Alessandro Benetti (1987) is an architect, PhD in history of modern and contemporary architecture and postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Torino. Over the last few years, his researches have focused on the 20^th century rénovation urbaine in Eastern Paris (Belleville, Ménilmontant) and on Italian and French seaside modernist architectures, amongst other things. He collaborates with Domus and he is editor-in-chief of Urbano. His articles have been featured on leading architecture magazines in Italy, France and Germany. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ANCSA, the Italian Association for Historic-Artistic Centers.