Edoardo Currà is Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering at Sapienza - University of Rome and President of AIPAI - Italian Association for Industrial Archaeological Heritage. PhD in Building Engineering-Architecture, he studied engineering in Rome and architecture in Florence. He is interested in architecture and construction, industrial archaeological heritage and tools for knowledge, design and management of existing buildings. At Sapienza University, Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, he is the scientific responsible of institutional researches and scientific agreements with public administrations and privates, aimed at the knowledge and reuse of the historical heritage, in particular industrial archaeology. He teaches Projects for the building renovation and retrofit, and Architectural Engineering. Member of ICOMOS and scientific director of the journal Patrimonio Industriale. In addition to his research activities, he is personally committed to safeguarding industrial heritage at risk, promoting its recognition, protection and sustainable development.