Nests
is an initiative to internationalise the research activities of the ABC Department, which consists of a very simple format: that one of the NEST.
Each Nest is a research project, led by a proposing lecturer, on a specific topic, on which the research and research training activities of several people converge:
- a “Visiting Researcher”;
- young researchers (PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, fixed term reserchers… in the broader sense of ‘Early Stage Researcher’, as defined in the Strasbourg Principles);
- master’s degree students who are developing or will develop a thesis on the subject;
- other University staff.
Inside the Nest, students and young researchers grow up – inspired by the lecturers and the Visiting Researcher – and learn to collaborate with each other and do research, promoting the comparison with more experienced and international researchers who, on the other hand, have the opportunity to converge the energy and passion of the former on a project they have developed. Each Nest has a specific objective and one or more products to be realised in the short term.
Ongoing Nests
• Digital Design Management NEST – IDS
Visiting Researcher: Claudio BENGHI
• CoSMoPolis
Visiting Researcher: Alessandra LUNA NAVARRO
• Bio-inspired movable structures & regenerative textiles. Definition of the Design-to-Construction Workflow and Lab-Testing of a Self-Actuating and Self-standing Lightweight Building System.
Visiting Researcher: Martin TAMKE
• Mimosa Pudica – Buckliphilia for bio-inspired foldable surface design.
Visiting Researcher: Fabio BAZZUCCHI
• 3D printing of cementitious materials for the new built environment.
Visiting Researcher: Xiaowei FENG
• Consonance of traditions and common challenges in Milan-Porto Exchange.
Visiting Researcher: Helder VALENTE CASAL RIBEIRO
• Durable Italian Landscapes: connecting past practice with future plans.
Visiting Researcher: Daniel Jordan MARCUCCI
• MI-BRU: Italian Polytechnic Architecture and Culture in Brussels, the AAM/ARAU Case Study (1960-1990).
Visiting Researcher: Gregorio CARBONI MAESTRI
• Comparison of Technological Strategies for Historical Building Revitalization and Utilization in China and Italy – Considering the Influence of Climate Change.
Visiting Researcher: Sok Yee YEO
• Comparison of Technological Strategies for Historical Building Revitalization and Utilization in China and Italy – Considering the Influence of Climate Change.
Visiting Researcher: Duo XU
• Semantic enrichment of BIM-based scheduling and cost calculation for the validation of an integrated project knowledge graph.
Visiting Researcher: Philipp HAGEDORN
• Climate change in the context of the Agro Pontino.
Visiting Researcher: Matthew BRADBURY
• Italian architecture in Berlin: the centrality of polytechnic knowledge in the cultural confrontation between Italy and Germany.
Visiting Researcher: Ivan BRAMBILLA
• Built environment and Health: research methods and evaluation.
Visiting Researcher: Maja KEVDZIJA
• Territorial resilience and natural risks management: assesment of the performance of local administrations in Italy and around the world.
Visiting Researcher: Felipe LIVERT
• Cultural heritage and landscape. History, science, technology, management and enhancement.
Visiting Researcher: Martin CORULLON
• Along the waterways from Mantua to Venice.
Visiting Researcher: Andrew BERMAN
• Sustainable Urban Prototypes in Informal Settlements: the case of Manila.
Visiting Researcher: Francesco ROSSINI
• Bio-based construction solution for healthy and comfortable buildings.
Visiting Researcher: Lucas ROSSE CALDAS
• Tradition and/or hybridisation? Circulation of polytechnic project culture between Italy and Argentina.
Visiting Researcher: Federica CIARCIÀ
• Bridge safety. Evaluation of the new guidelines.
Visiting Researcher: Maria PREGNOLATO