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POLIMI - Politecnico di Milano

  • POLIMI
  • Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
  • Department of Design
  • Italy
Leader of Research Field

Politecnico di Milano is ranked as one of the most outstanding European universities in Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design; in many disciplines it is regarded as a worldwide leading research institution.

The Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) is the second largest Department at Politecnico di Milano; it’s one of the most important research structures in Italy for town and country planning.The activity of DAStU research group New Museography - Diffused museum & museal networks of Material Culture/Cultural Heritage - is mainly aimed at researching and developing theoretic and design proposals in order to investigate and improve the new and fruitful roles of the museum institutions. New Museography in 2007 has been evaluated as Excellent from an International Peer Review; it is the promoter of several events amongst which the biennial International Conference Interior Forum World.

The Department of Design focuses on research and education activities devoted to a critical-theoretical elaborations and an operational experimentations within the field of design sciences. The research unit DeCH (Design for Cultural Heritage) is aimed at design strategies and methodologies for the exploitation and the enhancement of Cultural Heritage, promoting awareness and knowledge, enabling accessibility and fruition, translating territorial resources in cultural offer, developing innovative recording systems and improving transmission and revitalisation of such Heritage supplying user centred design services, technologies and products.


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Staff

  • Luca Basso Peressut

    Project Coordinator & RF06 Leader He is Deputy Director of the Department of Architectural Design (DPA) and Full professor at Politecnico di Milano. Since 2000 he is board member of the PhD in “Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design” at Politecnico di Milano.

  • Gennaro Postiglione

    Technical Manager He is Associate Professor of Interior Architecture and board member of the PhD in “Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design” in the Department of Architectural Design (DPA) at Politecnico di Milano.

  • Francesca Lanz

    Assistant Coordinator and Dissemination Manager She is Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture and Exhibtion Desing at the Department ofArchitecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano.

  • Elena Montanari

    . She is currently Temporary Professor of Interior Design at the School of Architecture and Society, and Post-doc Research Fellow in the Department of Architectural Design (DPA) at Politecnico di Milano.



  • Michela Bassanelli

    . She is currently Post-doc in the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano.

  • Cristina Colombo

    . Ph.D. in Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design at Politecnico di Milano, she is involved in several didactic activities and national or international research projects.


  • Marco Borsotti

    . He is Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture in the Department of Architectural Design (DPA), Politecnico di Milano. His main research topics are interior design and exhibition design for valorisation of the cultural heritage.

  • Mariella Brenna

    . She is Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, School of Architecture and Society, Department of Architectural Design (DPA).


  • Anna Chiara Cimoli

    . She is an Independent Researcher cooperating with Politecnico di Milano, especially focused on Museology and didactics in Museums. Graduated in History of Art, and specialized in Museology, she is also PhD in History of Architecture and Town Planning.

  • Imma Forino

    . She is Associate Professor of Interior Architecture and board member of the PhD in “Interior Architecture and Exhibition Design” in the Department of Architectural Design (DPA) at Politecnico di Milano.

  • Eleonora Lupo

    . She is Assistant Professor of Design at Politecnico di Milano, Ph.D. in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication at the Indaco Dept. of Politecnico di Milano. She’s part of “DeCH. Design for Cultural Heritage".

  • Raffella Trocchianesi

    . She is Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano (INDACO). Board member of the Ph.D. in “Design and Technology for the valorisation of cultural heritage”.



  • Rita Capurro

    . Art historian, specialised in Christian Art, Ph.D. in Design and Technology for the Valorization of Cultural Heritage at the Politecnico di Milano, member of the Research team in Design for Cultural Heritage, INDACO dpt.

  • Davide Spallazzo

    . Designer and Ph.D. candidate in Design at INDACO Dpt. of Politecnico di Milano, he research focus is on the use of mobile technology and gaming as a means to stimulate social engagement.


  • Lucia Parrino

    . She is Ph.D. candidate in Design for Cultural Heritage at INDACO Department. After receiving a Master at the Faculty of Sociology, her research interests focus on intercultural dynamics connected with cultural heritage.

  • Sara Radice

    . She is Ph.D. candidate in Design at INDACO Department, developing a research focus on design and participatory process for audience
    engagement in the field of cultural heritage.



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