Pezzica Camilla

Research interests
- Disaster Risk Reduction and connected Decision Support Systems
- Futures studies and Urban Resilience modelling
- Multi scale simulations for Sustainable Urban Development Planning and Urban Design
- Decision-driven Analysis of Urban Form, Public Life and Public Spaces
- Urban and Territorial Digital Modelling for the analysis and management of change and transformation
- Artificial Intelligence methods in Design and Built Environment Management

Recent work
- Co-editor, together with Prof. Bleil de Souza, C. and Prof. McElroy, L. of the Special Issue "multi-domain simulation workflows for ‘Sustainable Cities & Communities’ (UN SDG11)" in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation, (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19401493.2024.2442043).

- Co-I in the AHRC research project "H2O-STEP: approaching climate-resilience through revitalising historic stepwells and blue infrastructures for climate adaptation" led by T. Sharmin, Cardiff University. The project promotes the restoration and development of green and blue-infrastructure such as canals, fields, parks and wetlands in cities is vital for protecting ecosystem services and human wellbeing amid rapid urbanisation. It eplores the role of blue-infrastructure in contemporary cities, focusing on urban heat mitigation and sustainable water conservation and management. The findings illustrate how specific forms of blue-infrastructure can contribute to climate mitigation in the hot-arid areas of Jodhpur, located in the Thar desert region of Rajasthan, India. Additionally, they generate valuable insights into how conserving the tangible-built heritage can inform climate change mitigation and governance policies.

Honours and awards
- Publication featured in the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) PreventionWeb global knowledge sharing platform: Pezzica, C., Cutini, V., Bleil de Souza, C. 2020. Mind the gap: state of the art on decision-making related to post-disaster housing assistance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Jan 2020 (#openaccess#DRR #decisionmaking #UN # 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101975).

- Award nomination for best paper from the CIPA 2019 conference committee: Pezzica, C., Schroeter, J., Prizeman, O., Jones, C., Rosin, P. 2019. Between images and built form: automating the recognition of standardised building components using deep learning. Presented at: 27th CIPA International Symposium “Documenting the past for a better future”, Avila, Spain, 1-5 September 2019. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Copernicus, pp. 123-132 , (10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W6-123-2019).

Publications
2025
- Bleil De Souza, C., McElroy, L. and Pezzica, C. 2025. Exploring multi-domain simulation workflows for 'Sustainable cities & communities' (UN SDG11). Journal of Building Performance Simulation 18(3), pp. 247-255. (10.1080/19401493.2024.2442043).

2024
- Chioni, C., Pezzica, C. and Altafini, D. (2024). Contributions of the configurational approach to territorial imbalances’ mapping: A discussion centred on the Italian cohesion strategy. Presented at: 14th International Space Syntax Symposium, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-28 June 2024 Presented at Charalambous, N., Psathiti,, C. and Geddes, I. eds.Space Syntax Symposium 14. Tab Edizioni pp. 1171-1198.

- Altafini, D., Pezzica, C., Bleil De Souza, C., Gagarin, A., Rosenberg, G., Gunner, S. and Tryfonas, T. (2024). DECIDE: An outcome-driven decision support system for urban-regional planning. In: Calabrò, F. et al. (eds.) Networks, Markets & People: Communities, Institutions and Enterprises Towards Post-humanism Epistemologies and AI Challenges, Vol. 4. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 1186. Springer, Cham pp. 91-100., (10.1007/978-3-031-74679-6_9).

- Mols, N. M. L. and Pezzica, C. (2024). Envisioning the architectural-urban nexus in Renaissance Florence in the case of Palazzo Rucellai. Nexus Network Journal 26, pp. 531-556. (10.1007/s00004-024-00767-y).

- Pezzica, C., Chioni, C. and Mols, N. (2024). Exploring alternative urban and architectural virtual realities through multidomain digital twins. In: Giordano, A., Russo, M. and Spallone, R. (eds.) Advances in Representation. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Springer, Cham pp. 675-690. (10.1007/978-3-031-62963-1_41).

- Contreras Mojica, D., Forino, G., Pezzica, C., Liberatore, F. and Veliu, E. (2024). Assessing post-disaster recovery using sentiment and topic analysis on social media posts: L'Aquila, Italy. Proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), IAEE.

- Bleil De Souza, C., Pezzica, C. and Hahn, J. (2024). Using bottom-up digital technologies in technical decision-making for designing a low-carbon built environment. In: Golubchikov, O. and Yenneti, K. (eds.) Smart cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities to a Low-Carbon Future. Wiley, pp. 347-364., (10.1002/9781118641156.ch20).

- Chioni, C., Pezzica, C. and Favargiotti, S. (2024). Territorial Digital Twins: a key for increasing the community resilience of fragile mountain inner territories?. Sustainable Development 32(2), pp. 1548-1563. (10.1002/sd.2688).

- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D., Mara, F. and Chioni, C. (2024). Travel-time in a grid: Modelling movement dynamics in the "minute city". In: Marucci, A. et al. (eds.) Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning: Proceedings of INPUT 2023 - Volume 1, Vol. 467. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Springer, Cham pp. 657-668., (10.1007/978-3-031-54118-6_58).

- Altafini, D., Pezzica, C., Bleil De Souza, C., Dalcin, A. P. and Marques, G. (2024). Formal methods in flood disaster response: the case of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium Formal Methods in Architecture. (10.1007/978-3-032-02782-5_28).

- Altafini, D. et al. (2024). The spatial logic of e-mobility commutes within urban areas. Prodeedings of uSIM2024 - Shaping Net Zero Policies with Building Simulation The 4th IBPSA-Scotland Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 25 November 2024.

2023
- Bleil De Souza, C., Pezzica, C., Marchesi, M. and Brown, C. A. (2023). Axiomatic design facilitating integrated sustainable building design and operation. In: Puik, E. et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Axiomatic Design 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 849. Springer pp. 101-117, (10.1007/978-3-031-49920-3_7).

- Mols, N. and Pezzica, C. (2023). Florentine streetscapes and their role in revisiting Palazzo Rucellai's urban façade hypotheses. Presented at: Nexus 2023, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics, Torino, Italy, 12-15 June 2023. , (10.1007/s00004-023-00698-0).

- Pezzica, C. (2023). Disasterville. Formal methods in emergency urbanism. FrancoAngeli.

2022
- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V., Bleil De Souza, C. and Aloini, D. (2022). The making of cities after disasters: Strategic planning and the Central Italy temporary housing process. Cities 131, article number: 104053. (10.1016/j.cities.2022.104053).

- Pezzica, C., Altafini, D. and Cutini, V. (2022). Urban-regional dynamics of street network resilience: the spatial outcomes of Genoa's and Bologna's bridge crashes. Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium (13SSS 2022), Bergen, Norway.

- Prizeman, O., Boughanmi, M. and Pezzica, C. (2022). Carnegie libraries of Britain: Assets or liabilities? Managing altering agendas of energy efficiency for early 20th century heritage. Public Library Quarterly 41(1), pp. 43-82 (10.1080/01616846.2020.1826242).

- Pezzica, C. (2022). Augmented intelligence In built environment projects. In: Giordano, A., Russo, M. and Spallone, R. eds. Representation Challenges: New Frontiers of AR and AI Research for Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design. Disegno, pp. 47-54., (10.3280/oa-845-c194).

2021
- Pezzica, C. and Cutini, V. (2021). Linking space syntax and cluster analysis to design and plan temporary housing neighborhoods: A taxonomy of sites in Norcia. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning 2, pp. 89–114. (10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2si037).

- Sibley, M., Pezzica, C. and Tweed, A. (2021). Eco-hammam: the complexity of accelerating the ecological transition of a key social heritage sector in Morocco. Sustainability 13(17), article number: 9935. (10.3390/su13179935).

- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V., Bleil De Souza, C. and Chioni, C. (2021). Re-defining spatial typologies of humanitarian housing plans using machine learning. In: La Rosa, D. and Privitera, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 11th INPUT Conference, Vol. 146. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Springer pp. 319-327, (10.1007/978-3-030-68824-0_35).

- Chioni, C., Pezzica, C., Cutini, V., Bleil De Souza, C. and Rusci, S. (2021). Multi-scale configurational approach to the design of public open spaces after urban disasters. In: Eloy, S. et al. eds.Formal Methods in Architecture: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture (5FMA), Lisbon 2020. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Springer International Publishing pp. 171-183, (10.1007/978-3-030-57509-0_16).

- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V., Bleil De Souza, C. and Santucci, A. (2021). Adapting analysis workflows to humanitarian needs: different road network models and tools. In: Eloy, S. et al. (eds.) Formal Methods in Architecture: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Formal Methods in Architecture (5FMA), Lisbon 2020. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation Springer International Publishing.

- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V. and Bleil de Souza, C. (2021). Mind the gap: state of the art on decision-making related to post-disaster housing assistance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 53, article number: 101975. (10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101975).

- Pezzica, C., Bleil De Souza, C. and Dunichkin, I. V. (2021). Developing functional requirements for temporary housing by integrating Axiomatic Design with the 5 Gaps model of service quality. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Axiomatic Design (ICAD 2021), Lisbon, Portugal, 23-25 June 2021.

- Pezzica, C. and Cutini, V. (2021). Road network resilience: the relational components and their role in disaster risk reduction. AND 40, pp. 182-187.

- Pezzica, C. (2021). Temporary housing and transitional urbanism: planning for sustainable post-disaster recovery under uncertainty. PhD Thesis, University of Pisa.

- Bruschi, G., Amadio, D. and Pezzica, C. (2021). Promoting bottom-up initiatives for the sustainable conservation of hidden cultural landscapes using ubiquitous digital technologies. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning, Catania, Italy, 8-10 September 2021.

2020
- Prizeman, O. and Pezzica, C. (2020). Shelf Life: Re-imagining the future of Carnegie Public Libraries. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://carnegielibrariesofbritain.com/

- Pezzica, C., Chioni, C., Cutini, V. and Bleil De Souza, C. (2020). Assessing the impact of temporary housing sites on urban socio-spatial performance: the case of the Central Italy earthquake. In Gervasi, O. et al. (eds.) Assessing the Impact of Temporary Housing Sites on Urban Socio-spatial Performance: The Case of the Central Italy Earthquake. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues Vol. 12251. Springer, Cham pp. 324-339, (10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_24).

- Cutini, V. and Pezzica, C. (2020). Street network resilience put to the test: the dramatic crash of Genoa and Bologna bridges. Sustainability 12(11), article number: 4706. (10.3390/su12114706).

- Prizeman, O., Pezzica, C., Taher, A. and Boughanmi, M. (2020). Networking historic environmental standards to address modern challenges for sustainable conservation in HBIM. Applied Sciences 10(4), article number: 1283. (10.3390/app10041283).

- Sibley, M., Pezzica, C., Elkadi, G. and Abouelmagd, D. A. S. (2020). Belle epoque Cairo museums itineraries: مسارات متاحف الزمن الجميل. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://becami.com/

- Sibley, M. and Pezzica, C. (2020). Eco-hammam - share the resources, save the planet!. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://ecohammam.com/

- Pezzica, C. and Cutini, V. (2020). When time matters: mid-term housing provision after disasters. Presented at: IV International Congress on Sustainable Collective Housing, Alghero, Italy, September 2020 Presented at Montaner, J. M., Martínez, Z. M. and Pani, G. B. eds.IV Congresso Internazionale dell'Abitare Collettivo Sostenibile. Alghero. Mexico: Congreso Internacional De Vivienda Colectiva Sostenible pp. 264-269.

2019
- Pezzica, C., Valerio, C. and Bleil De Souza, C. 2019. Rapid configurational analysis using OSM data: towards the use of Space Syntax to orient post-disaster decision making. Proceedings of the 12th International Space Syntax Symposium (12SSS), Vol. 3. Space Syntax Network / Sejong University Press.

- Pezzica, C., Schroeter, J., Prizeman, O., Jones, C. and Rosin, P. (2019). Between images and built form: automating the recognition of standardised building components using deep learning. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens, Vol. IV-2. Copernicus pp. 123-132., (10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W6-123-2019).

- Pezzica, C., Piemonte, A., Bleil De Souza, C. and Cutini, V. (2019). Photogrammetry as a participatory recovery tool after disasters: a grounded framework for future guidelines. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. pp. 921-928., (10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-921-2019).

- Dunichkin, I. V., Bleil de Souza, C., Bogachev, K. and Pezzica, C. (2019). Exploring specific features of Transport Interchange Hubs (TIH) design, taking into account the climatic conditions of the Russian Arctic. Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, Vol. 11621. Springer pp. 521-534., (10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_37).

- Bleil de Souza, C., Dunichkin, I. V. and Pezzica, C. (2019). A user-centred approach to design Transport Interchange Hubs (TIH): A discussion illustrated by a case study in the Russian Arctic. Proceedings of the International Conference of Computational Science and Its Applications, Vol. 11621. Springer pp. 489-504., (10.1007/978-3-030-24302-9_35).

2018
- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V. and Bleil De Souza, C. (2018). Opportunities for the use of collaborative 3D mapping in post disaster situations. In: Leone, A. and Gargiulo, C. (eds.) Environmental and territorial modelling for planning and design. Smart City, Urban Planning for a Sustainable Future Naples, Italy: FedOAPress, pp. 475-482.

- Prizeman, O., Jones, C., Parisi, M. and Pezzica, C. (2018). How can century-old architectural hierarchies for the design of public libraries be re-interpreted and re-used? Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 8(4), pp. 481-494. (10.1108/JCHMSD-08-2017-0051).

- Prizeman, O., Pezzica, C., Parisi, M. and Lorenz, C. (2018). Function should follow form: Futures for the radiant logic of Carnegie public libraries. In: Williams, K. and Bevilacqua, M. G. (eds.) Nexus 2018 Architecture and Mathematics Conference Book. Nexus Architecture and Mathematics Turin: Kim Williams Books pp. 197-202.

- Pezzica, C., Cutini, V. and Bleil De Souza, C. (2018). Transitional housing: An update on sustainability challenges and research opportunities. Proceedings of OIKONET Lisbon Seminar 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-16 February 2018.