Museum in an age of migrations, Oslo KHM by Rachele Albini (POLIMI December 2013)

The world we live in it’s becoming everyday more a world of ‘others’ rather than a world of ‘self’. Students, workers, professionals and tourists are the new nomads, protagonists of a dynamism now more intense than in the past and which interests all kind of spheres: from the economical to the demographical one, from the political to the cultural one. This phenomenon, increased by Internet and globalization, is being responsible of a change in our way to perceive the history, art and the idea of nationality.

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Redefining Landscapes: Nuove forme di compensazioe per l’abuso edilizio in Italia by Stefano Galasso (POLIMI December 2013).

Questo è il risultato di un lavoro di ricerca e studio nato e proseguito grazie alla volontà di confrontarsi con un territorio ed un paesaggio tra i più belli al mondo, riconosciuto e protetto dall’Unesco, ma che dietro cotanta naturalità e fascino nasconde diversi problemi e criticità che la maggior parte delle volte vengono trascurate o evitate quasi per non intaccare l’immagine che si ha di questo frammento di nostro territorio.

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Shrinking Montevideo by Isabella Forestieri (POLIMI December 2013)

More than fifty percent of the world’s population now lives in cities, and the figure is expected to increase in the next two decades. However, the common assumption that the global increase in urbanization means that all cities are growing, is false: in every part of the world many cities are actually shrinking. As the city is “context par excellence” where man lives and acts, delineate the trajectories, the phenomena and processes that trigger in these living organisms, which are the cities, it is essential to understand the anthropology of contemporary life, its its unfolding, and to be able to act consequently to improve the liveability the unity and the equity of its inhabitants.

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Milan [edible] city by Luca Pavarin (POLIMI October 2013)

As a living beings we depend on food. Our entire life is shaped by this essential need but considering cities, the place in which we live and work, a contradiction is becoming visible. The sustenance of the urban lifestyle depends even more from something we produce elsewhere, in something we usually call countryside.

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Better shared house by Zui Tao & Yezi Zhang (POLIMI October 2013)

The issue relates to built environment, determines the well-being of residents, and probably has its influence on shaping the future pattern of urban living, serving as the origin of our study.

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Oggetto del lavoro è stato il complesso residenziale dei Robin Hood Gardens (1966-1972) di Alison and Peter Smithson che l’amministrazione comunale di Londra ha deciso nel 2009 di demolire per la cattiva condizione statica, igienica e sociale del complesso.
Il laboratorio di Progettazione degli Interni 1B, dopo una fase ricognitiva sui dati materiali e culturali legati all’immobile, affronta l’ipotesi di un progetto di recupero e riqualificazione per uno dei capolavori del brutalismo britannico.

Grazie alla collaborazione di Martina Pini e Marco Pioventini è stato possibile impaginare e pubblicare i due volumi consultabili su issuu:

RHG_Project proposals

RHG_Research book

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ContrACTIONS by Enrico Cigolotti & Guia Cimino [POLIMI, Spring 2013]

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Our research starts from the observation of a phenomenon which that arouses great interest: vacancy and decline of many urban areas. The analysis we made in the fi rst part of our work tries to defi ne causes and macro-trajectories of this process. In order to clarify this tendency we needed to study demographic curves, economic previsions, determining contact between different cities experiencing a shrinkage.

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If INntangible Heritage by Bergamini & Mori (POLIMI, April 2013)

A research work on the Intangible heritage at risk in the north of Italy with specific focus on skills and knowledge connected to the design world.

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Inclusive city by Guadalupe Ciocoletto (POLIMI, April 2013)

An investigation into the core of iperdiverCity to challenge the design of a co-working hub tuned on cultural diversity and integration processes.

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Architecture of integration by Ceylan Sener (POLIMI, April 2013)

A research work to investigate possible architectonic interventions to upgrade schools architecture and their interiors in relationship with the multicultural society we live in now in Italy. case study: Milano, scuola in via Paravia.

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The Liquid Museaum by Chiara Baravalle and Giuseppe Biscottini (POLIMI, April 2013)

A research by design to investigate a possible new form for the Postcolonial museum: a museum dealing with cultural diversity and migration. case study: the museum of Mediterranea sea.

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