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Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2012 (tenth edition)

Jury:
Professor Jacques Heyman (University of Cambridge)
Professor Santiago Huerta (Universitad Politecnica de Madrid)
Professor Anna Sinopoli (Università di Roma La Sapienza)


The Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2012 is awarded to

Philippe Block

for his dissertation:

"THRUST NETWORK ANALYSIS,
Exploring Three-Dimensional Equilibrium"
Doctoral Philosophical Thesis inArchitecture,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2009.


REPORT OF THE JURY:

All participants' contributions are of high quality; the most deserving work is certainly the oneproposed by Philippe Block.

- The final classification is therefore:
1° Philippe Block
2° Alessia Bianco
3° Stefano De Santis

- The Edoardo Benvenuto Prize 2012 is awarded to Philippe Block for his dissertation: "THRUST NETWORK ANALYSIS, Exploring Three-Dimensional Equilibrium" - Doctoral Philosophical Thesis in
Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2009.

- A special mention is proposed for the works of:

Alessia Bianco: "MACHINATIO. Per una storia della diagnostica architettonica precontemporanea" - Book, Aracne Editrice, Roma, September 2011.

Stefano De Santis: "Load-carrying capability and seismic assessment of masonry bridges" - Doctoral Philosophical Thesis in Civil Engineering, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Roma, February 2011.
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