ANAMED LIBRARY COMMUNITY LECTURES / MARCH Architect Tito Lacchia and His Experience in Istanbul (1913 - 1932)

Speaker: Luca Orlandi, Associate Professor, Özyeğin University
Date & Time: March 12, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m
Location: ANAMED Library

The presentation will showcase Lacchia's journey from his upbringing in Piedmont to his influential years in Istanbul, highlighting his contributions as an architect, professor of drawing, and cultural mediator between Italy and Turkey. Through a selection of visual and written materials, the audience will learn about Lacchia's diverse portfolio of architectural works, his role in the Italian-Levantine community, and his research on Ottoman architectural and art history. Little is known in the academic world about him, and the unearthing of Tito Lacchia's private archive gave the opportunity to start exploring the life of this Italian architect and his experience in the Levantine community in Istanbul between the end of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Republican era.

Luca Orlandi is an architect and architectural historian, Associate Professor from UAK, teaching at Özyeğin University, Istanbul. He graduated from the University of Genoa and earned a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Turin. An ICOMOS Italy member, he collaborates with organizations like the Alte Vie Foundation and Premio Piranesi-Prix de Rome.

His research focuses on Ottoman architecture, Sinan, Italian architects in the Ottoman Empire, and heritage conservation. He has published extensively, including The Landscape of Sinan's Architecture. He has taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan and actively participates in international conferences, workshops, and exhibitions.