This document summarizes several PhD courses being offered at ABC, including: 1) A course on sustainability metrics and life cycle assessment for the built environment taught over 3 weeks in February-March 2015. 2) A course on economic analysis tools for the built environment taught from December 2014 to January 2015. 3) Several other courses on topics like construction management, energy efficiency, structural dynamics, soil mechanics, and numerical methods, providing objectives and timeframes for each.

1. Courses
offerta formativa 2014-15
ABCPhD Program
Architecture, Built Environment
and Construction Engineering
Doctorate Program

2. 4 for everybody
(ABC-PhD courses)

3. ABCPhD Course
Sustainability Metrics for the Built Environment and the
efficient use of resources
Lecturers
Monica Lavagna, Architectural Technology, ABC
Giovanni Dotelli, Science and Technology of Materials, CMIC
Lucia Rigamonti, Environmental and Health Eng., DICA
Paco Melià, Ecology, DEIB
Objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce to the use of tools
that measure the benefits achieved through a sustainability
strategy, leading to informed environmental decisions.
The course will explain in detail the Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA). methodology, with examples and exercise on how to
apply it. The use of LCA applied to the built environment will
be detailed, with examples and case studies.
Period and schedule: 40 hours, three weeks, Feb-Mar 2015
energy materials water
air emissions waste waterwaste
consumptions
emissions

4. ABCPhD Course
Tools and methods for the Economic Analysis of the BE
Lecturers
Roberta Capello, ABC Department
Objectives
The course aims to train students in the use of descriptive (statistical) tools and
interpretative (econometric) methods, in the economic analysis of the Built
Environment (BE). It will deal with the following topics:
• Economic analysis of the built environment: specialization and
performance
• Economic specialization: location quotients, concentration and
diversification
• Measurement of the dynamic performance of the BE: Descriptive
statistics, (shift-share analysis, development patterns) and Inference tools
for the measurement of dynamic performance of the built environment
Theoretical lessons will be accompanied by practical exercises.
Schedule: 02-12-2014 to 09-01-2015
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Roma
Riga
Oslo
Bern
Wien
Kyiv
Vaduz
Paris
Praha
Minsk
Tounis
Lisboa
Skopje
Zagreb
Ankara
Madrid
Tirana
Sofiya
London Berlin
Dublin
Athinai
Tallinn
Nicosia
Beograd
Vilnius
Ar Ribat
Kishinev
Sarajevo
Helsinki
Budapest
Warszawa
Podgorica
El-Jazair
Ljubljana
Stockholm
Reykjavik
København
Bucuresti
Amsterdam
Bratislava
Luxembourg
Bruxelles/Brussel
Valletta
Acores
Guyane
Madeira
Réunion
Canarias
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Reference scenario
Average regional GDP growth rate
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0.57 - 1.06
1.07 - 1.43
1.44 - 1.71
1.72 - 1.98
1.99 - 2.28
2.29 - 2.89
> 2.90
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5. ABCPhD Course
Construction and Real Estate (RE) Process Management
and Innovation
Lecturers
Andrea Ciaramella, ABC-Polimi
Marzia Morena, ABC-Polimi
Objectives
The course aims to illustrate the real estate market’s
dynamics and underline the link with the construction
industry. The lectures, always accompanied by specific
case studies, will focus the most important business
models adopted by investors, property companies and
corporations to manage and enhance their real estate
assets and to optimize the services to support the
buildings and organizations.
Period and schedule: half day a week, march/april 2015

6. ABCPhD Course
Energy efficiency in building design,
urban and regional planning
Lecturers
Giuliano Dall’O, ABC-Polimi
Objectives
The course focuses on the rational use of energy and
renewable sources in building and urban planning, the
interactions between climate and building envelope, the most
advanced HVAC technologies, solar and distributed
generation, and provides the main design tools for an energy
and environmental conscious design
Period and schedule:
To be defined
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7. 11 Disciplinary
and multidisciplinary courses
(ABC-PhD courses)
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8. PhD SCHOOL Courses
Heat and Moisture Transport (HMT) modelling applications
in building envelope design
Resp.: Enrico De Angelis, ABC-Polimi
Lecturers
Hans Janssen - Catholic University of Leuven
Daniel Zirkelbach, Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik
Riccardo Paolini, ABC-Polimi
Objectives
The course aims to introduce to the dynamic Heat &
Moisture Transport modelling, (1-D and 2-D), to provide
numerical skills and to achieve a high proficiency and critical
awareness of the relation between building envelopes (in
new, existing or heritage buildings) and water, one of their
main degradation agents.
Period and schedule: a full week, march 9-13th 2015

9. PhD SCHOOL Courses
Environmental Risks: linking analytical models to
prevention decisions and operational practice in the field
Resp.: Scira Menoni – DASTU Polimi
Program (six events)
• From risk prevention to resilience: breaking through one
century of studies and research Enrico Zio, Scira Menoni,
Enrico De Angelis
• Risk assessment and management in the context of
seismic risk, Floriana Pergalani, Maria Adelaide Parisi, Luca
Marescotti
• Risk assessment and management in riverbasins
Francesco Ballio, Alberto Guadagnini, Raffaele Giordano
• Managing data and information systems for crisis and
post-crisis management Ouejdane Mejri, Bruna De Marchi,
Grazia Concilio
• Enchained risks and cascading effects: towards a multi-
hazard, multi-risk perspective, Laura Longoni, Alessio
Radice, Francesco Ballio and Scira Menoni, Adriana Galderisi
• Seminario internazionale
Period and schedule:
to be defined

10. ABCPhD Course
Technological culture of design
Lecturers
Emilio Faroldi (resp.), Matteo Gambaro, Fabrizio Schiaffonati,
Maria Pilar Vettori – Department ABC_Politecnico di Milano
Objectives
The course aims at investigating the theoretical and design
foundations of the technological culture of design, analysing
the context and the birth of the discipline, through specific in-
depth analysis on the figures, works, projects and
researches.
Period and schedule: april 2015
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matteogambaro
fabrizioschiaffonati
mariapilarvettori

11. ABCPhD Course
Radiative and convective modelling
of urban microclimate
Lecturers
• Tiziana Poli, ABC-Polimi
• Alberto Zasso, MECC-Polimi
• Riccardo Paolini, ABC-Polimi
• Anna Laura Pisello, UniPerugia
• Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University
• Paolo Schito, MECC-Polimi
Topics
• Radiative and convective heat transfer at urban scale.
• Mutual interactions microclimate-urban fabric.
• Urban climate mitigation strategies
• Climate change resilience.
Schedule: 1,2 Dec 2014; 12,13,14,15 Jan 2015 (40 hours)

12. Briefing
-Functional req.
-Estimates
-Conditions
-Requirements
Knowledge databases
-Best practise knowledge
-Own practice
Laws and regulations
-Building regulations
-Building specifications
CAD software
-Drawings, calculations
-Architect, engineer,…
Visualisation
-Visualisation, 3D models
Simulations
-Comfort
-HVAC
-Life cycle cost
-Light, sound
-Insulation
-Fire, usage
-Environment
-Service Life
predictions
Specifications
-Specification sheets
-Classification standards
-Estimates, accounting
Procurement
-Product databases
-Price databases
Facility management
-Letting, sale, operations
-Maintenance
-Guaranties
Demolition, refurbishment
-Rebuild
-Demolition
-Restoration
Construction management
-Scheduling
-Logistics, 4D
ABCPhD Course
The research for innovation in the building process.

13. ABCPhD Course
Solid mechanics for discrete modelling of structures
Lecturer
Siro Casolo, ABC-Polimi
Maurizio Vianello, MATE-Polimi
Objectives
The course gives a fundamental, conceptual account of the main
elements of solid mechanics. The aim is to fill the gap between
the traditional courses of strenght of materials and computational
analyses the are usually based on the finite element method.
Finally, we focus on simple examples of discrete formulations.
Period and schedule: two months, may-june 2015

14. ABCPhD Course
Non-Linear Behaviour of Building Structures and their
Design Principles
Lecturer
Marco Andrea Pisani, ABC-Polimi
Objectives
This course starts by introducing the concepts and the
theorems of the limit analysis of reinforced and
prestressed concrete frames. These theorems are then
discussed and used to understand the concept known as
hierarchy of strength, or “capacity design”.
The same concepts are then adopted to study the
behaviour at ultimate limit state of masonry arches.
Period and schedule: to be defined, 2015 Possible limit of deformation when the arch becomes (a) unstable, and (b)
a snapshot of animation during collapse. (c) Four hinges define a three-bar-
mechanism.

15. ABCPhD Course
Structural dynamics for condition assessment
and seismic monitoring
Lecturer: Carmelo Gentile, ABC-Polimi
Objectives
The course is focused on the analysis of the response of
real structures in operational (ambient vibration) and
seismic conditions.
The main course expertise is the identification the modal
parameters (natural frequencies, mode shapes and modal
damping ratios) of a structure and its use to understand its
ageing conditions and seismic safety or vulnerability.
Period and schedule: 4 weeks (Jan 12 - Feb 6 - 2015)
damage

16. ABCPhD Course
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Applications
Lecturers
Annamaria Cividini, Giancarlo Gioda
ABC – Politecnico di Milano
Objectives
The course aims at presenting the basic aspects of the
mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of soil and soil-like
materials. Various practical problems in the field of
geotechnical engineering will be considered and discussed,
concerning
• excavation in urban area and soil improvement,
• construction of buildings and transformation of existing
structures,
• conservation of architectural heritage, etc.
Period and schedule: one week, april-may 2015

17. ABCPhD Course
Numerical methods for engineering applications
Lecturers
Edie Miglio, MATE - Polimi
Objectives
The aim si to introduce basic numerical methods for solving typical
problems arising in engineering applications:
• Introduction to MATLAB and Finite Element Methods (FEM)
• Discretization of elliptic and parabolic equations using FEM
• Numerical methods for nonlinear problems –
• Derivation of the equations for transport in porous media and soil
consolidation and application of FEM to transport in porous media
Period and schedule:
to be defined

18. ABCPhD Course
Cultural heritage conservation and valorization
Objectives
The course provides economic and management
fundamentals related to cultural assets, starting from its
knowledge of cultural assets/activities systems and the
interaction between productive elements and their
communicative success (occupational opportunities in the
process of cultural assets valorisation), till policies of
territorial development, where cultural dimension increases
experimentations of strategies and new productive models
(cultural and environmental assets as "territorial capital").
Lecturers
S.Della Torre, D.Fanzini, E. Mussinelli ABC-Polimi
Christian Ost, ICHEC Management School, Bruxelles
Ilija Lalosevic, Fac. of Architecture, Podgorica, Montenegro
Objectives
Period and schedule:

19. 4 workshops
(ABC-PhD courses)

20. ABCPhD Course
Cultural heritage conservation and valorization – Workshop
Lecturers
Daniele Fanzini, ABC
Objectives
The course deals with the theme of the relationship
between protection, conservation and valorizazione of
cultural heritage and development of the territory. It is
expected to articulate a sequence of lectures providing
an introduction and in-depth comments for the related
lemma and to cover various topics related to the
enhancement project, including:
• Cultural policies and enhancement processes;
• Cultural infrastructure and creative cities;
• Cultural industries and especially broadcast policy
in the creative economy.
Period and schedule: to be defined, 2015

21. ABCPhD Course
Computational Design for Building Manufacturing
Lecturer
Ingrid Paoletti – D-ABC, Polimi
Akim Menges – TU Stuttgart
Paolo Cascone, tbc
Objectives
The course aims to experiment a computational approach to
building manufacturing through a workshop activity. Some first
tool skills will be introduced and then a practical exercise will be
introduced through the making of a component directly
manufactured with cnc machines.
Period and schedule: 1 full week February 2015

22. ABCPhD Course
Complex constructions:
design of health facilities
Lecturers
Stefano Capolongo, ABC Polimi
Emilio Faroldi, ABC Polimi
Alvaro Valera Sosa, TU-Berlin
Objectives
The aim of the course is to investigate the hospital
project as a "complex and strategic" construction that
has got a key role in the development of the society, for
the particular spatial and functional characteristics that
require innovative solutions for the distributive concepts,
construction, technology and management.
Period and schedule: a full week, in May/Giugne 2015

23. PhD SCHOOL Courses
Sheltering: temporary architecture, lightweight
construction, textile technology [TEAL-S]
Resp.: Alessandra Zanelli – ABC Polimi
Lecturers
Cecilia Braedt, and Vincent Virgo, International Federation of Red Crosses - SRU | Guy Buyle, Centexbel,
Belgium | Peter Gosling, NEWCASTLE University | Julian Lienhard, ITKE, Stuttgart | Marjike Mollaert and
Jan Roekens, VUB, Brussels | Giulio Masotti, WOODSKIN | Attilio Pizzigoni, UNIBG | Elena Romoli,
Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Cagliari e Oristano
Adriana Angelotti, ENERGIA | Valter Carvelli, DABC | Gianluca Giabardo, DESIGN | Claudia Marano, CMIC
| Carol Monticelli, DABC | Giorgio Novati, DICA | Elisabetta Rosina DABC | Eugenio Morello, DASTU | Luigi
Spinelli, DASTU
Objectives
The main goal of the course will be to stimulate students to apply a “lightweight thinking” both in the design
and in the construction phases, focusing on the use of minimal mass and construction materials to be used
in the most efficient way. An intensive, design workshop will be proposed, with the aim to overcome the
state of the art of sheltering process, transferring the best practices of the lightweight building systems and
of advanced textiles production in three alternative field of application.
Period and schedule: lectures = from 20th of January each Tue and Wed running | Intensive Workshop =
3rd, 4th, 5th of February 2014

24. Other activities
(ABC-PhD courses)

25. Tranches de vie … tranches de PhD
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS (PhD 4 PhD)
«… The characterization of these problematic areas is developed by the same
doctoral candidates and it offers a map adjourned of the knowledge produced
and of the evolution of the work areas of our community of Research»
米兰理工大学室内建筑研究生主任
Luca Guerrini 教授
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“Tranches de vie tranches de gateaux”
by M. Vogliazzo, about 1990
To be defined … with you

26. Metid MATCH 4 PhD
SOCIAL MEDIA IN RESEARCH
To be defined … with you