Ricerc@Sapienza

Theaters around the world are linked by architectural features besides programs and music.The hybrid Neoclassicism of theaters in the modern city between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan - the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires - the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow - the Sans Souci Theater in Kolkata - the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.Theater in the Palace: The Olympic Theater of Vicenza - The Scientific Theater of Mantua
- the San Carlo Theater of Naples - The Metropolitan Opera House Theater of New York

Durban is a modern city which expresses the complex dynamics of an African city emerging from a historically colonial foundation. This provided an interesting context for engagement of the UNESCO Chair for Sustainable Urban Quality and Culture Notably in Africa. The institutional agreement between the UNESCO Chair, Sapienza University of Rome and the Durban University of Technology (DUT) was formalised in the year 2013, prior to an international workshop in China and the UIA 2014 in Durban, South Africa.