Daglio Laura

Associate Professor of Technological and Environmental Design of Architecture at the AUIC School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering and at the School of Design of Politecnico di Milano.Her research focuses on two main areas: environmental design and sustainability at the architectural and urban scale, with particular attention to the adoption of circular design principles and to a renewed relationship with natural resources (vegetation, water); techno-typological studies on adaptability in new construction projects and in the regeneration of public and private building stock. She participates in research programmes funded through competitive national and international calls. She has developed specific expertise in the organisation and scientific coordination of architecture exhibitions in Italy and abroad. She has presented the results of her research at international conferences and seminars, both as an invited speaker and through the publication of peer-reviewed contributions. A member of international scientific and editorial committees, she is the author of more than 150 scientific publications. She is the technical coordinator of the OFFLAB HARD – CirceDC laboratory, which develops consultancy and experimental activities on issues of adaptability and disassemblability in architectural design.

Career

Master Degree in Architettura from the Facoltà di Architettura _Politecnico di Milano.

PhD in Technical Innovation and Architectural Design_ Politecnico di Milano.

Research

• Regeneration and transformability of the built environment at the architectural and urban scale,
• New construction and renovation of residential buildings,
• Technological innovation in design and process (participation, public procurement),
• Green and blue infrastructures,
• Development of innovative construction systems and solutions based on circularity principles,
• Development of disassemblable, reversible, and multifunctional components/products.

Selected Publications

Ginelli, E., Daglio, D. (eds) (2025), Design for Circularity. Experimentation and Innovation for the Construction Sector, OpenAccess Gold, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano-Udine.

Boi, G.; Camocini, B.; Daglio, L.; Podda, R. (2025), Restart Oliena–Innesti Urbani 2016–2024. A Reiterative and Participatory Regeneration Approach}, DIID. DISEGNO INDUSTRIALE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN}, Digital Special Issue 2, pp. 130—141.

Ottolini, L.; Daglio, L.; Moscatelli, D.; Masi, M. (2024), Architecture and Chemical Engineering. Scales of transformation, Silvana Editoriale, Milano.

Ginelli, E., Daglio, L., Zinna, F. (2024), A regulatory culture for design. For a systemic quality of transformations, in TECHNE Journal, 27, Firenze University Press, Firenze.

Ginelli, E., Daglio, L., Pozzi, G. Vignati, G. (2024), New living, new housing, new system for the built environment, in 7th Biennial RDBCC - Residential Building Design & Construction Conference, Penn State College, Pennsylvania USA.

Vignati, G., Daglio, L., Ginelli, E. (2024), Design “reactivity” for the enhancement of the built environment. New models of living in the dismissed tertiary sector, in M. Bosone (ed.) Good Practice for the Recovery Project Beyond the Pandemic, OpenAccess, La Scuola di Pitagora, Napoli.

Daglio, L., Ginelli, E., Vignati, G. (2023), Housing Design: Furniture or Fixtures? Accommodating Change through Technological and Typological Innovation, i MDPI Buildings Special Issue The Adaptability of Residential Planning and Design to World-Changing Events, 13(7).

Daglio, L. (2023), The Urban Potential of Multifamily Housing Renovation, In: E. Arbizzani; E. Cangelli; C. Clemente; F. Cumo; F. Giofrè; A.M. Giovenale; M. Palme; S. Paris, Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition, Springer, Cham.

Daglio, L. (2022). La dimensione sperimentale dell’edilizia residenziale pubblica. Alcune storie dimenticate. In: (a cura di): Delera A. Ginelli E., Storie di quartieri pubblici. Progetti e sperimentazioni per valorizzare l’abitare. p. 79-88, Mimesis, ISBN: 9788857585307.

Kousidi, S.; Daglio, L. (2023), From Ornament to Building Material: Revisiting the Aesthetics and Function of Green Architecture, ARTS, 12: 1-19.

Daglio, L. (2018), La sperimentazione tecno-tipologica nel progetto della residenza collettiva, Mimesis, Milano.

Daglio, L., Bellini, O.E. (2015), Il verde tecnologico nell’housing sociale, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

Daglio, L. (2014), Abitare con l’acqua. Soluzioni e strategie per il progetto sostenibile, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna.

Community Service

Deputy Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Architectural Design (since 2022).

Deputy Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (since 2024).

Member of the Executive Board of the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction EngineeringMember of the Executive Board of the School of Design (2025).

Member of the Teaching Committee of the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (since 2023.

)Member of the University Working Spaces Committee (2023–2025).