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

From May 6 to June 13, 2025, the 12th edition of MANTOVARCHITETTURA will take place, whose theme, “Architecture and Conflict,” will address the problem of armed conflict, forced migration, and climate change in contexts such as-among others-Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, and Yemen. Within this framework, MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2025 investigates the connection between architecture and conflict by analyzing the complexity of this binomial according to different cultural and disciplinary perspectives, and through the dialogue between multiple historical-critical narratives, in a contemporary perspective.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA invites students, professionals and citizens to an open discussion on the implications of architecture in these scenarios, stimulating a deep and multidisciplinary dialogue. The event investigates four different perspectives of conflict: architecture and armed conflict, conflicting memories, conflicts of interest and inner conflict. These paths offer alternative and complementary viewpoints to analyze architecture’s contribution to understanding and managing conflict.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA is an event launched in 2014 within the UNESCO Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in Heritage Cities, favored by the international dimension in which Mantova and the Politecnico di Milano are placed. The main protagonists have always been the students, who have the opportunity to listen to and meet architects from all over the world who develop the new architecture starting from the knowledge of the ancient roots of this art, thus making the confrontation between masters and students lively, in a perspective founded on the value of history as a ground on which to cultivate the design of living spaces.

Discover the full program on the website mantovarchitettura.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”

Hermann Czech. Starting from the existent presents for the first time in Italy the professional and intellectual trajectory of the acclaimed Austrian architect, a significant critical voice on the contemporary architectural scene. The selected projects for the exhibition cover a relevant time span, from the 1960s to the present, and include urban visions, residential buildings, installations and small transformative interventions on the existing. Drawings, photographs, models and a significant series of original furniture elements are presented along a sequence of rooms that identify design themes related to different scales of the city’s transformation. A series of original documents testifies Czech’s relevant intellectual activity, significantly presenting the link between his critical thinking and Viennese architectural culture. The exhibition is complemented by a photo essay by Stefano Graziani investigating the working space of Czech’s studio in Vienna.

Curated by Hermann Czech, Eva Kuss, Angelo Lunati, Gennaro Postiglione with Emilio Ellena.

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The opening event is scheduled for May 21, 2025 6:00 pm.

Introduced by: Andrea Campioli, AUIC School Dean, Massimo Bricocoli, DAStU Director, Angelo Lunati DAStU

On the same day May 21 4:30 pm, the “Lecture by Hermann Czech”, introduced by Eve Blau (Harvard Graduate School of Design) will be held at the Patio.                 

The following day May 22 at 4:30 pm, also at the Patio, there will be “Talks around Czech,” a joint conversation between Walter Angonese (USI Academy of Architecture Mendrisio) , Michael Bergquist (Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm), Pierre-Alain Croset (DAStU Polimi), David Kohn (Architectural Association London), Eva Kuss, Wilfried Kuehn (TU Wien), Angelo Lunati (DAStU Polimi), Gennaro Postiglione (DAStU Polimi), Sara Protasoni (DAStU Polimi).

BIO
Born in Vienna in 1936, Hermann Czech studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Ernst A. Plischke. In 1958 and 1959 he attended Konrad Wachsmann’s seminars at the Salzburg Summer Academy. He began working on architectural projects in 1960, from 1963 to 1967 he penned architectural criticism for Die Furche. From the 1970s, projects and realizations at various scales. In 1978, early writings were published under the title Zur Abwechslung (extended new edition 1996); in 2021, Ungefähre Hauptrichtung — Schriften und Gespräche zur Architektur followed (both published by Löcker Verlag). Hermann Czech has served as a visiting professor at national and international universities, including Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ETH Zurich, TU Wien, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He has received awards and distinctions for his architectural work. He participated in the Architecture Biennale in Venice in 1980, 1991, 2000, 2012, and, most recently, in 2023 together with the collective AKT. Hermann Czech lives and works in Vienna

INFO:
From May 21st to July 28th 2025
From 10 AM to 7 PM
Free entrance

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”

Hermann Czech. Starting from the existent presents for the first time in Italy the professional and intellectual trajectory of the acclaimed Austrian architect, a significant critical voice on the contemporary architectural scene. The selected projects for the exhibition cover a relevant time span, from the 1960s to the present, and include urban visions, residential buildings, installations and small transformative interventions on the existing. Drawings, photographs, models and a significant series of original furniture elements are presented along a sequence of rooms that identify design themes related to different scales of the city’s transformation. A series of original documents testifies Czech’s relevant intellectual activity, significantly presenting the link between his critical thinking and Viennese architectural culture. The exhibition is complemented by a photo essay by Stefano Graziani investigating the working space of Czech’s studio in Vienna.

Curated by Hermann Czech, Eva Kuss, Angelo Lunati, Gennaro Postiglione with Emilio Ellena.

* * * * * * * * * *

The opening event is scheduled for May 21, 2025 6:00 pm.

Introduced by: Andrea Campioli, AUIC School Dean, Massimo Bricocoli, DAStU Director, Angelo Lunati DAStU

On the same day May 21 4:30 pm, the “Lecture by Hermann Czech”, introduced by Eve Blau (Harvard Graduate School of Design) will be held at the Patio.                 

The following day May 22 at 4:30 pm, also at the Patio, there will be “Talks around Czech,” a joint conversation between Walter Angonese (USI Academy of Architecture Mendrisio) , Michael Bergquist (Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm), Pierre-Alain Croset (DAStU Polimi), David Kohn (Architectural Association London), Eva Kuss, Wilfried Kuehn (TU Wien), Angelo Lunati (DAStU Polimi), Gennaro Postiglione (DAStU Polimi), Sara Protasoni (DAStU Polimi).

BIO
Born in Vienna in 1936, Hermann Czech studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Ernst A. Plischke. In 1958 and 1959 he attended Konrad Wachsmann’s seminars at the Salzburg Summer Academy. He began working on architectural projects in 1960, from 1963 to 1967 he penned architectural criticism for Die Furche. From the 1970s, projects and realizations at various scales. In 1978, early writings were published under the title Zur Abwechslung (extended new edition 1996); in 2021, Ungefähre Hauptrichtung — Schriften und Gespräche zur Architektur followed (both published by Löcker Verlag). Hermann Czech has served as a visiting professor at national and international universities, including Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ETH Zurich, TU Wien, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He has received awards and distinctions for his architectural work. He participated in the Architecture Biennale in Venice in 1980, 1991, 2000, 2012, and, most recently, in 2023 together with the collective AKT. Hermann Czech lives and works in Vienna

INFO:
From May 21st to July 28th 2025
From 10 AM to 7 PM
Free entrance

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

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