Research & Sustainability
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4/8/2024
Architecture and sustainability: five events promoted by Mapei and the Politecnico of Milan
Deepening the relationship between architecture and sustainability. This is the aim of the five meetings organised by the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies and involving international design studios.
"Architecture and Sustainability: Matter, Quality, Form". This is the title of the series of meetings organised by Mapei in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) of the Politecnico of Milan. The aim is to build collaboration programmes between universities, administrations and companies, innovating architectural design from a sustainability perspective.
Architecture and sustainability
Always close to culture and committed to provide high quality training, Mapei, leader in chemical products for the building industry, is promoting a cycle of meetings focusing on the relationship between architecture and sustainability organised by DAStU, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Politecnico of Milan. “Architecture and Sustainability: Matter, Quality, Form” is the title of the cycle of five meetings, created with the aim of exploring various aspects of the relationship between architecture and sustainability. Each day is dedicated to a different aspect of this fundamental binomial, allowing participants to deepen their knowledge and share innovative ideas for tackling the environmental crisis that our planet is facing, promoting a constructive debate between architects, experts in the field, university professors, researchers, and students.
Circularity & Reuse
On Monday 25th March, the first meeting was held at the Aula Rogers of the Milan Polytechnic entitled "Circularity & Reuse". After an introduction by Massimo Bricocoli, Director of the DAStU, Simona Giorgetta, a member of the Mapei Board of Directors and architect, explained the importance of sustainability for Mapei and of thinking sustainably before designing, teaching it to future generations. Afterwards, the architects Michaël Ghyoot from the ROTOR studio and Dieter Leyssen from the 51N4E studio, both based in Brussels, illustrated the results of an approach that sees the project not as a linear process but as a circular development, in which the value of materials, places and social relations is re-evaluated, affecting the overall sustainability of architecture.
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Increasingly sustainable architectural projects
After the speach by the two Belgian architects, Mikaela Decio, Corporate Environmental Sustainability Manager at Mapei, also contributed to the discussion, telling the audience of students present about the Mapei's commitment to contribute to sustainable building. Finally, we had the pleasure of interviewing the Director Massimo Bricocoli, who emphasised the importance of adopting a sustainability perspective in architectural design, not only to guarantee the quality of interventions, but also to contribute to the future of our cities and urban life. Bricocoli emphasised the importance of collaboration between universities, administrations and companies in order to innovate architectural design in a sustainable way, taking into account natural, cultural and social resources.
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Upcoming events
The second meeting entitled “Appropriated Technology” is scheduled for Monday 22nd April. The following three meetings are "Materials, Techniques, Local Care" scheduled for 6th May, while for the last two meetings, "Alpine Ways" and "Sustainable Social Housing", the final date has not yet been set.
To register and find out more visit: https://www.polimi.it/corsi/master-universitari-e-corsi-post-laurea/406.
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