Prof. Em. Achille Maria Ippolito
Simonetta Bastelli Cultural Association, Italy
Short CV
Achille Maria Ippolito
Architect, essayist, and university professor. Born in Naples; resident in Rome; honorary residence in San Venanzo (TR). High Qualification Professor. As a full professor of Architectural and Urban Composition, he has carried out teaching carreer and research activities at Sapienza University of Rome. Founder and coordinator until the 21st cycle of the PhD program in Landscape and Environment. He was director of the Master in Landscape Design and professor at the Master in Arquitectura del Paisatge in Barcelona. Lecturer in numerous training courses organized by the Order of Architects of Rome. Lecturer in the professional training course of the Lazio Region for the “Qualification of art gardeners for historic gardens and parks.” Founder and President of the cultural association “architetto Simonetta Bastelli,” he also directs the Simonetta Bastelli Prize. Organizer, speaker, and member of the scientific committees of international conferences. Since 2015, member of the scientific committee of the International Conference Changing Cities, where he also organizes and manages a special session. He has an extensive record of publications: for Alinea he published Il parco urbano contemporaneo (2006); for FrancoAngeli he directs the series Paesaggi – Città Natura Infrastrutture and has published: Il paesaggio urbano contemporaneo (2013), Pensieri di Paesaggio (2017), Il Paesaggista, professione e formazione (2021) and L’Archinatura (1st edition 2009; 2nd updated edition 2025). He has edited, contributing essays and research, the following works: Spazi urbani aperti, La percezione degli Spazi urbani aperti, analisi e proposte, Nature urbane per la città futura, Tra Progetto e Paesaggio, and several conference proceedings. He has also written for the Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani — Il Paesaggio tra natura e antropizzazione, in Europa - le sfide della scienza (2018) — as well as in the Manuale del verde in architettura, Wolters Kluwer Italia, in Il Nuovo Manuale dell’Architetto, coordinated by Bruno Zevi, Mancosu Editore, and for various scientific journals. As an architect and landscape designer, he has successfully participated in several international design competitions and has designed numerous public and private works, many of which have been completed.