Publications
Selected conferences and presentations
AUTHORED AND EDITED BOOKS
Bonino, M. & Carota, F. ( 2025).
New Silk Road. The Architecture of the Belt and Road Initiative
Basel: Birkhäuser.
Bonino, M., Carota, F., Governa, F., & Pellecchia, S. (2020).
China Goes Urban. The City to Come.
Milan: Skira.
Book chapters
Carota, F. & Amaral, G. (2026).
Revealing and Interpreting Complex Urban Patterns from Location Based Social Network Data. An Investigation into Chinese Stadiums in the Global South.
In Giordano, A., Russo, M., & Spallone, R. (Eds). Representation Across Boundaries. New Links with AI, AI-GEN, and XR Tools for Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design. CHAM (SW): Springer Nature.
Carota, F. & Montanaro, G. (2025).
Navigating the Nexus of Global Design Practices and Local Construction Realities. An Exploration into the Collaborative Architectural Endeavors within the Framework of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
In Han, J., Lombardi, D. & Cece, A. (Eds). Advances in the Integration of Technology and the Built Environment. Select Proceeding of Architecture Across Boundaries 2024. Singapore (SP): Springer Nature.
Lo Turco, M., Bertola, G., Carota, F. Ronco, F., & Tomalini, A. (2024).
Design and Modelling Atelier: Interaction of Physical and Virtual Models for Augmented Design Experiences.
In Giordano, A., Russo, M., & Spallone, R. (Eds). Beyond Digital Representation: Advanced Experiences in AR and AI for Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design. CHAM (SW): Springer Nature.
Bruno, E., Carota, F. (2022).
Grid Governance Between Spatial Efficiency and Social Segregation: Chinese Gated Communities Socio-spatial Responses Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak.
In Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L., & Mantiñán, M.J. (Eds.) New Metropolitan Perspectives. CHAM (SW): Springer Nature.
Armando, A., Carota, F. (2019).
High-rise Apartments.
In M. Bonino, F. Governa, M.P. Repellino, & A. Sampieri, A. (Eds.).
The city after Chinese new towns. Basel: Birkhauser.
Carota, F., Spallone, R. & Vitali, M. (2018).
Parametric Modeling as a Tool of Analysis and Interpretation of Built Heritage: The Case Study of Complex Baroque Vaults.
In Inglese C., Ippolito A. (Eds.). Analysis, Conservation, and Restoration of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Hershey (PA):IGI Global.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Carota, F., Leoni, S. & Bonino, M. (2025).
Decentering Perspectives. Embracing the Pluriverse in Researching the Architecture of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Acta Architectonica et Urbanistica 1(2), 55-67.
Marri, S., Carota, F. & Bonino, M. (2025).
Architectural Exchanges within the Construction of the New Silk Roads. Transcultural dynamics in Gwadar, Pakistan and Djibouti.
Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism 7(4), 5167.
Carota, F. (2025).
Single real estate developers’ innovations in housing design: an historical exploration based on China Vanke Co. Ltd.
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 49(1), 11–22.
Carota, F., Tomalini, A. (2023).
VPL as Design Learning Tool Between Geometry and Fabrication.
Nexus Network Journal 25 (Suppl 1), 285–292.
Carota, F., Frassoldati, F., Bonino, M., &Ling, X. (2021).
Entering the Chinese Housing Market Through Research in Architectural Design. Process and Goals of the Internationalization Program Piemonte Home Design.
Territorio Italia - Land Administration, Cadastre, Real Estate.
ISSN:2499-2674.
Bruno, E. & Carota, F. (2021).
Regeneration versus demolition. Strategies, actions and local practices on Yongqing Fang Site.
AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design. ISSN:2464-9309.
Bruno, E. & Carota, F. (2021).
Design Opportunities and Cultural Intermediation.
UrbanNext. Actar Publisher. ISSN:25755374
Carota, F., & Repellino, M.P. (2020).
Pechino Daxing, aeroporto da primato.
Il Giornale dell’Architettura. Umberto Allemandi & C. S.p.A
Carota, F., & Migliaccio, M. (2020).
Il secolo dell’alta velocità cinese.
Il Giornale dell’Architettura. Umberto Allemandi & C. S.p.A
Carota, F. (2019).
Cronache cinesi. Nella vecchia Canton la valorizzazione è a scala urbana.
Il Giornale dell’Architettura. Umberto Allemandi & C. S.p.A
Carota, F., Ramondetti, L., & Safina, A. (2017).
Yanzhou Island: A well-being reserve inside the Zhaoging New Area.
Urban Design, 5, 58–61. ISSN: 2096-1235
Carota, F. (2017).
Cronache cinesi. Nella vecchia Canton la valorizzazione è a scala urbana.
Il Giornale dell’Architettura. Umberto Allemandi & C. S.p.A
PEER REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
Carota, F. (2024)
Architecture Beyond Borders. Exploring the Relationship between Architectural Theory and Practice in Transnational Endeavors within the Belt and Road Initiative.
In Ruzika,
B. (Eds.) On Architecture, Challenges in Design. Belgrade: STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society
Association.
Carota, F., Federighi, V., & Migliaccio, M. (2019).
The rearticulation of urban processes within China’s HSR small cities: empirical observations through data-informed diachronic maps.
The Contemporary City | URBANPROMO XVI Edition. Planum Publisher.
Carota, F. & Spallone, R. (2017).
Digital interactive Mollino. A Collection of 3D Models from Carlo Mollino Design Drawings.
In Amoruso G. (Ed.). Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design. CHAM (SW): Springer International Publishing.
Carota, F.(2016).
Diagrammatic representation and design conception. The case study of the regeneration and requalification project of the antiques market of Panjiayuan in Beijing.
In: The reasons of Drawing: Thought, Shape and Model in the Complexity Management - Atti del 38° convegno internazionale dei Docenti della Rappresentazione.
BOOK REVIEWS
Carota, F. (2022).
Review of the book Eyes of the City. Architecture and Urban Space After Artificial Intelligence,
edited by V. Federighi, M. Naso & D. Belleri. SiTA, 8,
ISSN: 2344-6544.
Carota, F. (2018).
Review of the book Economy and Architecture,
edited by J. Odgers, M. McVicar & S. Kite. Ardeth, 2, p. 242.
ISSN: 25326457.
WOKING PAPERS AND BOOKS
China Multifaceted Landscape of Houses. Its Legacy, Its Future. With Frassoldati F. & Ling, X. (2021). Book Proposal under review
Reconsidered Authorship. Real Estate Developers and the Interpretation of Housing Architecture in Contemporary China. Journal Paper under review
Precast Concrete and “Green” Narratives: a tale of the housing industrialization process of China Vanke Co. Ltd. With Frassoldati F. & Suraci, N. (2021). Journal Paper in Progress
