Monticelli Carol

She is an architect, PhD in Technology and design for environmental quality on a building and urban scale and an associate professor of 2019 for the disciplines of the SSD ICAR/12 Architectural Technology. She conducts research with the TAN group (Textile Architecture Network) in connection with the activities of ClusTex, a multidisciplinary cluster on innovative textiles, within the Textiles HUB interdepartmental laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano. She carries out teaching activities for the disciplines of the CEAR08 subjects in the Degree Courses of Architecture and Architectural Design, she has carried out teaching activities in Environmental Architecture Degree Courses of the School of Architecture and Society of the Polytechnic of Milan and in the Architecture sciences and Construction Architecture Course of the School of Civil Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano.

Career

From 2019 Associate Professor with full-time degree at the Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering and Built Environment, Politecnico di Milano.

2016 - 2019 (September) Assistant professor (Senior) with full-time status at the Department of architecture, construction engineering and the built environment, Politecnico di Milano.

2013 - 2016 (31 May) Assistant Professor (Junior) with full-time status at the Department of Architecture, Construction Engineering and the Built Environment, Politecnico di Milano.

2006 22 May PhD title with merit in Technology and project for environmental quality at building and urban scale, at the Politecnico di Milano, BEST Department - Building Environment Science & Technology, with the thesis entitled “Building process and environmental quality. Potential limits of the LCA methodology applied to experimental envelope solutions ”, tutor prof. A. Campioli.

2002 15 July Graduated in Architecture, at the Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Architecture with 100/100 cum Laude, with a thesis entitled “Pre-cast Concrete with recycled aggregates. Experimentation and application hypothesis to a prefabricated housing module”, tutor Anna Mangiarotti, co-tutors Alessandra Zanelli, Elsa Garavaglia, external consultant eng. Cristina Zecca, Gruppo Zecca Prefabbricati Company.

Research

The research activity is characterized, on the one hand, by a constant interest in exploring the issues of eco-sustainable design of buildings and environmental impact in construction, with particular attention to the evaluation of environmental impacts of materials and technologies in the various phases of the building process, and on the other hand by an interest in the processes of technological and material innovation, in order to analyze the evolution in the use of traditional materials, dictated by the new performances and regulatory requirements, and the scenarios od application of new materials in the building sector.
Additionally there is the activity of support to the elaboration of the doctoral theses (tutor of 5 PhD theses and co-tutor of 4 PhD ones in Technology and Project for the Built Environment), of degree (speaker at 15 master degree thesis, co-supervisor of 8 Masters thesis (4 of them with honors), supervisor of 60 theses (30 of them with honors) of Bachelor Degree, intended as a privileged moment of deepening of energy and environmental issues linked to the optimization of the quality of building products and of construction techniques and technologies, and also as a moment of investigation of the environmental profile of technologies and materials, from traditional to the most innovative: themes that are the main interest of the activity scientific.

Collaboration in 3 European Collaborative Projects from 2012 – 2017 (Sp(e)edkits, Easee, EU COST Action 1303 Novel Structural Skins) and 1 Cariplo Founfation Project (SOFT) and s Lombardy regional project (TIFAIN). Member of EU Horizon MSCA Project ActaReBUild (2022-2026), Coordinator of the local POLIMI unit of the PRIN project GreenTEX.
Member of scientific committees and reviewer in international conferences. Quality Manager of the biaxial mechanical testing rig at the accredited interdepartmental Textiles Hub at Polimi.

Selected Publications

2023, Fan Z., MONTICELLI, C., Jakica N., Zanelli A., Lightweight Energy. Membrane Architecture Exploiting Natural Renewable Resources, Springer Nature “Research for development”, Cham, Svizzera, p. 1-257, ISBN: 978-3-031-08154-5, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08154-5.

2013, MONTICELLI C., Life Cycle Design in architettura. Progetto e Valutazione di Impatto Ambientale dalla Materia all’Edificio, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna, ISBN 9788838762499, con contratto di pubblicazione e cessione dei diritti.

2022, Li, Q.; MONTICELLI, C; Zanelli, A., “Life cycle assessment of organic solar cells and perovskite solar cells with graphene transparent electrodes” in Renewable Energy, n. 195, pp. 906 – 917, DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.075.

2020, MONTICELLI, C.; Zanelli, A., “Material saving and building component efficiency as main eco-design principles for membrane architecture: case - studies of ETFE enclosures”, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, vol. TAEM20, ISSN: 1752-7589, DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2020.1768507, p. 1-17.

2018, MONTICELLI C., Zanelli, A., “Le membrane strutturali in architettura: una soluzione eco-efficiente per il futuro? Structural membranes in architecture: an eco-efficient solution for the future?”, Technè, Matter is design Anno 8, Vol. 16, pp. 235-246.

2023, Morandi, A.; MONTICELLI, C., “Textile Membranes Reused as a Tool for Noise Control”, Buildings, Vol. 13 (9), pp. 1-24, 2134, DOI: 10.3390/buildings13092134.

2023, MONTICELLI, C., Life Cycle Assessment in Architecture as Decisional Tool in the Design Stage, in T. Bányai, P. Veres (a cura di), Life Cycle Assessment - Recent Advances and New Perspectives, IntechOpen, Londra, pp. 1-22, ISBN: 9781803568782, ISBN: 9781803568799, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.112011.

2023, Procaccini, G.; MONTICELLI, C., Building Façade Retrofit: A Comparison Between Current Methodologies and Innovative Membranes Strategies for Overcoming the Existing Retrofit Constraints, in E. Arbizzani, E. Cangelli, C. Clemente, F. Cumo, F. Giofrè, A. M. Giovenale, M. Palme, S. Paris (a cura di), Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition, Springer, pp. 735-744, ISBN: 978-3-031-29514-0, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29515-7 66.

2022, MONTICELLI, C.; Zanelli, A., Design for Re-manufacturing (DfRem) of short chains from design-to-construction: the case of textile-based tertiary architecture, in Talamo C. M. L. (a cura di), Re-manufacturing networks for tertiary architectures Innovative organizational models towards circularity, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 167-177, ISBN: 9788835142232.

2022, MONTICELLI, C.; Zanelli, A.; Viscuso, S., TEXTILES HUB – Textiles Heuristic Understanding in Buildings - The role of experimental research in the design process of membrane-based structures, in T. Ferrante, F. Tucci (a cura di), BASES - BENESSERE AMBIENTE SOSTENIBILITÀ, ENERGIA SALUTE Programmare e progettare nella transizione WELLBEING ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY HEALTH Planning and design in the transition, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 418-428, ISBN 978-88-351-3831-0.

2015, MONTICELLI C, Membrane claddings in architecture, in Llorens Duran J. I. (a cura di), in Fabric structures in architecture, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Elsevier, Cambridge, Gran Bretagna, pp. 449-480, ISBN-13:978-1782422334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-233-4.00014-0.

PATENT Aliprandi S., Masera G., Monticelli C., Zanelli A. (2015), “Tapestry of functional system, installation method of the tapestry, installation kit
for the tapestry”, Italian Registered Patent n. 102015000071514 11/11/2015, publication n. IT2015UB5492 A1, European Registered
Patent n. PCT/IB2010/056268 10/11/2016.

Grants, awards and Honours

She received a scholarship and advanced training award from the Confalonieri Foundation after participating in the "Scholarships for PhD Students at Milanese Universities 2003-2004" competition.

The awarding of a scholarship was intended to promote education and culture for deserving students enrolled at Milanese universities or for deserving graduates thereof. From February 1, 2004 to January 31, 2006

She won the "Egisto Camerini Award" from ASSOBETON - National Association of Cement-Manufactured Industries for a commendable thesis on concrete prefabrication, which received an award in Rome during the ASSOBETON National Conference. From June 12, 2004 to June 12, 2004

Won the "2007 Thesis Award" from the Association of Engineers of Bolzano, evaluated by an international committee, for a doctoral thesis worthy of mention on innovation in the design and construction process, which was awarded in Bolzano during the annual assembly. From November 1, 2007 to November 1, 2007

Won the Harting Award, together with V. Carvelli, for the best article published in the International Journal Experimental Techniques in 2017, sponsored by the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM). The award was presented at the SEM Annual Conference, June 4-7, in South Carolina, USA. The paper is titled "Biaxial Loading of a Textile Ribbon Structure for an Inflatable Space Habitat Module" Experimental Techniques (2017) 41(1): 9-17 from 04-06-2017 to 07-06-2017

Received the award for best video produced for Re-LIGHT - SELFIE dei Territori - Analytical reconnaissance reportage to highlight the country's potential/problems with the Project Team - RE-LIGHT

Senior Tutors - A. Magliocco (University of Genoa), C. Monticelli (Politecnico di Milano) Junior Tutors - M. Canepa (University of Genoa), S. Viscuso (Politecnico di Milano) - Researchers under 40: A. Ahmadnia (Politecnico di Milano), L. Buondonno (University of Genoa), V. Bonini (University of Genoa), M. G. Di Bitonto (Politecnico di Milano), A. Kutlu (Polytechnic University of Milan), A. Meloni (University of Genoa), F. Mosca (University of Genoa), G. Procaccini (Politecnico di Milano) - Specialist Consultant A. Zanelli (Politecnico di Milano).

Community Service

She is a member of the working group UNI/CT 021/GL05 on membrane structures (CEN/TC250 WG5) and of the mirror group UNI/CT 046/subcommittee 01 on textiles and textile products (CEN/TC248).

She is a member of IASS – The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, founded by Eduardo Torroja in 1959, and in particular she serves on the scientific committee of WG 6 “Membranes in Architecture,” from 01-08-2009 to present.

She is an active member of “TensiNet – the thematic network for upgrading the built environment in Europe through tensile structures,” also contributing to its daily organizational activities (alongside the coordination of the Italian representative, Prof. A. Zanelli), with biannual visits to VUB in Brussels, Belgium. Since 2012 (the year of its establishment within the network), she has actively contributed to the scientific exchange of the Working Group “Life Cycle Assessment,” and since 2026 she has coordinated the WG “Sustainability and Comfort,” from 01-01-2012 to present.

She has been a member of SITdA – Società Italiana di Tecnologia dell’Architettura since 03-02-2012.

She has been a member of the “Italian LCA Network,” since 2012 the “Italian LCA Network Association,” founded on June 6, 2012 by ENEA, Politecnico of Milano, the University of Bari, the University of Palermo, the University of Chieti-Pescara, the University of Padua, and CIRCC. It is currently coordinated by the University of Palermo (Prof. M. Cellura), and she contributes to the working group “Building and HVAC,” from 06-04-2007 to present.