Following on from the joint W.AMCA 2025 workshop last year, organised between Politecnico di Milano, the University of Minho, Portugal, and the University of Darmstadt, Germany, a book was compiled of the great research being undertaken by PhD students and researchers across the universities. The...

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Published on September 01, 2025 | 2 min read

Kinetic Harlequin is a Kinetic Sculpture Developed and Presented at Milano Design Week at Fabbrica del Vapore for Metamorphosis by Sam Wilcock and Ornella Iuorio.The sculputure is an “Architectural Fragment” merging natural materials with robotic actuation, allowing surfaces to shift and morph ...

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Published on April 21, 2025 | 0 min read

On the 7th and 8th of October 2024, our group hosted the Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Construction Automation 2024. The event, held at the Department of Architecture, Building Engineering and Construction, saw researchers from the University of Minho and University of Darmstadt sharing ...

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Published on October 10, 2024 | 0 min read

The Collateral Event of the Biennale di Venezia 2023, “Students as Researchers”, was officially opened. This fantastic collective exhibition was led by the New York Institute of Technology, organised by Maria R. Perbellini, Marcella Del Signore, Alessandro Melis, and Athina Papadopoulou.We pres...

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Published on May 20, 2023 | 0 min read

For 2022, the Women’s Engineering Society, in association with The Guardian and Ball Corporation, invited nominations on numerous factors, including their ability to support and combat climate change, work as an advocate for women in STEM, their drive to make a difference within the engineering i...

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Published on June 23, 2022 | 1 min read

Dr Ornella Iuorio’s work in developing innovative modular housing construction, in partnership with ilke Homes, has received the prestigious Institute of Civil Engineers Sir John Fowler Award 2021.Dr Iuorio’s research has shown how incorporating advanced methodologies for the design of cold-for...

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Published on March 10, 2021 | 2 min read