Romolo Martemucci
Associate Professor, Tenured, Appt. September 1989
Interim Head of the Dept. of Architecture, 1995-97  
Director Penn State “Sede di Roma” since 1990

RGM6@PSU.EDU
418 Stuckeman Family Building
(814) 865-4553

Penn State-Architecture
Piazza Del Collegio Romano #1
Rome, Italy 00186
phone: 011-39-06-679-0420
fax: 011-39-06-678-8945

abbreviated c.v.

Romolo Martemucci has professional interests in urban design, institutional architecture, and the architecture of the public realm. Teaching since 1977, his academic and research interests include, architectural theory, representation and meaning in architecture, urban design, materials and materiality, the human body as paradigm, Renaissance planning and town design, the work of Biaggio Rossetti and the city of Ferrara, Italy.

He has presented numerous papers, and his articles have been published in Urban Design Magazine, Metamorfosi, and ACSA Annual Meeting publications. He has lectured or taught at Univ. of Pennsylvania, Temple, Univ. of Minnesota, R.P.I., Pratt Institute, Iowa State, Ohio State, and North Dakota State Universities along with Univ. of Puerto Rico, Universita "La Sopiengas" di Rome, Rome, Italy and Univ. of Monterrey, Mexico

Current Teaching

• Summer 2004:
  Arch 497 Italian Architecture and Urban Form
  Arch 297  Explorations in Italian Architecture
• Spring 2004:
  Arch 499B Architectural Analysis
  Arch 499A  Architectural Design (co-taught)
  Arch 600    Graduate Thesis
• Fall 2003:
  Arch 499A  Architectural Design
  Arch 499B Architectural Analysis (co-taught)
  Arch 600  Graduate Thesis