MIAW 2024

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CITY, DISTRICTS, MEMORY

The MIAW-Milan International Architecture Workshop is the international intensive programme at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering, it provides an international design forum for schools, teachers and students, but it is also an informal platform to discuss issues and share ambitions that education implies. Its aim is to stimulate cross-over thinking between researches and practitioners in the design field, involving different scales and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach towards design problems. Each class has an International Guest Professor of high profile whose activity and interests are related to the different Study Courses and Disciplinary areas characterizing all our school.

In the past editions, 2014 and 2015, Miaw studios were concentrated on a series of abandoned buildings and areas of strategic interest for the municipality of Milan. In 2016 edition, all the projects focused on the renovation and expansion of Leonardo Polimi Campus, on the base of a selection of sites which, inside or outside the actual boundaries, can be of great interest for the immediate future of our campus. MIAW 2022 tried to produce proposals for new-generation spaces and facilities, which could identify the best conditions for the educational habitats of the immediate future.

MIAW 2023 proposed instead to work on the theme in balance between memory and archive. Thanks to the support of Milan’s cultural leaders, the five Ateliers worked on a contemporary idea of a museum capable of combining the themes of Archives. Places of memory conservation where the theme of exhibiting can become a device for a deep knowledge of the city and our culture.

This year for MIAW 2024 we have decided to continue with this theme of memory related to the identity of places and the different possibilities of displaying these identities, imagining a new idea of museum.  After the celebrations – last year – for 150 years since the aggregation of the municipality of the Corpi Santi in 1873 and the centenary of the union, in 1923, of eleven municipalities outside the Cerchia dei Bastioni, MIAW 2024 will reflect on the memory of the deepest identity of the municipalities that compose the city of Milan, imagining a spread museum made up of 8 pieces corresponding to the 8 municipalities that together with the Municipio 1 of the historic centre make up the city of Milan today.

Open Events of MIAW 2023!

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We are happy to invite you to the open events of MIAW 2023!

Within the framework of annual Milano Arch Week AUIC School in collaboration with Triennale Milano has organized on 9th June a morning of five Speed Talks with guest professors of MIAW 2023. The conference will be a sequence of presentations during which professors will speak about their work and about ideas related to the topic of the workshop.

The final important event of MIAW 2023 will be the exhibition with the projects of five ateliers, the opening of which will take place on 16th of June in AUIC school. It will be open till 30th of June.

We are looking forward to see you all on our open events!

More details on the flyer.

HELDER CASAL RIBEIRO

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Helder Casal Ribeiro is a Portuguese architect graduated from FAUP in 1992. In the same institution he has obtained also his Ph.D. in Architecture in 2013. Since 1999 he lectures in Design Studio of FAUP and is currently an auxiliary professor and head professor of 1st year Design Studio in Master Course. In the Ph.D Program in Architecture, co-headed courses, with participation of Monique Eleb, Cármen Espegel and Txato Sabater and coordinated FAUP´s Open Courses “100 years of housing” and “Dwelling in Europe”. Since 2020 he is a professor in
“Project Thesis Seminar”, option “Housing Project and Ways of Inhabiting”. Helder Casal Ribeiro is also a visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano in Mantova campus and in ABC Ph.D programme of Leonardo Campus. He develops professional activity since 1992. Has received National Award IHRU 2008_Construction for Social Housing Project in Porto.
Founder of “Fpoetics®_laboratorial hub”, and co-founder of curatorial collective “MATTER. The white conferences”. He is a researcher at CEAU in group “Atlas da Casa” with “Multi-family Dwelling: Theory, Design, Didactics” and
“Transference and Identity” projects, where currently researches the modern condition and its reflexes in the contemporary architectural scene. Currently associated to the research project “SIZA baroque”, funded by public agency that supports scientific research in Portugal (FCT).

FILIPE MAGALHÃES

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Filipe Magalhães (Porto, 1987) graduated in architecture at Faculdade de Arquitectura do Porto. He collaborated with Harry Gugger in Basel and Sanaa in Tokyo. Filipe co-founded Fala in 2013 and is currently a phd researcher at FAUP.
Besides his current teaching positions in Lisbon and Milan, Filipe is regularly invited as a teacher, guest critic and lecturer to various international schools and institutions. Fala’s work has been exhibited and published widely in biennials, single and collective exhibitions and printed media.

EDUARDO PESQUERA GONZÁLEZ

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Born in Santander(Spain), Eduardo Pesquera González from an early age was determined to become an architect because of his interest in technique and his desire for organization. He moved to the capital in the 80’s to study at the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

After finishing his studies in 1989, he began to collaborate with well-known architectural offices, and in parallel started his own professional studio in Madrid.

In 1994 he obtained the Architecture Scholarship through a public competition for a one-year stay at the Spanish Academy in Rome, which marked the start of his doctoral research on the contemporary operability of the design mechanisms of architecture from the past.

Upon his return from Rome, he obtained the position as Associate Professor of Architectural Projects at the School of Architecture of Madrid, a teaching activity that he combines -as it could not be otherwise in this discipline- with his own office, currently in Cantabria, Madrid and Mexico City. The work of his studio has been awarded prizes on more than 50 occasions, disseminated in exhibitions, magazines and books of international prestige. A work of varied programs with a common denominator: the resolution of issues intervening on complex systems, acting on most occasions in the purposeful update on architectures of the past.

ANTJE FREIESLEBEN

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Antje Freiesleben born in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, studied architecture at Hochschule der Künste of Berlin from 1985 to 1993. In 1994 with Johannes Modersohn she founded the Modersohn & Freiesleben studio. Since 1995 she has been a member of the Chamber of Architects of Berlin and from 1998 to 2004 collaborated with the Department of Urban Planning and Design of UDK. She has been an invited professor in various prominent institutions such as the Bauhaus University in Weimar and University of Siegen.

PAOLO CASCONE

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Born in Italy and growing up between the West Indies and East Africa, Paolo Cascone is an AA-trained architect with a Ph.D. at the intersection of environmental engineering and sustainable architecture. He is the founding director of CODESIGNLAB and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Environmental Design at the University of Westminster in London, where he is also leading research on eco-digital construction and off-grid housing solutions. His work on ecological design and performative architecture has been exhibited and published widely. Paolo is the scientific director of the African Fabbers project recently displayed at the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture (May 2021).

MIAW 2023

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ARCHIVES OF MEMORY

The MIAW – Milan International Architecture Workshop – is the international intensive programme at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering. It provides an international design forum for schools, teachers and students, but it is also an informal platform to discuss issues and share ambitions that education implies. Its aim is to stimulate cross-over thinking between researches and practitioners in the design field, involving different scales and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach towards design problems. Each class has an International Guest Professor of high profile whose activity and interests are related to the different study courses and disciplinary areas characterizing all our school.

In the past editions, 2014 and 2015, MIAW studios worked on a series of abandoned buildings and areas of strategic interest for the municipality of Milan. In the 2016 edition, all the projects focused on the renovation and expansion of Leonardo Polimi Campus, on the base of a selection of sites which, inside or outside the actual boundaries, can be of great interest for the immediate future of our campus.

Last year MIAW tried to produce proposals for new-generation spaces and facilities, which could identify the best conditions for the educational habitats of the immediate future.

Instead, this year’s workshop aims to find the balance between memory and archives. Thanks to the support of the Comune di Milano with its Department of Digital Transformation and Civic Services and the Department of Culture, the workshop had the opportunity of focusing on major cultural realities in Milan (Triennale di Milano, Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, Corriere della Sera), the five ateliers will work on a contemporary idea of a museum capable of interweaving the archival issues. Places of memory conservation in which the exhibition can become a device for a deeper knowledge of the city and of its culture.

SPEED TALKS!

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On June 9th and 10th, our Visiting Professor will take speed-talk lectures!
Thursday, June 9th – 5 pm – Room IIIB
Friday, June 10th – 9.30 am – Auditorium Via Pascoli
more details on the above flyer

MIAW 2022

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INVENTING SCHOOLS

The MIAW – Milan International Architecture Workshop – is the international intensive program of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering. It is an international design forum for schools, teachers and students, but it is also an informal platform to discuss different issues and share ambitions. The aim of the workshop is to stimulate cross-over thinking between researchers and practitioners in the design field, involving different scales and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach towards the design problems. Each class of the workshop is held by an International Guest Professor of high profile whose activity and interests are related to the different study courses and disciplinary areas characterizing our school.

The MIAW 2022 edition will focus on the design of new schools in Milan, starting from the already developed research program Inventing Schools.
The workshop will allow experimenting with new architectural approaches to the transformation and upgrade of school architecture in Milan, an urgent topic for the city but also for the country. Working on urban strategy and architecture projects the different sections will focus on a new vision for the school of tomorrow.

This year the International Guest Professors will be:
KARIN HOFERT, MLADEN JADRIC, GIANCARLO MAZZANTI, ELSA PROCHAZKA and MIA ROTH.

The first appointment is the MIAW kickoff meeting on May 17th, 2022.
The event will be held online.

The intensive weeks (6th-17th June) will be held in presence mode.

FINAL PRESENTATION DAY

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Amazing closing meeting for the end of Miaw 2021 edition.
The institutional greetings by the Dean of our AUIC School, Prof. Ilaria Valente, and by the Rector’s Delegate for Internationalization of our Politecnico, prof. Stefano Ronchi, was followed by an interesting speech by Pierfrancesco Maran, Councilor for Urban Planning, Green and Agriculture of the Municipality of Milano.
The works, moderated by Prof. Camillo Magni, showed the multiplicity of interpretations that the area of the Porta Romana.
Quick presentations made by each Atelier were introduced by their own professor, who shortly have defined the horizons, the approach, and the organization of the works.
The results will be soon shown in a virtual exhibition in which the book Miaw 2021.2026 OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE CITY. The challenging urban regeneration of Milano Porta Romana rail yard, edited by LetteraVentidue, will be presented to the public. 
Stay tuned! 

MIAW2021: LAST DAY!

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Last full workshop day: completed! We are all looking forward to attending the final presentation of the projects tomorrow morning, with special guests and discussants! Everybody is invited at 10 am on MIAW Teams channel. Today, Donatella Fioretti – introduced by Nicole De Togni – concluded the Speed Talk program with a fascinating reflection, placing architecture in a very realistic and concrete scenario. The projects illustrated from her professional experience brought out the strong relationships between the hardest part of architecture (materials, structure, regulations) and the more poetic one, facing the new skills and visions required by the contemporary project. Virginia Woolf’s words concluded the presentation, bringing out the difficult work of the architect, “who has to follow the fragility of the idea, but to realize it with the hardness of iron”.

SECTION A – Dubois  
Today at Atelier A, the students are finalizing their projects, working on graphics, and showing their point of strength inside the proposals. Moreover, they managed to overcome a big challenge, such as creating a general 3D model that will be essential for future common drawings.

#linearinfrastructure #verticalcity #performativelandscape
#teamwork #finalpresentation

SECTION B – Fioretti 
The week has come to a close. Today during revisions we packaged the projects as best we could. We are all very satisfied, both with the work done and the final result. Thanks to Professor Fioretti and to the students!

#finish #dedication #contentment #differences #merits

SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Last adjustments before tomorrow’s presentation! A long night attends students to finalize their projects and make them the most attractive and communicable.

#view #renders #photomontage #editing #presentation

SECTION D – Cavallo 
The students are currently finalizing the projects for tomorrow’s final presentation. All the masterplan are defined, and therefore it is time to show the catalyst elements of the projects.

#multiscalarapproach #greenspaces #connectingthecity 
#urbanlandscape #towards2026

SECTION E – Sánchez García
Today in the atelier we discuss the final presentation and we try to homogenize all the works.

#finalday #discussion #lastdrawings #end

SIXTH DAY | INTENSIVE WORKING DAY

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The work in our five classrooms, virtual and not, now is becoming increasingly intense. An alternation of individual work between groups and progress of the projects presentations to their mentors and to some professors of the Politecnico di Milano, “visiting” for a day. The fourth speed talks, introduced by Elena Fioretto, “Singular Territories” by prof. José Maria Sanchez Garcia focused on another theme very interesting for the students. Precise reasoning on the relationship between project and territories declined in four different situations, four different programs, but with the same delicate way of approaching the project. The record of the lecture is available here. To know more about Professor Sanchez Garcia’s professional work visit www.jmsg.es

SECTION A – Dubois  
Today at Atelier A, the students are finalizing their projects, starting to prepare the final drawings, and exploring different ways to communicate their ideas. Moreover, they collaborated to structure together with a common narrative for the presentation of Saturday.

#linearinfrastructure #verticalcity #citybalcony  
#permeability #publicvsprivate

SECTION B – Fioretti 
With today, we are almost at the end of the workshop, and projects are being finalized. The design of the park and the urban layout are done, now it’s time to produce the best possible drawings. We are hopeful, one more day of reviews and the work will be completed.

#goal #growth #working #define #awareness

SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Students are filing the final details: materials, finishes, and green design have now been chosen. Now the challenge is to best represent and communicate the project, but the inspiring lecture taken today on this by prof. Irrarázaval will surely help!

#brutalism #sketches #rocks #references #communication

SECTION D – Cavallo 
With the 3rd mid-workshop presentation, the development phase of the projects is over. After the general strategic vision has been conceived, the six groups of students are currently working on the catalyst points of the project that will be designed deeply and shown in the final presentations.

#catalystelements #connectivity #regeneration #landscapedesign 
#multiscalarapproach

SECTION E – Sánchez García
Today we had as a visiting professor Massimo Ferrari, and together we discussed the main reasons for the projects. Now we are going to present the work of our atelier in a collective way, finding solutions that you will see at the end!

#discussion  #collective #connection #boundaries #radicality

17/02 | MIAW DAY 5

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Today we had the chance to attend the Speed Talk by Roberto Cavallo, introduced by Martino Mocchi. He shared interesting cases from his professional experience in the Netherlands, revealing innovative methods and visions of the project, very useful to be confronted with the case of Porta Romana rail yard. The lecture focuses on the interactions between infrastructures and cities, in relation to urban transformations, introducing a deep reflection on the theme of “connection”. The many levels that lay behind this concept go from the large urban scale, reaching up to the architectural and technological ones, including the relation with local people.“The project of the connection is something open, fostering a dynamic transformation of place. We are not able to generate connections until we ask ourselves what we want to connect – and why”.

SECTION A – Dubois  
The students had the opportunity to present their work and receive some interesting feedback from the invited Professor Elena Fontanella. Now the challenge is to work together (virtually) to investigate the topic of “variation” along a linear infrastructure.

#verticalcity #linearinfrastructure #spatialcontinuity #visualconnections #sharedliving

SECTION B – Fioretti 
In the atelier of Professor Fioretti we divided the day in two parts: at the beginning there was a short but important communication about some significant types of social housing. Then, together with the guest professors Francesca Belloni and Francesco Bruno, we discussed some design issues during the ordinary reviews.

#relationship #complexity #linearity #suggestions #teaching

SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Students from all over the world are contributing to the projects with their personals backgrounds. Aerial walkways, cybernetics parks, trees species and monumental arenas: each project is enriching by developing its own peculiar character finding inspiration in the world of art and nature.

#arenas #bridge #theatre #structure #malevic

SECTION D – Cavallo 
Moving forward right to the final definition of the ideas. Now it is the time for the specific close-ups, the fragments that would represent the whole story… The students had the 2nd mid-workshop presentation. The concept for each projects is defined, now it is time to design with a higher degree of detail the green areas and the inner circulation system of the area.

#urbanconnection #socialinvolvement #publicspace #urbancourtyards #greeninfrastructure

SECTION E – Sánchez García
In the atelier of professor Sànchez Garcìa we were able to have a discussion with every group. The aim was on the one hand to clarify the various themes and on the other to understand wich were the better drawings to represent these ideas.

#masterplan #ideas #community #clarity

This fifth working day ended with the Speed Talk by prof. Roberto Cavallo, introduced by Martino Mocchi.
The lecture has been recorded and it is available here:


16/02 | HALF WAY POINT!

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The purpose of architectural education is not only to train professionally capable and brilliant architects, but rather critical intellectuals with a moral conscience.”Introduced by prof. Elena Fontanella, the prof. Hervé Dubois choose to start his speed talk of today (the recording is available here)  with a tribute to Luigi Snozzi’s work. References and personal experience build the precise lecture on the theme of the House with a several projects, that for sure will give a help to the students in the interpretation of the topic they are deal with. The forth intensive day is going to end. Half way point for our students, mentors and tutors.

SECTION A – Dubois  
Today at Atelier A, the students have presented their projects going in-depth into the chosen topic. We set up a virtual round table discussion to condense all the design proposals into a unique architectural and spatial solution.

SECTION B – Fioretti 
The students took their positions, explaining their compositional reasons. Some are focusing more on the park, some on the buildings, and some on the connections between north and south, crossing the railroad. It’s time to think about how best to describe the projects, which are all very impressive.

SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Projects evolve: the forms are refined, the structures begin to become concrete and the relations with the city are now defined. Now it’s up to the functional program!

SECTION D – Cavallo 
The six groups are working on the general masterplan for the area of the Porta Romana railyards, combining the conceptual strategy with the design actions at the base of their projects.

SECTION E – Sánchez García
In the atelier of Professor Sánchez García today a lecture about project references and architectural themes was presented by the tutors. After that we have continue with the project reviews. 

This fourth working day ended with the Speed Talk by prof. Hervé Dubois, introduced by Elena Fontanella.
The lecture has been recorded and it is available here. 

15/02 | MIAW: THIRD DAY

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…design activities underway… the final week of the workshop has begun! Students and tutors are working within their ateliers in different modalities – by groups, individually, in public sessions. The focus is on connections, hierarchies, public spaces, infrastructures. Porta Romana rail yard will be part of the system for winter Olympic Games 2026, including other districts of South Milan – e.g. Porta Giulia, hosting an arena for 15.000 spectators. As in other cases – recently EXPO 2015 – big events are an opportunity for fostering urban renewal and regeneration. In this context, the legacy of the Olympic Games will provide about 2.000 new beds to students: an important contribution to developing the HE system and an opportunity for introducing innovative forms of living and dwelling in Milan.


SECTION A – Dubois  
Here some highlights of the first milestone. The students have shared their design results about the linear infrastructure to define a set of topics they want to approach in future steps. The different ideas will converge into a communal and shared design proposal to rethink the area of Porta Romana railyard.

SECTION B – Fioretti 
Today at the atelier held by architect Donatella Fioretti there was a lot of talk about urban logic and hierarchy inside the project. Students start working at different scales, in order to focus on singularity without losing the urbanity of the intervention. There is still much to be done, but projects are taking shape.

SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Back to work after the weekend! Today busy day of reviews in Irrarázaval classroom trying to find the right balance between shape and construction system. Next goal: give forms a meaning!

SECTION D – Cavallo 
Today the students presented their state of advancement to prof. Roberto Cavallo for the 1st mid-workshop review, focused on the analysis of the area and on the preliminary strategic concept produced by each of the six groups.

SECTION E – Sánchez García
Today we have a discussion about the first ideas of masterplan given by students’ groups, trying to develop some topics that in the days before came out. 

Sunday…free day!

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After two days of intensive work and lectures, Sunday is a free day for our students and our visiting professors!
They are starting to deal with the theme of the Olympic Village for the winter games Milano-Cortina 2026, in the big empty area of Porta Romana railyard, one of the seven dismissed railyard that surrounds Milano without closing it. It was born in between the two historical axes that connected the city of Milano with Piacenza (Via Aemilia, today Coso Lodi) and Pavia (today Via Ripamonti) in a portion of the city on the edge of the countryside, today Parco Agricolo Sud. With the coming of modernity, Porta Romana becomes an important landing place for goods, whose construction and evolution is documented in the beautiful paintings by Umberto Boccioni, who saw the growing and changing of the area from his balcony. We will soon know how each atelier will interpret these traces and how the new projects will dialogue with the city that grew up outside its boundary.

13/02 | MIAW: SECOND DAY

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Second full workshop day: the groups have continued with their work within the Ateliers coordinated by visiting professors. “Infrastructures”, “connections”, “voids”, “urban scale”, “green areas” are the more common and shared keywords that emerged from the reflection. In the next few days, the projects are deepening into the architectonical scale. Here some numbers to frame the intervention: 187.226 sqm Land Area, 50% dedicated to Green. 164.000 sqm Total GFA, of which 68% dedicated to Free GFA and 32% to Subsidized Housing. Great quantities that will change the face of the city.

SECTION A – Dubois  
Today at the Atelier held by Professor Dubois, the students have presented their firsts thoughts about the new linear infrastructure, defining a dynamic public round for new relations within the city of Milan.

SECTION B – Fioretti 
Today we have made some reviews and we have focused more on the project, starting to analyze the architectural and typological aspects of the buildings. In addition, the park design and connecting infrastructure are also beginning to be described. The projects are very interesting, they have a lot of potentials

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SECTION C – Irarrázaval 
Projects start to take shape in Irrarázaval classroom! Students showed their ideas for Scalo di Porta Romana and between grids, diagrams, and art pieces projects go on inspired by two exciting lectures on “Repetition in architecture” and “Prefabricated systems” by professor Irrarázaval.

SECTION D – Cavallo 
The students are working on the interpretative analysis of the area that will result in the general strategy of their projects, combining the morphological and socio-economical potentialities and limits of the Porta Romana railyard.

SECTION E – Sánchez García
Today we worked on the strategic approach, talking about some aspects of this part of the city. We talked about some topics such as parks, architecture as infrastructure, linear city and boundaries.


FIRST DAY: DONE!

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All the students, guided by their mentors and tutors, in their virtual classrooms, today started to show their impressions and sketches about the place, Porta Romana, and reasonings about the interpretation of the theme proposed by this Miaw2021 edition. Specific lectures that explain various topics and approaches towards urban design were held in each classroom, as well as collective discussions and reviews. 

SECTION A – Dubois  
#linearinfrastructure #spatialcontinuity  #verticalcity  #permanencevsmodification #sharingcommunity

SECTION B – Fioretti 
#boundary #atmosphere #urbanism #landscape #identity 


SECTION C – Irrarazaval
#diagrams #branches #lines #dots #combs #knots #sewtheedge #palacesforpeople #montage #ecology #hibrydtypoligies


SECTION D – Cavallo
#eventcity #potential #urbanvoid #greeninfrastructure #tangramarchitects

SECTION E – Sanchez
#Inside/outside  #walkway&Connections #Greenbelt #Flexibility

This first working day ended with the first Speed Talk by prof. Sebastián Irarrázaval, introduced by prof. Claudia Tinazzi. 
Ephemeral and Permanent.
3 set designs + 3 buildings, a clear and deep lecture of architecture, has been recorded and it is available here.
And to know more about prof. Irarrázaval work: https://www.sebastianirarrazaval.net

MIAW 2021…START!

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Dress rehearsal for MIAW 2021 takes place today. The activities started with the presentation of material, introduced by Giulia Setti, followed by Martino Mocchi, for an overview of the Functional Program. After a plenary session, the more than 100 students involved in the workshop were split into 5 virtual classes for the first discussion with professors and tutors. Different approaches have emerged, which hint at very interesting conclusions, fostering different views of Porta Romana rail yard regeneration. A great kick-off for the beginning of the next working days, during which professors and students will put their expertise to explore and expand possibilities for this metropolitan area.

The recorded event is available here!

The workshop will take place totally online. Let’s meet again on February 12th for the first day of the intensive week!

MIAW 2021

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2026 OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE CITY
The challenging urban regeneration
of Milano Porta Romana rail yard

The MIAW – Milan International Architecture Workshop is the international intensive program of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering. It is an international design forum for schools, teachers and students, but it is also an informal platform to discuss different issues and share ambitions. The aim of the workshop is to stimulate cross-over thinking between researchers and practitioners in the design field, involving different scales and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach towards the design problems. Each class of the workshop is held by an International Guest Professor of high profile whose activity and interests are related to the different study courses and disciplinary areas characterizing our school.

The MIAW 2021 edition will focus on the event of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games Milano-Cortina. The workshop will allow to experiment new architectural approaches that will make the Olympic Games fisically-responsible, socially-sustainable and environmentally-friendly. The classes will focus on urban strategies and architecture projects to be implemented in the sites dedicated to the Olympic Games in Milan, with the intention of transforming the event in an opportunity for the city of Milan through a log-term regeneration process. 

MIAW 2021 – 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan

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The MIAW – Milan International Architecture Workshop is the international intensive programme of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering.
It is an international design forum for schools, teachers and students, but it is also an informal platform to discuss different issues and share ambitions.

The aim of the workshop is to stimulate cross-over thinking between researchers and practitioners in the design field, involving different scales and encouraging an interdisciplinary approach towards the design problems.
Each class of the workshop is held by an International Guest Professor of high profile whose activity and interests are related to the different study courses and disciplinary areas characterising our school.

The MIAW 2021 edition will focus on the event of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games Milano-Cortina.

The workshop will allow to experiment new architectural approaches that will make the Olympic Games fisically-responsible, socially-sustainable and environmentally-friendly.

The classes will focus on urban strategies and architecture projects to be implemented in the sites dedicated to the Olympic Games in Milan, with the intention of transforming the event in an opportunity for the city of Milan through a logterm regeneration process.

The MIAW 2021 – 11th edition is coming!

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The MIAW 11th edition is coming! It will take place at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering – Politecnico di Milano in January – March 2021 – period to be defined. The workshop will be developed by international professors and students.
Follow us and stay tuned!

MIAW AY 2019-20

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The international intensive programme MIAW-Milan International Architecture Workshop (4FU) is optional and is considered a workshop; therefore, in the study plan it replaces a teaching in the optional course group and must be combined with an optional course in order to obtain 8 CFU in total.
It will be held in Campus Leonardo Milan from 13 to 24 January 2020.

During the Study Plan compilation (August 26 – September 6), students may choose among the international Professors, expressing their section preferences order, and will be allocated according to merit based on the weighted average of examinations sat during the summer session.

The number of places for students enrolled on the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) Programmes, the three-year Laurea Triennele (equivalent to Bachelor of Science) Programme and the Exchange Programme for academic yaer 2019/20 has been defined as follows:

Students enrolled on the first year of the Programme may only bring the MIAW activity forward if they have entered all the first-year courses.
MIAW involves a final assessment and, on completion of lectures, students must register for a dedicated examination date in order to obtain the score in the career.

Any students not admitted will automatically be issued a generic workshop that must be defined or replaced with a second semester teaching, during the half-year Study Plan change period in February.
After the allocation, it will not be possible to delete the course from the Study Plan or replace it with another course, but it may be included as extra the following academic year.

Schedule – MIAW 2019

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1ST WEEK

Tuesday 15 January 
15.00 - 17.00 - Hall Rogers 

Opening Seminar
Welcome and Presentation

Ilaria Valente 
Dean, School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering 

Alessandro Rocca
Deputy Coordinator MSc Study programme
Co-founder MIAW

RIFORMARE PERIFERIE
Introduction 
Laura Pogliani - scientific committee - Head of technical coordination

MIAW Theme Introduction
Filippo Orsini - MIAW and RI-FORMARE scientific committee

17:00 - 19:00 (WS rooms)
Brief on WS organization

Wednesday 16 January
9:15 - 13:30 Area Survey
14:30 - 19:15 Starting Workshop

Thursday 17 January
9:15 - 13:00/14:30 - 19:15 Workshop
13:30 - 14:10 Speed Talk - Hall De Donato - Building 3
with Robert Sakula - chairman Giulia Setti 

Friday 18 January
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 17:15 Workshop
17:30 - 19:30 Aula Magna, Edificio 1 - Rettorato - Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
Book presentation: "A Real Living Contact with Things Themselves"
talk with the author Irénée Scalbert
with Alessandro Rocca, PierPaolo Tamburelli, Matteo Poli, Francesca Benedetto, Nina Bassoli


Saturday 19 January
11:30 Exhibition visit at Triennale Museum
*RICOSTRUZIONI - Architettura, città, paesaggio nell'epoca 
delle distruzioni
with the co-curator Nina Bassoli

2nd WEEK

Monday 21 January
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 19:15 Workshop
13:30 - 14:10 Speed Talk - Auditorium via Pascoli 53
with Louise Wright - chairman Catherine Dezio

Tuesday 22 january
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 19:15 Workshop
13:30 - 14:10 Speed Talk - Auditorium via Pascoli 53
with Katherine Ashe - chairman Elena Fontanella

Wednesday 23 January
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 19:15 Workshop
13:30 - 14:10 Speed Talk - Hall Rogers
with Elizabeth Hatz  - chairman Rossella Ferorelli  

Thursday 24 January
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 19:15 Workshop
13:30 - 14:10 Speed Talk - Auditorium via Pascoli 53
with Anna Marie Fisker - chairman Giulia Fini

Friday 25 January
9:15 - 13:00 / 14:30 - 19:15 Workshop

Saturday 26 January
Closing Seminar & Finissage
10-11:30 Hall rogers
Gennaro Postiglione - Head of MSc in Architecture - MIAW founder
VP | presentation of the Workshop results 
12:00 Exhibition Setup - Building 11, Ground floor
Talks with
Ilaria Valente
Dean, School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering 
Gabriele Pasqui
Head of Department of Architecture and Urban Studies 
Filippo Orsini, Gennaro Postiglione, Alessandro Rocca 
Miaw Scientific Committee 
P.Campos Costa, H.Fernàndez Elorza, S. Tillner, B.Vuga
PoliMi Visiting Professors in MSc Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors
** Paolo Mazzoleni
President, Milanese Architects Association
** Anna Prat
Comune di Milano, Piano Periferie
** Demetrio Scopelliti
Advisor for Urban Planning, Comune di Milano
13:30 Buffet&Drinks

*Optional Event
**To be confimerd