About us

The mission of the ABC Department is to respond with responsibility, scientific rigor, and creativity to the challenges affecting the entire sector of construction, architecture, and the built environment.

The challenges that guide the Department’s research and development policies, as outlined in its strategic plan, are:

• the energy and ecological transition
• technological innovation and the digital transition
• risk adaptation and mitigation
• social inclusion and responsibility
• the enhancement of cultural identity
• cooperation and development

The Department pursues the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by generating innovative ideas and solutions for a built environment that is more sustainable, healthy, safe, inclusive, and connected, as well as new methods and tools to design, construct, manage, and transform buildings throughout their entire life cycle.

Through an excellent educational offering, the ABC Department addresses the need to train new highly specialized professionals capable of managing the ecological and digital transition. It promotes a model of advanced research and experimentation based on multidisciplinarity.

DABC shares with the University the core values of honesty and integrity, respect, professionalism, and transparency, and represents a place of experimentation and planning at the service of society.

The value that DABC brings to research and education can be traced back to its ability to:

• observe ongoing changes, anticipate issues, and propose solutions through a curiosity-driven approach, envisioning scenarios of innovation and transformation (technological foresight);
• enhance interdisciplinarity to creatively address and solve complex problems and generate knowledge advancement through cutting-edge research projects;
• create synergies with the public administration, the third sector, and businesses in design, production, construction, and management.

The transdisciplinary approach is ABC’s added value in addressing the challenges of sustainability, efficiency, and resilience in the built environment, within the framework of a cohesive and innovative polytechnic culture.

The expertise available can be grouped into four main areas:

• sciences and technologies for construction and the built environment;
• building and construction engineering;
• architectural and technological design in its various dimensions (architectural, technological, performance-related, and constructive) and at different scales (materials, building and systems components, buildings, built environment), for new construction, redevelopment, renovation, and conservation;
• history, protection, management, and enhancement of the built environment and landscape.

DABC is committed to designing inclusive spaces that pay attention to equal opportunities, promoting “Design for All,” in line with the University’s Strategic Plan:

“To be an increasingly welcoming and inclusive place, guarantee equal opportunities, and value the uniqueness of individuals through specific actions that deconstruct stereotypes and combat every form of unjust discrimination, with great attention to the physical and psychological well-being of the entire polytechnic community.”

Secondo il QS Ranking del 2024, il DIpartimento ABC detiene la 7a posizione al mondo nell’ambito dell’Architettura e del settore delle costruzioni e la 12a posizione al mondo per Engineering Civil e Structural

• Ricerca competitiva e internazionalizzazione: 94 progetti vinti su base competitiva, oltre 450 contratti, 60 Visiting Professors; 54% dei dottorandi stranieri, 72 borse di dottorato

• Impatto della ricerca nella comunità scientifica: 2.700 prodotti scientifici, di cui 450 con pre- senza di coautori internazionali e oltre 1.000 con impatto internazionale (WOS/SCOPUS)

• Formazione di I, II e III livello e formazione continua: 2.970 CFU in 603 insegnamenti totali nelle 4 Scuole di Ateneo; 87 CFU tra Dottorato ABC e Scuola di Dottorato, 68 tra Corsi di Perfeziona- mento, Master ed eventi di Formazione Continua

• Responsabilità sociale: 570 iniziative di public engagement: curatela della Biennale di Venezia Architettura; convenzione con il FAI per la promozione del patrimonio culturale; consulente WHO per salute e benessere ambientale; responsabile coordinamento e scientifico di Mantova Archi- tettura, Milano Arch Week, Arte Sella Architettura e di 3 progetti PoliSocial