Letizia Martinelli

Letizia Martinelli

Technologist

Naples
letizia.martinelli@cnr.it

Professional profile

Architect | Heritage BIM expert | Documentation and Conservation expert | Energy and Enviromental simulation specialist | Digital Heritage specialist | Interoperability specialist

Architect, expert in digitisation and information management of the built heritage. She develops methodologies and tools for Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) and Digital Twin, enabling the integration of geometric, alphanumeric, and documentary data, both static and dynamic, within a single digital environment for the documentation, conservation, and enhancement of historical buildings.

She is also specialised in the use of advanced diagnostics, interoperability, and numerical simulations to support energy and environmental improvements and to assess the thermo-hygrometric comfort of historical buildings and open spaces, promoting a sustainable approach to cultural heritage.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

  • PE8_11 Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage
  • SH8_6 Architecture, design, craft, heritage, knowledge, conservation, creative industries
  • IR Management of research infrastructures, laboratories and facilities, digital technologies for research

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Built Heritage innovation Lab →

Publications

CNR IRIS platform →
ORCID →

Highlight

Alexandrou, K., Martinelli, L., Thravalou, S., Gigliarelli, E., Artopoulos, G., & Calcerano, F. (2025). Heritage BIM and performance simulation interoperability: Methodological insights from representative case studies in Cyprus and Italy. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 0(0), 1–23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2025.2451404

Martinelli, L., Calcerano, F., Adinolfi, F., Chianetta, D., & Gigliarelli, E. (2023). Open HBIM-IoT Monitoring Platform for the Management of Historical Sites and Museums. An Application to the Bourbon Royal Site of Carditello. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, (19)2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2023.2272130

Martinelli, L., Calcerano, F., & Gigliarelli, E. (2022). Methodology for an HBIM workflow focused on the representation of construction systems of built heritage. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 55, 277–289. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2022.03.016

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