Elettra Carnelli
Elettra Carnelli
ZHAW
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
Abteilung F&E, WB, DL
Work at ZHAW
Position
Postdoctoral Researcher
Experience
- Research and Teaching Associate
Technical University of Munich
11 / 2018 - 02 / 2022 - Architect
Zurich
02 / 2017 - 02 / 2022 - Teaching Assistant
Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio
09 / 2016 - 02 / 2017
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Doctorate / History and Theory of Architecture
ETH Zurich
03 / 2022 - 12 / 2025 - Master of Science in Architecture / Architecture
Accademia di Architettura, Mendrisio
09 / 2013 - 06 / 2016
Continuing Education
Research Award Young Investigator Training Program
Università di Parma
11 / 2022
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- History of “eco-architecture” in Switzerland, 196X-199X. An architectural-historical, corpuslinguistic and gender-theoretical analysis / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Challenging or Reproducing the Status Quo? / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Carnelli, E., Marcolini, F., Marino, F., & Sousa Santos, R. (2023). How do we work together? : enhancing the role of collaborations in architectural design. Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge, 3(5), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.14361/dak-2023-0501
- Carnelli, E., & D’Avolio, M. S. (2023). Stretching professional boundaries : Novella Sansoni as organic intellectual, administrator and architect. Oase, 2023(116), 68–82.
- Carnelli, E. (2023). Collaborations informing collective practice : a conversation with Fosbury Architecture. Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge, 3(5), 109–122. https://doi.org/10.14361/dak-2023-0507
Books, peer-reviewed
Boucsein, B., Carnelli, E., & Zwangsleitner, D. (2025). Die Macht der Bedingungen : Architektur zwischen Abhängigkeit und Wirkung (1. Auflage). Spector Books.
Book chapters, peer-reviewed
Carnelli, E. (2024). Mensa Olivetti e Uffici Alfa Romeo : due architetture del lavoro. In E. Prandi (ed.), Ignazio Gardella, Roberto Menghi, Luigi Vietti : architetture per il Mediterraneo (pp. 20–37). Electa.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Carnelli, E. (2023). Constructing communities of tacit knowledge : political commitment and urban planning in postwar Milan [Conference paper]. In T. Avermaete (Ed.), Tacit Knowledge in Architecture – Conference Proceedings 2023. ETH Zurich. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000628246
Other publications
- Glogar, I., Carnelli, E., Boucsein, B., & Labor für die alltägliche Stadt. (2024). Kollaboratives Wohnen : neun Fallstudien. M BOOKS. https://doi.org/10.14459/2024md/ 1689073
- Carnelli, E. (2023). Un urbanista impegnato negli anni ’50 : la formazione professionale e politica di Alessandro Tutino. Urbanistica informazioni, LI(311), 57–59.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Carnelli, E. Field-Urbanism: reconstructing agency of architecture in Milan´s coree,TU Delft Open Publishing, 2022
- Zwangsleitner, D., Carnelli, E., Boucsein, B. and van der Hoeven, F. (Eds.) Deep Adaptation: The Spatial Dimension, SPOOL - Journal of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft Open, 2022