Laura Rappa

Laura Rappa, born in Palermo in 1991, is a building engineer and architect. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Building Engineering and Architecture and qualifying as both an engineer and an architect, she combined her professional practice, including design and construction management for protected architectural heritage, with academic research and advanced training in the field of cultural heritage conservation. She specialized in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at Università Iuav di Venezia and attended postgraduate specialization courses at the University of Naples Federico II, focusing on engineering for cultural heritage and the relationship between monuments and earthquakes. She carried out research activities at Università Iuav di Venezia, where she held research fellowships and worked as a teaching assistant. She has also served as a subject-matter expert in Architectural Conservation at the University of Palermo, where she is currently pursuing a PhD and conducting research on the conservation of twentieth-century architecture in Sicily. She is the author of scientific publications on the conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage, with particular attention to the built heritage, and regularly participates as a speaker in national and international conferences and academic events. Her professional and academic path combines practice and research, with a focus on the understanding, conservation, and transmission of architectural heritage.