Bellini Oscar Eugenio

Oscar Eugenio Bellini, architect, holds a PhD in “Technical Innovation and Design in Architecture.” He is Associate Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (DABC) of the Politecnico di Milano.

He coordinates national and international research groups, providing scientific collaboration and consultancy to public and private institutions (research centres, universities, local authorities, etc.). He has been invited as speaker at conferences, seminars, and workshops in Italy and abroad.

He is the author of numerous scientific publications and monographs, with a particular focus on student and social housing.

He serves as Scientific Director of “HOME_Lab. Innovative Solutions for Student Accommodation,” a Soft Lab of the DABC, which conducts research and consultancy activities in the field of student accommodation and university housing.

He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Erasmus+ project “HOME2 – Home of Mobile Europeans,” aimed at promoting quality housing and defining guidelines for a European model of student accommodation. He is also the Scientific Coordinator of the Politecnico di Milano Research Unit for the PRIN 2022 project “RUSH – Responsive University Student Housing,” which investigates university housing as a potential driver of urban regeneration in Southern Italian regions.

Career

PhD in “Technical Innovation and Design in Architecture,” with highest honours, Politecnico di Milano, 15-02-2000.

Single-cycle Master’s Degree in Architecture, with honours, Politecnico di Milano, 21-12-1992.

Research

Oscar Eugenio Bellini’s research activity is situated in the fields of technological design in architecture and environmental design. His work focuses on the processes of formation, transformation, and management of the built environment and anthropized landscape, with particular attention to the relationship between morpho-techno-typological innovation, technical and construction feasibility, and the protection and enhancement of the context. His main research topics concern Student Housing and Social Housing, considered paradigmatic areas for design, management, and regulatory experimentation, studied in terms of housing models, qualitative and quantitative standards, and the role these infrastructures can play in urban and socio-economic regeneration processes. Additional areas of investigation include Vegetated and Greenery Architecture and the recovery of existing buildings (rooftop architecture, remodelage, etc.).

Oscar Eugenio Bellini also coordinates national and international research groups, providing collaborations and scientific consultancy to public and private organizations, including research centres, universities, and local administrations. Since 2021, he has served as Scientific Director of the Departmental Soft Laboratory HOME_Lab. Innovative Solutions for Student Accommodation, which integrates theoretical research and practical experimentation in the field of Student Housing by promoting collaborations with stakeholders at both national and international levels.

Selected Publications

Bellini, O. E. (2025). Condizioni di fattibilità tecno-tipologica negli alloggi per studenti. In M. Losasso, V. D'Ambrosio, & A. Bianco (a cura di), La progettazione sostenibile dell'housing universitario. Scenari applicativi e linee guida per gli aspetti funzionali-spaziali e di carattere tecnologico e ambientale (pp. 142–158). CLEAN Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-8497-965-0.

Bellini, O. E. (2025). Lo spazio abitativo degli alloggi: condizioni di mediazione indoor/outdoor. In M. Losasso, V. D'Ambrosio, & A. Bianco (a cura di), La progettazione sostenibile dell'housing universitario. Scenari applicativi e linee guida per gli aspetti funzionali-spaziali e di carattere tecnologico e ambientale (pp. 128–141). CLEAN Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-8497-965-0.

Bellini, O. E. (2024). C.F. Moller - Campus Hall University of Southern Denmark Odense - Denmark. Costruire in Laterizio, 195, 44–51.

Bellini, O. E., Romagnoli, M., & Arcieri, M. (2024). What has COVID-19 taught us? Student housing in a post-pandemic era. In F. Calabrò, L. Madureira, F. C. Morabito, & M. J. Piñeira Mantiñán (a cura di), Networks, Markets & People. NMP 2024 (pp. 97–109). Springer.

Bellini, O. E., Gambaro, M., Gullace, M. T., Arcieri, M., Álvarez Benito, C., Ben Rommane, S., Boon, S., & Figueira, M. F. (2023). Digital Infrastructure for Student Accommodation in European University Cities: The “HOME” Project. In E. Cangelli, E. Arbizzani, C. Clemente, F. Giofrè, A. M. Giovenale, M. Palme, S. Paris, & F. Cumo (a cura di), Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition (pp. 247–259). Springer.

Bellini, O. E., Gullace, M. T., & Mocchi, M. (2022). Re-Start: le policrisi dello Student Housing post-Coronavirus /Re-Start: Student Housing Polycrisis post-Coronavirus. TECHNE, 23, 94–103.

Bellini, O. E., & Arcieri, M. (2020). Il Megaformalismo dell’abitare. Genealogia e prerogative di un potenziale morfo-tecnotipo / Megaformalism of living. Genealogy and prerogatives of a potential morpho-technotype. AGATHÓN, vol. 7, p. 102-113.

Bellini, O. E., & Gambaro, M. (a cura di) (2020). Vivere e abitare l’Università. Bilancio nazionale sulla residenzialità universitaria. Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli Editore. ISBN 978-88-9164-630-9.

Bellini, O. E. (2019). Student Housing 2. Il progetto della residenza universitaria nella città contemporanea. Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli. ISBN: 9788891612038.

Bellini, O. E. (2015). Student housing 1. Atlante ragionato della residenza universitaria contemporanea. Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli. ISBN: 9788891604439.

Grants, awards and Honours

Main Awards and Recognitions

2022. Admitted to ministerial funding for the technical-economic feasibility study “Case di Piazzale Ermes Visconti in Bergamo: resilience and urban regeneration” (ranked 78th out of 290 applications).

2021. Winner, as Supervisor, of the first prize “Marco Biagi 2020” awarded by the Municipality of Milan for the thesis “Widespread Housing. A sustainable model for the elderly” by Marianna Arcieri and Riccardo Bargna.

2020. Winner, as Supervisor, of the first prize in the national phase of the 16th edition of the Multi Comfort Student Contest for the project “Parisian atmosphere” by Natalia Pamper Prodanov and Cecilia Chiara Cainarca, representing Italy at the international phase in Paris.

2011. Team leader of the project selected in the International Competition “Housing Contest. Compendium of high-performance, low-cost residential projects”, exhibited at the Triennale di Milano and published in the Edilstampa compendium.

2018. Winner of the Polisocial Award 2018 with the project “BECOMe - Business ECOsystem design for sustainable settlements in Mogadishu: affordable housing, local entrepreneurship and social facilities”, an integrated housing and social development model for Mogadishu, Somalia.

1994. Winner of the Scholarship from the Order of Architects of Bergamo to participate in the “VII International Seminar of Architectural and Urban Design”.

Community Service

Main Institutional Roles

2026-present. Member of the Department Council of the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

2021-present. He has, over the years, served as President, Alternate President, and Full Member of the State Examination Commissions for the Architecture Profession (Section A), Politecnico di Milano.

2018-present. Member of the ABC-PhD Doctoral Board, Politecnico di Milano.

2018-2021. Delegate for relations with professional associations and local authorities within the ABC-PhD Doctoral Board, Politecnico di Milano.

Responsibilities and Scientific Committees [excerpt]

2025. Scientific Coordinator of the Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) “Perspectives on the European Student Accommodation Crisis”, Politecnico di Milano.

2022. Scientific Coordinator and Organizing Committee Member of the European Conference “Welcome Home. Promoting Quality Student Accommodation for Erasmus+ Mobilities”, Politecnico di Milano.

2021-present. Scientific Coordinator of the “HOME_Lab. Innovative Solutions for Student Accommodation”, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

2019: Scientific Coordinator and Organizer of the National Conference “Vivere e abitare l’Università - Bilancio Nazionale sulla residenzialità universitaria”, Politecnico di Milano.

2018–present. Member of the Scientific Committee of the First and Second Level MASTER in “PCGdIS – Progettazione, Costruzione, Gestione delle Infrastrutture Sportive”, Politecnico di Milano.

2012-present. Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Politecnica” editorial series, “Architettura” subseries, Maggioli Editore.