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Buildings for Education

A Multidisciplinary Overview of The Design of School Buildings

  • Explores the social role of the school

  • Analyzes innovations in design and construction processes

  • Describes tools, technologies, and approaches to upgrade existing buildings

Part of the book series: Research for Development (REDE)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Urban and Social Role of School Buildings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
    2. The Topic of the School Building in the Milanese Professionalism

      • Michele Caja, Martina Landsberger, Angelo Lorenzi
      Pages 17-27Open Access
    3. Imagining the School of the Future

      • Massimo Ferrari, Claudia Tinazzi, Annalucia D’Erchia
      Pages 41-51Open Access
    4. Modernist Schools in the New Rural Landscape of the Pontine Plain

      • Francesca Bonfante, Nora Lombardini, Emanuela Margione, Luca Monica
      Pages 53-62Open Access
    5. Rural and Urban Schools: Northern Greece in the Interwar Period

      • Cristina Pallini, Aleksa Korolija, Silvia Boca
      Pages 63-72Open Access
    6. Bovisa: A Park for Work and Research

      • Domenico Chizzoniti, Luca Monica, Tomaso Monestiroli, Raffaella Neri
      Pages 95-103Open Access
    7. The Quality of the Project and the MIUR Standards for the Control and Funding of Buildings for Education and Training

      • Giovanni Castaldo, Matteo Gambaro, Elena Mussinelli, Andrea Tartaglia
      Pages 117-125Open Access
    8. Design for Schools

      • Domenico Chizzoniti, Luca Monica, Tomaso Monestiroli, Raffaella Neri, Laura Anna Pezzetti
      Pages 139-158Open Access
  3. The Paths to Innovation: Tools, Models and Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-161
    2. A BIM-Based Process from Building Design to Construction: A Case Study, the School of Melzo

      • Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Paolo Ettore Giana, Francesco Paleari, Marco Schievano, Elena Seghezzi, Valentina Villa
      Pages 163-173Open Access
    3. A Collaborative Approach for AEC Industry Digital Transformation: A Case Study, the School of Liscate

      • Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Paolo Ettore Giana, Marco Schievano, Francesco Paleari
      Pages 175-184Open Access
    4. Use of Predictive Analyses for BIM-Based Space Quality Optimization: A Case Study, Progetto Iscol@

      • Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Matteo Frate
      Pages 185-192Open Access
    5. Technical-Scientific Support for the Definition of the Project for the Reconstruction of School Buildings Involved in Seismic Events

      • Emilio Pizzi, Maurizio Acito, Claudio Del Pero, Elena Seghezzi, Valentina Villa, Enrico Sergio Mazzucchelli
      Pages 193-202Open Access

About this book

This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This transformative process aims to give old buildings a fresh identity, to ensure that facilities are compliant with the new educational and teaching models, and to improve both energy efficiency and structural safety with respect to seismic activity. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which focuses on the social role of the school as a civic building that can serve the needs of the community. Innovations in both design and construction processes are then analyzed, paying special attention to the Building Information Modeling (BIM) strategy as a tool for the integration of different disciplines. The final section is devoted to the built heritage and tools, technologies, and approaches for the upgrading of existing buildings so that they meet the new regulations on building performance. The book will be of interest to all who wish to learn about the latest insights into the challenges posed by, and the opportunities afforded by, a comprehensive school building and renovation program.

Keywords

  • Retrofitting of school buildings
  • Social function of schools
  • Urban schools
  • Building Information Modeling
  • BIM
  • School building materials
  • Seismic risk assessment
  • Schools and redevelopment
  • Concrete school buildings
  • Open Access

Editors and Affiliations

  • Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Stefano Della Torre, Massimiliano Bocciarelli, Laura Daglio, Raffaella Neri

About the editors

Stefano Della Torre, who graduated in Civil Engineering and in Architecture, is 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 250 publications. He serves as an advisor for the CARIPLO Foundation (Cultural Districts), the Province of Como and Lombardy Region (policies on the programmed conservation of historical-architectural heritage). He has been President of BuildingSMART Italia – the national chapter of the association BuildingSMART International.

Massimiliano Bocciarelli is an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, where he lectures in Structural and Solid Mechanics at the School of Industrial Engineering and of Steel and Concrete Structures within the School of Architecture. He graduated from the Politecnico di Milano and then completed an MSc in Structural Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and a PhD in Structural Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. His research interests have primarily focused on numerical methods for the modeling of the service and ultimate behavior of materials and structures with particular regard to the diagnosis of historical masonry structures. He is the author of more than 40 papers in international journals.

Laura Daglio, PhD, is a registered architect and an Associate Professor of Architectural Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (Department of Architecture, the Built Environment, and Construction Engineering), where she works on research issues concerning building and construction design, with a special interest in social housing, environmental design and sustainability in architecture for new construction as well as renovation. She is involved in research programs funded by ministries and public bodies at different levels and in international projects. She is the author of books, essays, articles in reviews, and academic papers on topics related to sustainability in architecture and environmental comfort at different scales. She has led various projects for the construction and refurbishment of public and private buildings and has achieved mentions and awards in design competitions.

Raffaella Neri is Full Professor at the Politecnico di Milano. She graduated in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1986 and later gained a PhD in Architectural Composition from IUAV, Venice (1993) and completed a further PhD research project at La Triennale di Milano (1994–5). Since 1996 she has been a researcher in Architectural and Urban Composition. She became an Associate Professor at the Politecnico’s School of Civil Architecture in 2002 and obtained the national qualification of Full Professor in 2012. Since 2003 she has been a member of the teaching staff body for the PhD in Architectural Composition at IUAV, Venice. Her research activities include the theory of architecture, urban design, and the role of construction in design. In recent years she has studied compositional principles for residential developments and the issue of redevelopment of brownfield sites and former military zones. She participates in design contests, and won the Luigi Cosenza National Architecture Award in 1996.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Buildings for Education

  • Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Overview of The Design of School Buildings

  • Editors: Stefano Della Torre, Massimiliano Bocciarelli, Laura Daglio, Raffaella Neri

  • Series Title: Research for Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33687-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33686-8Published: 31 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33689-9Published: 18 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33687-5Published: 30 December 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2198-7300

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-7319

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 326

  • Number of Illustrations: 141 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Building Construction and Design, Energy Efficiency, Building Materials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Schools and Schooling

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