Politecnico di Milano

EXPeeRIA: Experiencing a Network of Places for Expo

2013, 9th Cycle, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

Complex environments, such as organizations, are characterized by the potential availability of a constantly increasing amount of data. This data are often unstructured and organized in separated blocks stored within different company units, often without a clear strategy for their management and exploitation. Thus, the potential largely remains unexpressed. One of the most critical concerns […]

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GreenSpace: Space and Green Technologies

2012, 8th Cycle, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The pursuit towards eco-friendliness is radically transforming the way we think, design and work, as private companies and public organizations approach the concept of sustainability as a new frontier and a powerful trigger for innovation. Up to now, the space industry is not implementing any analysis or quantification of the environmental impact of its activities,

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WATT: Waterways for Territory Transformation, a methodological approach to urban and landscape design

2013, 9th Cycle, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

EXPO 2015 propose itself as a strong agent of change for the north-western Milanese area, giving a wonderful occasion for the transformation of the territory but, on the other hand, forcing to deal with various issues which characterise the area. Marco Biraghi and Silvia Micheli in “Storia dell’architettura italiana 1985-2015” already expressed potentialities and problems

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CAPs: Cre-A(c)tive-Places

10th Cycle, 2014, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The definition of the Cre-Active Places (CAPs) project brief is a challenge in itself: to empower creative production in a creative way, by activating an abandoned place outside of large metropolitan context, while simultaneously actuating a communication platform to support the reactivation by establishing a critical mass of participants in the project. From a theoretical

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PASL: Pushing Athletes to Safe Limits

10th Cycle, 2014, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are nowadays a widespread issue in sports, both at the professional and at the amateur level. The severity of their consequences and the difficulty for athletes to fully recover in their sports and daily lives have convinced public opinion that prevention cannot be the only strategy to face this problem. Indeed,

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WCM@FCA: New forms of work in the Automobile Industry: toward the Factory of the Future

10th Cycle, 2014, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The ASP multidisciplinary project “New forms of work in the automobile industry: toward the factory of the future WCM@FCA” broadly aims at studying new technological paradigms and new forms of organization in manufacturing contexts, with a particular focus on the automotive industry. To understand how to increase productivity, quality and cost efficiency, the team has

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ARCHe_Tool: Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage

10th Cycle, 2014, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

Guaranteeing a future for cultural heritage in an era of rapid technological innovation is a complex challenge. The aim of this project is to develop a tool to support the choice of an Adaptive reuse for three castles in Valle d’Aosta (Chateau Vallaise in Arnad, Sant-Germain castle in Montjovet and Ussel castle). Adaptive reuse is

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PTHELI: Piston twin helicopters for territorial and environmental safeguarding

10th Cycle, 2014, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The need to monitor the territory, as can be seen from Regional, National and International requests, is strong and growing. The development of technologies for environmental monitoring and regional safety represents an important aspect for the management and control system. Fixed or rotary-wing aircraft are currently used in this role for monitoring coastlines and borders,

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ECOFRONT: Exploring the Frontiers of Cold Spray

11th Cycle, 2015, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Research Topics, University, Year

The aim of the project is to draw the next frontiers of cold spray (CS), a new, solid-state coating deposition technology. At first, the process and its advantages and disadvantages have been assessed. Then, current equipment, materials and applications have been studied, in order to outline present technological limits from the study of recent innovations

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E-MOD: Electric MObility Development in Italy, a multidisciplinary evaluation

11th Cycle, 2015, ASP Cycle, Courses and Projects, Politecnico di Milano, Projects in the spotlight, Research Topics, University, Year

Climate change concerns, urban air pollution and new regulations in the transport sector are shifting the attention to Electric Mobility, recognised as the most sustainable solution to alleviate these environmental problems. However, technological and infrastructure problems are limiting its scale-up only to few countries, and Electric Vehicles in Italy still represent a niche market. The

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