People_
Dr Eugenia Gasparri
MEng, PhD, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technologies
Associate Dean (Research Education)
Stream Director of Sustainable Design (Master of Architectural Science)
LGBTQIA+
Student Support Liaison Officer
Associate Dean (Research Education)
Stream Director of Sustainable Design (Master of Architectural Science)
LGBTQIA+
Student Support Liaison Officer
Email
Address
G04 - Wilkinson Building
The University of Sydney
Details
Member of Sydney Environment Institute
Member of The Net Zero Institute
Member of The University of Sydney Nano Institute
Websites
Dr Eugenia Gasparri is a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technologies at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning of the University of Sydney. She is Associate Dean (Research Education), Stream Director of Sustainable Design in the Master of Architectural Science and former co-chair of the University of Sydney Pride Network (Gold AWAI Awards 2022-2024). She holds a PhD in Building Engineering with honours from Politecnico di Milano.
Eugenia’s research is in sustainable construction with a strong interest in multi-disciplinarity as a key factor for innovation. Her expertise is in the field of building facades and industrialised timber technologies, developing new designs and strategies to reduce buildings’ environmental impact, increase construction productivity and promote circular approaches for sustainable development. She has a proven track record of research collaboration with the industry and is scientific advisor on national and international innovation industry-led projects. Eugenia is the leading editor of an agenda-setting book on the future of building façades – “Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories” – which brings together more than 60 global innovators from both academia and industry, from 10 different countries across 3 continents.
show more
show less
- High-performance facades
- Sustainable building products
- Mass timber technologies
- Industrialised construction and prefabrication
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Development of Industrialized Timber Façade Systems for Circular Deep Renovation in Australia: Application within the Context of Social Housing | Yingnan CHEN |
| Increasing the Building Envelope Resilience to Moisture and Mould Growth | Natalia SAAVEDRA TORO |
| Building façade generative design under building performance priority empowered by AI technology | Jin ZHAN |
| A New Design Framework for Agri-Facades Integrating User Perception and Performance Assessment | Xi ZHANG |
Selected publications
Publications
Expand all
Edited Books
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2021). Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories. TBC. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2022). Facade innovation: between 'product' and 'process'. In Not known (Eds.), Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories. TBC. [More Information]
- Gasparri, E. (2022). Unitized Timber Envelopes: the future generation of sustainable, high-performance, industrialized facades for construction decarbonization. In Not known (Eds.), Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories, (pp. 231-255). TBC. [More Information]
- Day, G., Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2019). Knowledge-based design in industrialised house building: A case-study for prefabricated timber walls. In Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci (Eds.), Digital Wood Design: Innovative Techniques of Representation in Architectural Design, (pp. 989-1016). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
Journals
- Zhang, Y., Chen, T., Gasparri, E., Elena, L. (2025). A Modular Agrivoltaics Building Envelope Integrating Thin-Film Photovoltaics and Hydroponic Urban Farming Systems: Optimization of Energy, Light, Water and Structure. Sustainability, 17(2), 666. [More Information]
- Zhan, J., He, W., Gasparri, E., Grace, K., Yin, D., Shen, S., Wang, Y., Li, J. (2025). Carbon emission assessment and interpretability improvement empowered by machine learning: A case study in four cities, China. Energy and Buildings, 334(1 May 2025, 115530). [More Information]
- Attia, S., Al-Obaidy, M., Mori, M., Campain, C., Giannasi, E., van Vliet, M., Gasparri, E. (2024). Disassembly calculation criteria and methods for circular construction (review). Automation in Construction, 165(Article 105521). [More Information]
- Cheong, C., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Kuru, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2024). Life cycle assessment of curtain wall facades: A screening study on end-of-life scenarios. Journal of Building Engineering, 84(1 May 2024), 1-30.
- Gasparri, E., Arasteh, S., Kuru, A., Stracchi, P., Brambilla, A. (2023). Circular economy in construction: A systematic review of knowledge gaps towards a novel research framework. Frontiers in Built Environment, 9. [More Information]
- Sadegh, S., Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Globa, A. (2022). Kinetic facades: An evolutionary-based performance evaluation framework. Journal of Building Engineering, 53(104408), 1-17. [More Information]
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Zolfaghari, L., Keshavarzi, R., Andaloro, A. (2022). On the applicability of atmospheric water harvesting technologies on building facades: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 366(132809), 1-13. [More Information]
- Strang, M., Leardini, P., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Mass Timber Envelopes in Passivhaus Buildings: Designing for Moisture Safety in Hot and Humid Australian Climates. Buildings, 11(10), 478. [More Information]
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Mould growth models and risk assessment for emerging timber envelopes in Australia: A comparative study. Buildings, 11(6). [More Information]
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2020). Hygrothermal behaviour of emerging timber-based envelope technologies in Australia: a preliminary investigation on condensation and mould growth risk. Journal of Cleaner Production, 276, 124129. [More Information]
- Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2019). Unitised timber envelopes. A novel approach to the design of prefabricated mass timber envelopes for multi-storey buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 26, 1-13. [More Information]
- Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A., Mantegazza, G., Mazzucchelli, E. (2015). Construction management for tall CLT buildings: From partial to total prefabrication of facade elements. Wood Material Science & Engineering, 10(3), 256-275. [More Information]
show 9 more
hide last 9
Conferences
- Saavedra Toro, N., Brambilla, A., Kuru, A., Gasparri, E., Berardi, U. (2024). Increasing the Building Envelope Resilience to Moisture and Mould Growth. Proceedings of the 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024) Volume 3: Building Systems and HVAC Technologies, London: Springer Nature. [More Information]
- Zhang, X., Kuru, A., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2024). Potential and Challenges of Vertical Farming on Building Facades in Practice. PLEA 2024: (Re) thinking Resilience., online: Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA).
- Zolfaghari, L., Keshavarzi, R., Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Andaloro, A. (2022). Integration of biomimetic AWH systems into the building envelope. 17th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo, Lucerne: Advanced Building Skins GmbH.
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2022). Rethinking Building Skins. What's next on the facade horizon? Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress, online: Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress.
- Strang, M., Leardini, P., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Designing a durable multi-storey cross-laminated timber Passivhaus building in hot and humid Australian climates. World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021, Santiago: World Conference on Timber Engineering.
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Avesani, S., Aitchison, M. (2019). Market Survey of Timber Prefabricated Envelopes for New and Existing Buildings. Powerskin Conference Munich 2019, Delft: TU Delft Open.
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2018). Building with timber across Australian climatic contexts: a hygrothermal analysis. ASA 2018: Engaging Architectural Science: Meeting the Challenges of Higher Density (ANZAScA), Melbourne: RMIT University.
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Aitchison, M. (2018). Hygrothermal analysis of timber-based external walls across different Australian climate zones. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul: National Institute of Forest Science.
- Kuzmanovska, I., Gasparri, E., Tapias-Monne, D., Aitchison, M. (2018). Tall timber buildings: emerging trends and typologies. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul: National Institute of Forest Science.
- Gasparri, E., Lam, F., Liu, Y. (2016). Compression perpendicular to grain behavior for the design of a prefabricated CLT facade horizontal joint. WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, : SPIE.
- Gasparri, E., Mazzucchelli, E. (2016). Facade prefabrication in tall CLT buildings: time, cost and operation quality analysis through Building Information Modelling. 11th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern: Advanced Building Skins GmbH.
- Gasparri, E., Giunta, G., Mazzucchelli, E., Lucchini, A. (2016). Prefabricated CLT facade systems for fast-track construction and quality assurance. WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, : SPIE.
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A. (2014). Innovazione tecnologica, prestazionale e architettonica di sistemi di rivestimento a parete ventilata. REHABEND 2014 Euro-American Congress: Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, Santander: REHABEND.
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A. (2013). Innovative solutions for micro-ventilated facades. 39th World Congress on Housing Science (IAHS 2013), Milan: International Association for Housing Science (IAHS).
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A., Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A. (2013). Innovative ventilated facade systems integrating multifoil RBS insulation: From 2D design to 3D model. Mo.Di.Phy. Modelling from Digital to Physical: Innovation in design languages and project procedures, Milan: Maggioli Editore.
- Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A., Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E. (2012). Integration of photovoltaic systems in thin ventilated facades with innovative insulation. 7th ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins, Bressanone: 7th Energy Forum on Solar Building Skins.
show 13 more
hide last 13
Expand all
2025
- Zhang, Y., Chen, T., Gasparri, E., Elena, L. (2025). A Modular Agrivoltaics Building Envelope Integrating Thin-Film Photovoltaics and Hydroponic Urban Farming Systems: Optimization of Energy, Light, Water and Structure. Sustainability, 17(2), 666. [More Information]
- Zhan, J., He, W., Gasparri, E., Grace, K., Yin, D., Shen, S., Wang, Y., Li, J. (2025). Carbon emission assessment and interpretability improvement empowered by machine learning: A case study in four cities, China. Energy and Buildings, 334(1 May 2025, 115530). [More Information]
2024
- Attia, S., Al-Obaidy, M., Mori, M., Campain, C., Giannasi, E., van Vliet, M., Gasparri, E. (2024). Disassembly calculation criteria and methods for circular construction (review). Automation in Construction, 165(Article 105521). [More Information]
- Saavedra Toro, N., Brambilla, A., Kuru, A., Gasparri, E., Berardi, U. (2024). Increasing the Building Envelope Resilience to Moisture and Mould Growth. Proceedings of the 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024) Volume 3: Building Systems and HVAC Technologies, London: Springer Nature. [More Information]
- Cheong, C., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Kuru, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2024). Life cycle assessment of curtain wall facades: A screening study on end-of-life scenarios. Journal of Building Engineering, 84(1 May 2024), 1-30.
- Zhang, X., Kuru, A., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2024). Potential and Challenges of Vertical Farming on Building Facades in Practice. PLEA 2024: (Re) thinking Resilience., online: Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA).
show 1 more
hide last 1
2023
- Gasparri, E., Arasteh, S., Kuru, A., Stracchi, P., Brambilla, A. (2023). Circular economy in construction: A systematic review of knowledge gaps towards a novel research framework. Frontiers in Built Environment, 9. [More Information]
2022
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2022). Facade innovation: between 'product' and 'process'. In Not known (Eds.), Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories. TBC. [More Information]
- Zolfaghari, L., Keshavarzi, R., Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Andaloro, A. (2022). Integration of biomimetic AWH systems into the building envelope. 17th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo, Lucerne: Advanced Building Skins GmbH.
- Sadegh, S., Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Globa, A. (2022). Kinetic facades: An evolutionary-based performance evaluation framework. Journal of Building Engineering, 53(104408), 1-17. [More Information]
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Zolfaghari, L., Keshavarzi, R., Andaloro, A. (2022). On the applicability of atmospheric water harvesting technologies on building facades: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 366(132809), 1-13. [More Information]
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2022). Rethinking Building Skins. What's next on the facade horizon? Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress, online: Facade Tectonics 2022 World Congress.
- Gasparri, E. (2022). Unitized Timber Envelopes: the future generation of sustainable, high-performance, industrialized facades for construction decarbonization. In Not known (Eds.), Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories, (pp. 231-255). TBC. [More Information]
show 3 more
hide last 3
2021
- Strang, M., Leardini, P., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Designing a durable multi-storey cross-laminated timber Passivhaus building in hot and humid Australian climates. World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021, Santiago: World Conference on Timber Engineering.
- Strang, M., Leardini, P., Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Mass Timber Envelopes in Passivhaus Buildings: Designing for Moisture Safety in Hot and Humid Australian Climates. Buildings, 11(10), 478. [More Information]
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2021). Mould growth models and risk assessment for emerging timber envelopes in Australia: A comparative study. Buildings, 11(6). [More Information]
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Lobaccaro, G., Goia, F., Andaloro, A., Sangiorgio, A. (2021). Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative technologies and research trajectories. TBC. [More Information]
show 1 more
hide last 1
2020
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E. (2020). Hygrothermal behaviour of emerging timber-based envelope technologies in Australia: a preliminary investigation on condensation and mould growth risk. Journal of Cleaner Production, 276, 124129. [More Information]
2019
- Day, G., Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2019). Knowledge-based design in industrialised house building: A case-study for prefabricated timber walls. In Fabio Bianconi, Marco Filippucci (Eds.), Digital Wood Design: Innovative Techniques of Representation in Architectural Design, (pp. 989-1016). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Avesani, S., Aitchison, M. (2019). Market Survey of Timber Prefabricated Envelopes for New and Existing Buildings. Powerskin Conference Munich 2019, Delft: TU Delft Open.
- Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2019). Unitised timber envelopes. A novel approach to the design of prefabricated mass timber envelopes for multi-storey buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 26, 1-13. [More Information]
2018
- Brambilla, A., Gasparri, E., Aitchison, M. (2018). Building with timber across Australian climatic contexts: a hygrothermal analysis. ASA 2018: Engaging Architectural Science: Meeting the Challenges of Higher Density (ANZAScA), Melbourne: RMIT University.
- Gasparri, E., Brambilla, A., Aitchison, M. (2018). Hygrothermal analysis of timber-based external walls across different Australian climate zones. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul: National Institute of Forest Science.
- Kuzmanovska, I., Gasparri, E., Tapias-Monne, D., Aitchison, M. (2018). Tall timber buildings: emerging trends and typologies. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul: National Institute of Forest Science.
2016
- Gasparri, E., Lam, F., Liu, Y. (2016). Compression perpendicular to grain behavior for the design of a prefabricated CLT facade horizontal joint. WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, : SPIE.
- Gasparri, E., Mazzucchelli, E. (2016). Facade prefabrication in tall CLT buildings: time, cost and operation quality analysis through Building Information Modelling. 11th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern: Advanced Building Skins GmbH.
- Gasparri, E., Giunta, G., Mazzucchelli, E., Lucchini, A. (2016). Prefabricated CLT facade systems for fast-track construction and quality assurance. WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering, : SPIE.
2015
- Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A., Mantegazza, G., Mazzucchelli, E. (2015). Construction management for tall CLT buildings: From partial to total prefabrication of facade elements. Wood Material Science & Engineering, 10(3), 256-275. [More Information]
2014
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A. (2014). Innovazione tecnologica, prestazionale e architettonica di sistemi di rivestimento a parete ventilata. REHABEND 2014 Euro-American Congress: Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management, Santander: REHABEND.
2013
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A. (2013). Innovative solutions for micro-ventilated facades. 39th World Congress on Housing Science (IAHS 2013), Milan: International Association for Housing Science (IAHS).
- Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E., Lucchini, A., Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A. (2013). Innovative ventilated facade systems integrating multifoil RBS insulation: From 2D design to 3D model. Mo.Di.Phy. Modelling from Digital to Physical: Innovation in design languages and project procedures, Milan: Maggioli Editore.
2012
- Mazzucchelli, E., Stefanazzi, A., Andaloro, A., Gasparri, E. (2012). Integration of photovoltaic systems in thin ventilated facades with innovative insulation. 7th ENERGY FORUM on Solar Building Skins, Bressanone: 7th Energy Forum on Solar Building Skins.
Selected Grants
2024
- Timber Active Envelopes: Modular Facades for Resilient Built Environments, Gasparri E, Heng C, Chen T, Kuru A, Brambilla A, Clement C, Office of Global Engagement/Ignition Grants
2023
- ARC Research Hub to Advance Timber for Australias Future Built Environment, Gasparri E, Brambilla A, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Industrial Transformation Research Hubs (ITRH)
2022
- Increasing the building envelope resilience to moisture damages, Brambilla A, Gasparri E, Kuru A, Victorian Building Authority/Victorian Building Authority Research Grant Program 2022
show more
show less