on built environment regeneration. The ABC Department of Politecnico di Milano,
with its multidisciplinary faculty composition, is well-equipped to address all these
research subjects and has launched over time a series of national and international
research projects that explore and analyse in depth how these challenges can be
addressed. Additionally, the international openness of the studies conducted at ABC
enables a comparison with the most advanced research—basic, applied, technological and project-based—conducted abroad.
In particular, this volume offers a rich and kaleidoscopic selection of the most
prominent conceptual, empirical, methodological, technical, case study and
project-based researches conducted by the members of ABC and that are the outcome of national and international research projects carried in collaboration with
other universities and research centres, also on behalf of institutional and governmental bodies (e.g. UNESCO, UIA, EACEA, EC-JRC, ESPON, DG REGIO); of
participation to sectoral boards and committees (e.g. ISO, CEN, UNI, Network
Android-Disaster Resilient, IEA, Stati Generali della Green Economy, Green Public
Procurement, Associazione Rete Italiana LCA, Lombardy Energy Cleantech
Cluster); of dialogues with institutions (e.g. national ministries, regional government, local administrations).
The design of this volume follows the challenge logic sketched above.
Accordingly, the volume is organised in four main sections, each addressing one
of the four specific challenges listed above and opening with an introduction written
by the volume editors. Given the multidisciplinary nature of this volume, the
allocation of each contribution in a specific section is not watertight but, in our
view, the proposed structure of the volume serves as a useful structure of central
themes in the research field on the regeneration of the built environment from a
circular economy perspective.
Sara Cattaneo
Camilla Lenzi
Alessandra Zanelli
Introduction
ix
with its multidisciplinary faculty composition, is well-equipped to address all these
research subjects and has launched over time a series of national and international
research projects that explore and analyse in depth how these challenges can be
addressed. Additionally, the international openness of the studies conducted at ABC
enables a comparison with the most advanced research—basic, applied, technological and project-based—conducted abroad.
In particular, this volume offers a rich and kaleidoscopic selection of the most
prominent conceptual, empirical, methodological, technical, case study and
project-based researches conducted by the members of ABC and that are the outcome of national and international research projects carried in collaboration with
other universities and research centres, also on behalf of institutional and governmental bodies (e.g. UNESCO, UIA, EACEA, EC-JRC, ESPON, DG REGIO); of
participation to sectoral boards and committees (e.g. ISO, CEN, UNI, Network
Android-Disaster Resilient, IEA, Stati Generali della Green Economy, Green Public
Procurement, Associazione Rete Italiana LCA, Lombardy Energy Cleantech
Cluster); of dialogues with institutions (e.g. national ministries, regional government, local administrations).
The design of this volume follows the challenge logic sketched above.
Accordingly, the volume is organised in four main sections, each addressing one
of the four specific challenges listed above and opening with an introduction written
by the volume editors. Given the multidisciplinary nature of this volume, the
allocation of each contribution in a specific section is not watertight but, in our
view, the proposed structure of the volume serves as a useful structure of central
themes in the research field on the regeneration of the built environment from a
circular economy perspective.
Sara Cattaneo
Camilla Lenzi
Alessandra Zanelli
Introduction
ix