Designing the Extreme. Architectures in Limit Environments

The initiative is part of the Polar – IF Program // Project for the Italian Concordia Station. Redesign of the Summer Camp and Surrounding Areas, a joint program of the Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP) aimed at establishing a strategic collaboration between the Italian Concordia Station and the Polytechnic Universities of Turin and Milan, with the objective of developing an innovative and multidisciplinary vision for the future of the summer camp and the surrounding areas of the base.

PROGRAM

• 9:30 Opening remarks - Elena Vigliocco, ASP (PoliTO)
• 9:45 The project Polar – IF - Roberto Dini (PoliTO) and Alberto Collet (PoliMI)
• 10:00 Construction strategies for extreme environment. The experience of LEAP factory - Stefano Girodo, architect (Leapfactory)
• 10:45 Windblown Snow Mitigation around Civil Structures - Lorenzo Raffaele, engineer and researcher (PoliTO)
• 11:30 Challenges and ideas for the future Concordia summer camp - ASP Students: Davide Curletto, Lucrezia Ludovici, Gregorio Giampaoli, Alessandro Pizzato, Riccardo Polato, Luigi Marzo

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