Event Type : Exhibitions

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it

A perceptual transformation through artificial intelligence, that brings to light the disparities related to gender in the work environment. The clear reflection of oneself and the surroundings gradually gives way to increasing opacity, as invisible barriers that divide us begin to materialize, altering our perception of the context. The experience unfolds in two complementary moments: a multimedia triptych that encourages collective reflection on gender discrimination, and an interactive installation that challenges our most ingrained beliefs. Every detail is carefully crafted to stimulate critical thinking, creativity, and personal awareness. Artificial intelligence is neither a dogma nor a threat, but a tool that should be adopted mindfully to support change.

Credits
The project is part of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities.
A project by: Politecnico di Milano
Idea by: Donatella Sciuto, Rettrice, Politecnico di Milano
Curated by: Nicola Gatti, Ingrid Paoletti, Matteo Ruta, Politecnico di Milano
Artistic and Creative Direction: Umberto Tolino with Ilaria Bollati, Politecnico di Milano
Curation and Content: Culture di Genere: Valeria Bucchetti with Francesca Casnati, Politecnico di Milano;
Human Resources: Paolo Iacci, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale; Filosofia della Scienza: Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico di Milano
Interactive AI Installation: Supervision: Nicola Caporaso, ML Cube;
Design and Development: Lorenzo Bisi, Nicolò Brunello, Davide Macocchi, Davide Testoni, Stefano Bonfanti, Lamberto Dal Seno, ML Cube
Screenplay: Clara Mori
Video Installation: Variante Artistica
Exhibition Design: Ilaria Bollati with Alice Biancardi, Politecnico di Milano
Visual Project: Kevin Pedron with Ornella Rondinella

Website
Triennale

Ambiente, mobilità e cittadinanze

Within the framework of the 24th Esposizione Internazionale Triennale di Milano “Inequalities”, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) and CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano, present a collective reading and narration of inequalities from a territorial perspective, through a contribution structured around three thematic investigations. The different impacts of extreme climatic events and prolonged exposure to harmful health conditions, the varying opportunities for access to resources and limitations on mobility, and the lack of full citizenship rights due to processes of exclusion from housing and services are the three themes addressed by the DAStU working group at two different scales and using two different types of materials. On one hand, an immersive installation featuring three short films with testimonies from international experts takes stock of environmental issues, mobility/migration, and access to housing and services on a global scale. On the other hand, a model of the Milan area, accompanied by projections of maps and data, shows how these same issues manifest in this metropolitan context.

CURATED BY
DAStU e CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Alessandro Balducci

DAStU WORKING GROUP
Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Nicola Colaninno, Grazia Concilio, Marta Cordini, Valeria Fedeli, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Cristiana Mattioli, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Agostino Petrillo, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Ilaria Tosoni, Doruntina Zendeli

CREDITS
Interviewed Academics | Amita Baviskar, Ashoka University; Eric Klinenberg, New York University; Sophia Schuff, Gehl – Making Cities for People; Desmond D’Sa e Bongani Mthembu, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance; Shahram Koshravi, Stockholm University; Luce Beeckmans, KU Leuven; Steven Farber, University of Toronto Scarborough; Rafael H. M. Pereira, Ipea/Brasil; Raquel Rolnik, Universidade de São Paulo; Gudrun Biffl, Danube University Krems; Xavier Bonal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Interviews by: Martina Bovo, Marta Cordini, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Doruntina Zendeli.

Short videos | Paola Piscitelli (coordination, story concept, direction, installation concept, archival research, and editing), Paolo Turla (editing), Saverio Damiani (sound and installation concept), Nora (animation).

Physical model with data projection | DAStU: Nicola Colaninno (coordination, design, data and maps), Gabriele Stancato and Doruntina Zendeli (data, maps, and projection processing), Eugenio Morello and Barbara E. A. Piga – LABSIMURB (model and projection supervision), Valeria Fedeli (text supervision), Nilva K. Aramburu Guevara, Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Lorenzo Caresana, Grazia Concilio, Alessandro Coppola, Marta Cordini, Mohamed Elgohary, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Cristiana Mattioli, Andrea Parma, Marco Peverini, Paola Pucci, Daniele Viarengo (data and maps), with support from Francesco Curci, Viviana Giavarini, Fabio Manfredini (MAUD – Mapping & Urban Data Lab). Politecnico di Milano: Renato Aiminio and Barbara Sironi – LaborA (3D model printing).

Editorial coordination | Gloria Pessina

Exhibition Design | (AB)NORMAL

Exhibition Setup | Produzioni Milano

Websites

DAStU

Triennale di Milano (IT)

Triennale di Milano (EN)

Photo by Filippo Romano titled “Nairobi, 2011”, selected by Triennale as the cover image for our contribution to “Inequalities”

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability, aims to describe, also to non-specialist visitors, cultures and aspects of fashion that can be found in the Archival Fonds and Library Collections of the Politecnico di Milano, or that are connected to it through the personal and design history of the authors involved. The five themes are thus found throughout the exhibition panels and tables, dedicated to the figures of Gianfranco Ferré and Renzo Piano; but also Marina Spadafora, promoter of ethical and sustainable fashion; Andrea Pfister, fashion designer; and Elsa Haertter, fashion photographer.
Fashion emerges as a transversal language. Through archive materials, designs, images and original objects, the visitor is invited to discover how it is not just clothing or an accessory, but cultural vision, design research and social identity. A reflection on the power that fashion has to narrate the world, change perspectives and create relationships between disciplines.

The exhibition MODÆ architecture, photography, graphics, design, sustainability will be open until September 15, 2025 at the Historical Archives of the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Candiani Campus, with the following hours:

• Exhibition Hall: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
• Originals Room: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Curated by:
Giovanni Maria Conti and Roberto Dulio
with Paola Bertola and Federica Vacca
and Campus Life Area, Politecnico di Milano

To book special openings or guided tours for groups, contact archivio@polimi.it

A perceptual transformation through artificial intelligence, that brings to light the disparities related to gender in the work environment. The clear reflection of oneself and the surroundings gradually gives way to increasing opacity, as invisible barriers that divide us begin to materialize, altering our perception of the context. The experience unfolds in two complementary moments: a multimedia triptych that encourages collective reflection on gender discrimination, and an interactive installation that challenges our most ingrained beliefs. Every detail is carefully crafted to stimulate critical thinking, creativity, and personal awareness. Artificial intelligence is neither a dogma nor a threat, but a tool that should be adopted mindfully to support change.

Credits
The project is part of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities.
A project by: Politecnico di Milano
Idea by: Donatella Sciuto, Rettrice, Politecnico di Milano
Curated by: Nicola Gatti, Ingrid Paoletti, Matteo Ruta, Politecnico di Milano
Artistic and Creative Direction: Umberto Tolino with Ilaria Bollati, Politecnico di Milano
Curation and Content: Culture di Genere: Valeria Bucchetti with Francesca Casnati, Politecnico di Milano;
Human Resources: Paolo Iacci, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale; Filosofia della Scienza: Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico di Milano
Interactive AI Installation: Supervision: Nicola Caporaso, ML Cube;
Design and Development: Lorenzo Bisi, Nicolò Brunello, Davide Macocchi, Davide Testoni, Stefano Bonfanti, Lamberto Dal Seno, ML Cube
Screenplay: Clara Mori
Video Installation: Variante Artistica
Exhibition Design: Ilaria Bollati with Alice Biancardi, Politecnico di Milano
Visual Project: Kevin Pedron with Ornella Rondinella

Website
Triennale

Ambiente, mobilità e cittadinanze

Within the framework of the 24th Esposizione Internazionale Triennale di Milano “Inequalities”, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) and CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano, present a collective reading and narration of inequalities from a territorial perspective, through a contribution structured around three thematic investigations. The different impacts of extreme climatic events and prolonged exposure to harmful health conditions, the varying opportunities for access to resources and limitations on mobility, and the lack of full citizenship rights due to processes of exclusion from housing and services are the three themes addressed by the DAStU working group at two different scales and using two different types of materials. On one hand, an immersive installation featuring three short films with testimonies from international experts takes stock of environmental issues, mobility/migration, and access to housing and services on a global scale. On the other hand, a model of the Milan area, accompanied by projections of maps and data, shows how these same issues manifest in this metropolitan context.

CURATED BY
DAStU e CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Alessandro Balducci

DAStU WORKING GROUP
Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Nicola Colaninno, Grazia Concilio, Marta Cordini, Valeria Fedeli, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Cristiana Mattioli, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Agostino Petrillo, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Ilaria Tosoni, Doruntina Zendeli

CREDITS
Interviewed Academics | Amita Baviskar, Ashoka University; Eric Klinenberg, New York University; Sophia Schuff, Gehl – Making Cities for People; Desmond D’Sa e Bongani Mthembu, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance; Shahram Koshravi, Stockholm University; Luce Beeckmans, KU Leuven; Steven Farber, University of Toronto Scarborough; Rafael H. M. Pereira, Ipea/Brasil; Raquel Rolnik, Universidade de São Paulo; Gudrun Biffl, Danube University Krems; Xavier Bonal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Interviews by: Martina Bovo, Marta Cordini, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Doruntina Zendeli.

Short videos | Paola Piscitelli (coordination, story concept, direction, installation concept, archival research, and editing), Paolo Turla (editing), Saverio Damiani (sound and installation concept), Nora (animation).

Physical model with data projection | DAStU: Nicola Colaninno (coordination, design, data and maps), Gabriele Stancato and Doruntina Zendeli (data, maps, and projection processing), Eugenio Morello and Barbara E. A. Piga – LABSIMURB (model and projection supervision), Valeria Fedeli (text supervision), Nilva K. Aramburu Guevara, Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Lorenzo Caresana, Grazia Concilio, Alessandro Coppola, Marta Cordini, Mohamed Elgohary, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Cristiana Mattioli, Andrea Parma, Marco Peverini, Paola Pucci, Daniele Viarengo (data and maps), with support from Francesco Curci, Viviana Giavarini, Fabio Manfredini (MAUD – Mapping & Urban Data Lab). Politecnico di Milano: Renato Aiminio and Barbara Sironi – LaborA (3D model printing).

Editorial coordination | Gloria Pessina

Exhibition Design | (AB)NORMAL

Exhibition Setup | Produzioni Milano

Websites

DAStU

Triennale di Milano (IT)

Triennale di Milano (EN)

Photo by Filippo Romano titled “Nairobi, 2011”, selected by Triennale as the cover image for our contribution to “Inequalities”

Photograph ©hanninen

There is an invisible world that pulses every day within the laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano. Spaces of ingenuity, experimentation, and meticulous gestures, where students, researchers, technicians, and professors transform ideas into action, form, and solutions.

The exhibition LABORATORI POLITECNICI – departments | territory | education | technology, curated by Roberto Dulio with photographs by Giovanni Hänninen, was created to tell the story of this living, technical universe through the evocative power of the gaze. The photographs do not merely capture instruments and technologies, but also what usually escapes notice: the details, the spaces built for thinking, experimenting, and testing.

Spaces dense with life, experience, and knowledge, where science engages with the challenges of the present and opens up to infinite worlds and possibilities. Because a laboratory is not just a physical place—it goes beyond any intellectual boundary, forming an ecosystem where research intertwines with education, innovation with society, thought with technique.

Laboratories are not only containers of education and research: they preserve the memory of over 160 years of innovation. They have been crossed by historical figures such as Giulio Natta and Gio Ponti, and at the same time they are projected into the future. They are places that testify to daily work, the construction of knowledge, and the constant drive toward the new.

The diversity of disciplines corresponds to a variety of spaces—each one an expression of the specific identities of the Departments and Territorial Campuses, and of the deep connection between the Politecnico di Milano and its urban, national, and international context. In these environments, time itself can be read: from traditional Milanese cement tiles to modern resin floors, to the vaulted ceilings of underground rooms, where the stability of the ground supports complex experiments.

This exhibition is an invitation to discover what happens behind the scenes of innovation. To be surprised by the beauty and details of research. To perceive, in each image, the collective passion that shapes the knowledge that grows, is passed on, and constantly transforms.

Photographs by Giovanni Hänninen

Project: Area Campus Life, Politecnico di Milano

Curated by Roberto Dulio

Dates and places

From September 9th, 2025 – Biblioteca Storica

From September 23rd – Spazio Mostre Archivi Storici

From October 2nd – Biblioteca Bovisa La Masa

From October 20th to 31st – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Mantova

From November 3rd to 14th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Cremona

From November 17th to 28th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Piacenza

From December 1st to 12th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Lecco

A perceptual transformation through artificial intelligence, that brings to light the disparities related to gender in the work environment. The clear reflection of oneself and the surroundings gradually gives way to increasing opacity, as invisible barriers that divide us begin to materialize, altering our perception of the context. The experience unfolds in two complementary moments: a multimedia triptych that encourages collective reflection on gender discrimination, and an interactive installation that challenges our most ingrained beliefs. Every detail is carefully crafted to stimulate critical thinking, creativity, and personal awareness. Artificial intelligence is neither a dogma nor a threat, but a tool that should be adopted mindfully to support change.

Credits
The project is part of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities.
A project by: Politecnico di Milano
Idea by: Donatella Sciuto, Rettrice, Politecnico di Milano
Curated by: Nicola Gatti, Ingrid Paoletti, Matteo Ruta, Politecnico di Milano
Artistic and Creative Direction: Umberto Tolino with Ilaria Bollati, Politecnico di Milano
Curation and Content: Culture di Genere: Valeria Bucchetti with Francesca Casnati, Politecnico di Milano;
Human Resources: Paolo Iacci, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale; Filosofia della Scienza: Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico di Milano
Interactive AI Installation: Supervision: Nicola Caporaso, ML Cube;
Design and Development: Lorenzo Bisi, Nicolò Brunello, Davide Macocchi, Davide Testoni, Stefano Bonfanti, Lamberto Dal Seno, ML Cube
Screenplay: Clara Mori
Video Installation: Variante Artistica
Exhibition Design: Ilaria Bollati with Alice Biancardi, Politecnico di Milano
Visual Project: Kevin Pedron with Ornella Rondinella

Website
Triennale

Ambiente, mobilità e cittadinanze

Within the framework of the 24th Esposizione Internazionale Triennale di Milano “Inequalities”, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) and CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano, present a collective reading and narration of inequalities from a territorial perspective, through a contribution structured around three thematic investigations. The different impacts of extreme climatic events and prolonged exposure to harmful health conditions, the varying opportunities for access to resources and limitations on mobility, and the lack of full citizenship rights due to processes of exclusion from housing and services are the three themes addressed by the DAStU working group at two different scales and using two different types of materials. On one hand, an immersive installation featuring three short films with testimonies from international experts takes stock of environmental issues, mobility/migration, and access to housing and services on a global scale. On the other hand, a model of the Milan area, accompanied by projections of maps and data, shows how these same issues manifest in this metropolitan context.

CURATED BY
DAStU e CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Alessandro Balducci

DAStU WORKING GROUP
Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Nicola Colaninno, Grazia Concilio, Marta Cordini, Valeria Fedeli, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Cristiana Mattioli, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Agostino Petrillo, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Ilaria Tosoni, Doruntina Zendeli

CREDITS
Interviewed Academics | Amita Baviskar, Ashoka University; Eric Klinenberg, New York University; Sophia Schuff, Gehl – Making Cities for People; Desmond D’Sa e Bongani Mthembu, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance; Shahram Koshravi, Stockholm University; Luce Beeckmans, KU Leuven; Steven Farber, University of Toronto Scarborough; Rafael H. M. Pereira, Ipea/Brasil; Raquel Rolnik, Universidade de São Paulo; Gudrun Biffl, Danube University Krems; Xavier Bonal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Interviews by: Martina Bovo, Marta Cordini, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Doruntina Zendeli.

Short videos | Paola Piscitelli (coordination, story concept, direction, installation concept, archival research, and editing), Paolo Turla (editing), Saverio Damiani (sound and installation concept), Nora (animation).

Physical model with data projection | DAStU: Nicola Colaninno (coordination, design, data and maps), Gabriele Stancato and Doruntina Zendeli (data, maps, and projection processing), Eugenio Morello and Barbara E. A. Piga – LABSIMURB (model and projection supervision), Valeria Fedeli (text supervision), Nilva K. Aramburu Guevara, Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Lorenzo Caresana, Grazia Concilio, Alessandro Coppola, Marta Cordini, Mohamed Elgohary, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Cristiana Mattioli, Andrea Parma, Marco Peverini, Paola Pucci, Daniele Viarengo (data and maps), with support from Francesco Curci, Viviana Giavarini, Fabio Manfredini (MAUD – Mapping & Urban Data Lab). Politecnico di Milano: Renato Aiminio and Barbara Sironi – LaborA (3D model printing).

Editorial coordination | Gloria Pessina

Exhibition Design | (AB)NORMAL

Exhibition Setup | Produzioni Milano

Websites

DAStU

Triennale di Milano (IT)

Triennale di Milano (EN)

Photo by Filippo Romano titled “Nairobi, 2011”, selected by Triennale as the cover image for our contribution to “Inequalities”

Photograph ©hanninen

There is an invisible world that pulses every day within the laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano. Spaces of ingenuity, experimentation, and meticulous gestures, where students, researchers, technicians, and professors transform ideas into action, form, and solutions.

The exhibition LABORATORI POLITECNICI – departments | territory | education | technology, curated by Roberto Dulio with photographs by Giovanni Hänninen, was created to tell the story of this living, technical universe through the evocative power of the gaze. The photographs do not merely capture instruments and technologies, but also what usually escapes notice: the details, the spaces built for thinking, experimenting, and testing.

Spaces dense with life, experience, and knowledge, where science engages with the challenges of the present and opens up to infinite worlds and possibilities. Because a laboratory is not just a physical place—it goes beyond any intellectual boundary, forming an ecosystem where research intertwines with education, innovation with society, thought with technique.

Laboratories are not only containers of education and research: they preserve the memory of over 160 years of innovation. They have been crossed by historical figures such as Giulio Natta and Gio Ponti, and at the same time they are projected into the future. They are places that testify to daily work, the construction of knowledge, and the constant drive toward the new.

The diversity of disciplines corresponds to a variety of spaces—each one an expression of the specific identities of the Departments and Territorial Campuses, and of the deep connection between the Politecnico di Milano and its urban, national, and international context. In these environments, time itself can be read: from traditional Milanese cement tiles to modern resin floors, to the vaulted ceilings of underground rooms, where the stability of the ground supports complex experiments.

This exhibition is an invitation to discover what happens behind the scenes of innovation. To be surprised by the beauty and details of research. To perceive, in each image, the collective passion that shapes the knowledge that grows, is passed on, and constantly transforms.

Photographs by Giovanni Hänninen

Project: Area Campus Life, Politecnico di Milano

Curated by Roberto Dulio

Dates and places

From September 9th, 2025 – Biblioteca Storica

From September 23rd – Spazio Mostre Archivi Storici

From October 2nd – Biblioteca Bovisa La Masa

From October 20th to 31st – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Mantova

From November 3rd to 14th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Cremona

From November 17th to 28th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Piacenza

From December 1st to 12th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Lecco

A perceptual transformation through artificial intelligence, that brings to light the disparities related to gender in the work environment. The clear reflection of oneself and the surroundings gradually gives way to increasing opacity, as invisible barriers that divide us begin to materialize, altering our perception of the context. The experience unfolds in two complementary moments: a multimedia triptych that encourages collective reflection on gender discrimination, and an interactive installation that challenges our most ingrained beliefs. Every detail is carefully crafted to stimulate critical thinking, creativity, and personal awareness. Artificial intelligence is neither a dogma nor a threat, but a tool that should be adopted mindfully to support change.

Credits
The project is part of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities.
A project by: Politecnico di Milano
Idea by: Donatella Sciuto, Rettrice, Politecnico di Milano
Curated by: Nicola Gatti, Ingrid Paoletti, Matteo Ruta, Politecnico di Milano
Artistic and Creative Direction: Umberto Tolino with Ilaria Bollati, Politecnico di Milano
Curation and Content: Culture di Genere: Valeria Bucchetti with Francesca Casnati, Politecnico di Milano;
Human Resources: Paolo Iacci, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale; Filosofia della Scienza: Viola Schiaffonati, Politecnico di Milano
Interactive AI Installation: Supervision: Nicola Caporaso, ML Cube;
Design and Development: Lorenzo Bisi, Nicolò Brunello, Davide Macocchi, Davide Testoni, Stefano Bonfanti, Lamberto Dal Seno, ML Cube
Screenplay: Clara Mori
Video Installation: Variante Artistica
Exhibition Design: Ilaria Bollati with Alice Biancardi, Politecnico di Milano
Visual Project: Kevin Pedron with Ornella Rondinella

Website
Triennale

Ambiente, mobilità e cittadinanze

Within the framework of the 24th Esposizione Internazionale Triennale di Milano “Inequalities”, the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) and CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano, present a collective reading and narration of inequalities from a territorial perspective, through a contribution structured around three thematic investigations. The different impacts of extreme climatic events and prolonged exposure to harmful health conditions, the varying opportunities for access to resources and limitations on mobility, and the lack of full citizenship rights due to processes of exclusion from housing and services are the three themes addressed by the DAStU working group at two different scales and using two different types of materials. On one hand, an immersive installation featuring three short films with testimonies from international experts takes stock of environmental issues, mobility/migration, and access to housing and services on a global scale. On the other hand, a model of the Milan area, accompanied by projections of maps and data, shows how these same issues manifest in this metropolitan context.

CURATED BY
DAStU e CRAFT, Politecnico di Milano

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Alessandro Balducci

DAStU WORKING GROUP
Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Nicola Colaninno, Grazia Concilio, Marta Cordini, Valeria Fedeli, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Cristiana Mattioli, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Agostino Petrillo, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Ilaria Tosoni, Doruntina Zendeli

CREDITS
Interviewed Academics | Amita Baviskar, Ashoka University; Eric Klinenberg, New York University; Sophia Schuff, Gehl – Making Cities for People; Desmond D’Sa e Bongani Mthembu, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance; Shahram Koshravi, Stockholm University; Luce Beeckmans, KU Leuven; Steven Farber, University of Toronto Scarborough; Rafael H. M. Pereira, Ipea/Brasil; Raquel Rolnik, Universidade de São Paulo; Gudrun Biffl, Danube University Krems; Xavier Bonal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Interviews by: Martina Bovo, Marta Cordini, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Farah Makki, Eugenio Morello, Gloria Pessina, Marco Peverini, Paola Piscitelli, Paola Pucci, Doruntina Zendeli.

Short videos | Paola Piscitelli (coordination, story concept, direction, installation concept, archival research, and editing), Paolo Turla (editing), Saverio Damiani (sound and installation concept), Nora (animation).

Physical model with data projection | DAStU: Nicola Colaninno (coordination, design, data and maps), Gabriele Stancato and Doruntina Zendeli (data, maps, and projection processing), Eugenio Morello and Barbara E. A. Piga – LABSIMURB (model and projection supervision), Valeria Fedeli (text supervision), Nilva K. Aramburu Guevara, Martina Bovo, Massimo Bricocoli, Lorenzo Caresana, Grazia Concilio, Alessandro Coppola, Marta Cordini, Mohamed Elgohary, Maryam Karimi, Giovanni Lanza, Cristiana Mattioli, Andrea Parma, Marco Peverini, Paola Pucci, Daniele Viarengo (data and maps), with support from Francesco Curci, Viviana Giavarini, Fabio Manfredini (MAUD – Mapping & Urban Data Lab). Politecnico di Milano: Renato Aiminio and Barbara Sironi – LaborA (3D model printing).

Editorial coordination | Gloria Pessina

Exhibition Design | (AB)NORMAL

Exhibition Setup | Produzioni Milano

Websites

DAStU

Triennale di Milano (IT)

Triennale di Milano (EN)

Photo by Filippo Romano titled “Nairobi, 2011”, selected by Triennale as the cover image for our contribution to “Inequalities”

Photograph ©hanninen

There is an invisible world that pulses every day within the laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano. Spaces of ingenuity, experimentation, and meticulous gestures, where students, researchers, technicians, and professors transform ideas into action, form, and solutions.

The exhibition LABORATORI POLITECNICI – departments | territory | education | technology, curated by Roberto Dulio with photographs by Giovanni Hänninen, was created to tell the story of this living, technical universe through the evocative power of the gaze. The photographs do not merely capture instruments and technologies, but also what usually escapes notice: the details, the spaces built for thinking, experimenting, and testing.

Spaces dense with life, experience, and knowledge, where science engages with the challenges of the present and opens up to infinite worlds and possibilities. Because a laboratory is not just a physical place—it goes beyond any intellectual boundary, forming an ecosystem where research intertwines with education, innovation with society, thought with technique.

Laboratories are not only containers of education and research: they preserve the memory of over 160 years of innovation. They have been crossed by historical figures such as Giulio Natta and Gio Ponti, and at the same time they are projected into the future. They are places that testify to daily work, the construction of knowledge, and the constant drive toward the new.

The diversity of disciplines corresponds to a variety of spaces—each one an expression of the specific identities of the Departments and Territorial Campuses, and of the deep connection between the Politecnico di Milano and its urban, national, and international context. In these environments, time itself can be read: from traditional Milanese cement tiles to modern resin floors, to the vaulted ceilings of underground rooms, where the stability of the ground supports complex experiments.

This exhibition is an invitation to discover what happens behind the scenes of innovation. To be surprised by the beauty and details of research. To perceive, in each image, the collective passion that shapes the knowledge that grows, is passed on, and constantly transforms.

Photographs by Giovanni Hänninen

Project: Area Campus Life, Politecnico di Milano

Curated by Roberto Dulio

Dates and places

From September 9th, 2025 – Biblioteca Storica

From September 23rd – Spazio Mostre Archivi Storici

From October 2nd – Biblioteca Bovisa La Masa

From October 20th to 31st – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Mantova

From November 3rd to 14th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Cremona

From November 17th to 28th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Piacenza

From December 1st to 12th – Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Lecco