by Measure: The Parametric as a Way of Teaching Urban Design Theory.” Architecture at the Age of Disruptive Technologies. Edited by Sherif Abdelmohsen, Tamer El-Khouly, Zaki Mallasi, and Amar Bennadji. The American University in Cairo. Cairo, Egypt: ASCAAD 2021, 2021. Link to Conf. Proc.

• Web article: Fraschini, Matteo. “Interview: Theory, Practice and Teaching.” Arcduecittà, 6 (2019): 12-15.

• Book (monograph): Fraschini, Matteo. Design Disegno – Geometry, Measure and Algorithm for Architecture and the City. Politecnica. Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli Editore, 2018. (Link)

• Chapter in a Book: Fraschini, Matteo. “Designing between Scales.” In Questo, Metropolitan Architecture, edited by Antonella Contin, Politecnica, 126-38. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore, 2015. (Link)

• Fraschini, Matteo. “Match Boxes.” In The Adaptable City, Europan 12 Results, vol 12: Europan, 2014.

• Chapter in a Book: Fraschini, Matteo. “Experiments between Landscape and Urban Design in the Net City.” In Donana out of the City, edited by Antonella Contin, Matteo Fraschini, and Michele Moreno, 99-103. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore, 2012. (Link)

• Book: Fraschini, Marco and Matteo Fraschini. Museo Cascina Ovi, Archivio Storico Di Segrate. Vol. [Museum and Exhibition Catalogue]. Segrate: Comune di Segrate, 2011.

• Journal Article: Fraschini, Matteo, Matteo Lo Prete, and Nicola Laurino. “Advanced Architectural Workshop: Implementing Structural Logics into a Design Process for Large Scale Lightweight Coverings.” Journal Of The International Association For Shell And Spatial Structures, no. 51 (2010): 137-46. (Link)

• Conference proceeding: Fraschini, Matteo, Matteo Lo Prete, P. Brivio, G. Femia, M. Macchi, and M. Tarini. Lightweight Structures Modeling through a Physical Simulation Software. Innovative Design and Construction Technologies. Edited by Ingrid Paoletti. Rimini: Maggioli, 2009. (Link)

• Chapter in a Book: Fraschini, Matteo and Carlos Dall’Asta. “Nyc Dock.” In  edited by Giovanni Santamaria, 99-101. Florence: Alinea Editrice, 2007.

• Chapter in a Book: Fraschini, Matteo. “Aereo/Treno/Automobile: L’aerostazione Nodo a Differenti Scale.” In Milano_Malpensa. La Regione Urbana Nello Spazio Dei Flussi, edited by Ernesto d’Alfonso. Florence: Alinea Editrice, 2006.

• Chapter in a Book: Fraschini, Matteo, Chiara Donisi, and Marta Malini. “El Proyecto Como Metáfora Posible Para Una Nueva Conexiòn Entre Lugares.” In Segovia. Los Altos De Las Lastras, edited by Antonella Contin, 47-61. Milan: A&P Editing, 2004.

Web Articles:

• Fraschini, Matteo. “Contemporanee Figure Di Spazio Architettonico/Urbano (Http://Www.Arcduecitta.It/2012/07/Contemporanee-Figure-Di-Spazio-Architettonicheurbano-Di-Matteo-Fraschini/).” arcduecitta.it 2018, may (2010).
• Fraschini, Matteo. “Figure Abitate – Inhabited Figures (Http://Www.Arcduecitta.It/World/2011/07/Inhabited-Figures/).”
  Fraschini, Matteo. “Identità E Riconoscibilità Nello Spazio Dei Flussi (Http://Www.Arcduecitta.It/2012/10/Identita-E-Riconoscibilita-Nello-Spazio-Dei-Flussi-Matteo-Fraschini/).” arcduecitta.it 2018, may (2011).
• Fraschini, Matteo. “Riferimenti Figure Pattern. (Http://Www.Arcduecitta.It/2013/02/Riferimenti-Figure-Pattern-Matteo-Fraschini/).” arcduecitta.it 2018, may (2012).
• Fraschini, Matteo. “Cairo Ard Al-Liwa. New Centrality. A Model of Mslab Teaching Activity between Consolidated Research Lines and Further Openings. (Http://Www.Arcduecitta.It/World/Cairo-Ard-Al-Liwa-New-Centrality-a-Model-of-Mslab-Teaching-Activity-between-Consolidated-Research-Lines-and-Further-Openings-Matteo-Fraschini/).” arcduecitta.it (2013):