Valentina Beatini
Valentina Beatini
Architectural Engineering · Computational Design · Reversible Structures
Teaching areas
Technical courses and design studios connecting architectural intention with buildability through structural reasoning, computation, and hands-on experimentation.

I enjoy turning architectural questions into structured inquiries. I help students bridge design intention and buildability using structural reasoning and computation. Constraints are not obstacles, but generative starting points—therefore, we treat every proposal as a hypothesis to be tested through conceptual models and simulation. Learning solidifies through iterative cycles—therefore, proposals evolve by simulating and modeling until they are structurally sound and conceptually clear.

Supervision & outcomes

Supervision across architecture and engineering programmes, including master theses and doctoral work. Students under my guidance have produced peer-reviewed outputs and received international recognition (including an IASS award).

Taught courses (by institution)

Aarhus University (Denmark)
2019–present

Design studios & project sequence

  • BEng Project Courses (Years 1–3), structural/tectonic integration, 2019–present
  • Form and Function of Buildings (BEng 1), 2019– Active

Structures & tectonics

  • Structural Concepts, 2019–2021
  • Innovative Design of Structures, 2020–2022
  • Façade Engineering, 2023– Active

Computational design & digital fabrication

  • Computational Design, 2020–2022
  • Digital Crafting & Additive Manufacturing, 2023– Active
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Northumbria University (UK)
2018–2019

Design studios

  • Design Studio (foundation and intermediate levels), 2018–2019

Structures & technical integration

  • Structural support within studio teaching, 2018–2019
Abdullah Gül University (Turkey)
2015–2018

Design studios

  • Design Studios I–IV, 2015–2018

Structures & masonry

  • Structure I & II, 2015–2018
  • Structural Morphology in Architecture, 2016–2018
  • Structural Analysis of Architectural Masonry Structures (PhD), 2018

Computation & adaptable structures

  • Parametrically Driven Structures, 2018
  • Kinetic Architecture: Shapes and Spaces, 2018
Abant İzzet Baysal University (Turkey)
2013–2015

Design studios

  • Design Studios I–VI, 2013–2015

Structures & masonry

  • Structural Morphology in Architecture, 2014
University of Parma (Italy)
2007–2009

Design studios

  • Design Studio I (teaching assistant), 2007–2009