About the Editors
Stefano Della Torre who graduated in Civil Engineering and in Architecture, is a
Full Professor of Restoration at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy, and
Director of the ABC Department (Architecture, Built Environment and
Construction Engineering). He is the author of more than 360 publications. He
served as an advisor to the CARIPLO Foundation (Cultural Districts), the Italian
Government and Lombardy Region (policies on planned conservation of
historical-architectural heritage). He has been President of BuildingSMART Italia –
the national chapter of BuildingSMART International (2011-2017).
Sara Cattaneo has been Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at
Politecnico di Milano since 2011, where she received both her MS and PhD in
Structural Engineering. Since 2017 she has also been an Associate at the
Construction Technologies Institute, Italian National Research Council (ITC-CNR).
Examples of her wide-ranging research interests include fracture and damage of
quasi-brittle materials, constitutive behavior, and the structural response of
high-performance and self-consolidating concrete. She has been involved in a
number of research projects at the national and European levels. Since 1999 she has
spent periods at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of
Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA), where she has been a Visiting Professor. She is the
author of more than 100 papers in international journals and international conference proceedings and serves as a reviewer for several international journals.
Camilla Lenzi has been an Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
at Politecnico di Milano since 2015. She holds a PhD in Economics from the
University of Pavia and a Master of Science in Industry and Innovation Analysis
from SPRU – University of Sussex, UK. From 2005 to 2008, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Economics of Bocconi University and CESPRI
(now I-CRIOS). Her main research interests are in the fields of regional and
innovation studies, urban economics, highly skilled worker mobility, and
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Stefano Della Torre who graduated in Civil Engineering and in Architecture, is a
Full Professor of Restoration at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy, and
Director of the ABC Department (Architecture, Built Environment and
Construction Engineering). He is the author of more than 360 publications. He
served as an advisor to the CARIPLO Foundation (Cultural Districts), the Italian
Government and Lombardy Region (policies on planned conservation of
historical-architectural heritage). He has been President of BuildingSMART Italia –
the national chapter of BuildingSMART International (2011-2017).
Sara Cattaneo has been Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at
Politecnico di Milano since 2011, where she received both her MS and PhD in
Structural Engineering. Since 2017 she has also been an Associate at the
Construction Technologies Institute, Italian National Research Council (ITC-CNR).
Examples of her wide-ranging research interests include fracture and damage of
quasi-brittle materials, constitutive behavior, and the structural response of
high-performance and self-consolidating concrete. She has been involved in a
number of research projects at the national and European levels. Since 1999 she has
spent periods at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of
Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA), where she has been a Visiting Professor. She is the
author of more than 100 papers in international journals and international conference proceedings and serves as a reviewer for several international journals.
Camilla Lenzi has been an Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics
at Politecnico di Milano since 2015. She holds a PhD in Economics from the
University of Pavia and a Master of Science in Industry and Innovation Analysis
from SPRU – University of Sussex, UK. From 2005 to 2008, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Economics of Bocconi University and CESPRI
(now I-CRIOS). Her main research interests are in the fields of regional and
innovation studies, urban economics, highly skilled worker mobility, and
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