Modern Method of Construction

Examines flexible and decentralized production systems that support customization through digital design and adaptive manufacturing. The main concepts of mass customisation, supply chain management and distributed manufacturing are linked together to optimize material use, environmental impact and prefabrication in architectural design.|

Projects

Discover a new balance between people and the built environment

Our projects deepen the complexities of design possibilities, revealing innovative solutions at the intersection of materialities, context, and architecture.

Modern Method of Construction, Experimental Material Systems Design

Poli-Façades

Modern Method of Construction, Experimental Material Systems Design

Smart materials for Dynamic Façade Systems

Contemporary Material and Technological Culture, Modern Method of Construction

Desert Tectonics

3D Printed Shading System

Contemporary Material and Technological Culture, Modern Method of Construction, Experimental Material Systems Design, Perception, Materiality and Future Scenarios

Imagining Future(s)

A collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Exhibitions

Discover our works firsthand

Through exhibitions we provide a unique opportunity to explore our latest projects and innovative ideas. Explore the most recent ones.

Apr 2025

Growing Matter(s)

Milano Design week 2025

Jun 2024 — Sep 2024

Design Temporariness!

Lucca Biennale Cartasia (LuBiCa)

May 2021 — Nov 2021

Mat.Res From a microscope to a prototype for a resilient architecture

17th International Architecture Exhibition Biennale di Venezia

Publications

Major insights for tomorrow’s Design

Explore our publications to uncover new insights and discover the cutting edge of design and architecture. What is coming next is already on the way.

2024

Paper

Silk Pavilion

ARKETIPO (ISSN: 1828-4450) — New business media, Il Sole 24 ore

Pittau, Francesco; Paoletti, INGRID MARIA; Casto, Danilo

2023

Paper

Executive Design of the Façade Systems. Typologies and Technologies of the Advanced Building Envelopes

POLIMI SPRINGERBRIEFS — Springer

Paoletti, I.; Nastri, M.

2023

Paper

Construction of the Façade Systems. Production and Assembly Procedures of the Advanced Building Envelopes

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY — Springer

Nastri, M.; Paoletti, I.

2022

Paper

Numerical and Experimental Validation of Active Vibration Control Logic Performance of a Hybrid Noise Control-Based Brick

ACOUSTICS (ISSN: 2624-599X) — MDPI AG

Ronconi, I; Salierno, R; Liu, L; Giglio, A; Ripamonti, F; Paoletti, I

2022

Paper

Lightweight design with displacement constraints using graded porous microstructures

COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES (ISSN: 0045-7949) — Elsevier

Bruggi, M.; Ismail, H.; Logo, J.; Paoletti, I.

2022

Paper

Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Novel Bio-Based Composite for Building Insulation

SUSTAINABILITY (ISSN: 2071-1050), vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 1-23; DOI:10.3390/su14031384 — MDPI

Carcassi, Olga Beatrice; Minotti, Pietro; Habert, Guillaume; Paoletti, Ingrid; Claude, Sophie; Pittau, Francesco

2021

Paper

Nature-inspired optimization of tubular joints for metal 3D printing

STRUCTURAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION (ISSN: 1615-1488) — Springer

Kanyilmaz, Alper; Berto, Filippo; Paoletti, Ingrid; Caringal, Ric Joseph; Mora, Samantha

2021

Paper

Heteronomy of architecture. Between hybridation and contamination of knowledge

TECHNE (ISSN: 2239-0243) — Firenze University Press

Paoletti, I.; Vettori, M. P.

2021

Paper

Design of a passive mechanical system actuated by the nitinol helical springs for shading and sustainable development purposes of the buildings☆

BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT (ISSN: 0360-1323) — Pergamon Press

Mansourizadeh, Khashayar; Golahmadi, Ayda; Paoletti, Ingrid; Anishchenko, Maria

2019

Paper

A computational workflow for understanding acoustic performance in existing buildings

Intelligent & Informed. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019), pp. 443-453; ISBN: 9789887891710 — The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)

Zheliazkova, M.; Kummamuru, B. R.; Paoletti, I

2019

Paper

Fabrication and durability testing of a 3D printed façade for desert climates

Additive Manufacturing, vol. 28, pp. 439-444; ISSN: 2214-8604

Grassi, G.; Spagnolo, S.L.; Paoletti, I

2019

Paper

Digital Control Room per il progetto e la gestione degli edifici complessi || Digital control room for the project and management of complex building

Techne, vol. 18, pp. 263-271; ISSN: 2239-0243 — Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment

Puglisi, V.; Baiardi, L.; Paoletti, I.

2016

Paper

Adaptive Manufacturing: a new perspective for construction industry

Back to 4.0: rethinking the digital construction industry, pp. 341-350

Paoletti, I.; Misayaka, E.

2016

Paper

Nuovi processi e tecnologie innovative per l’architettura

Agathon, vol. 5, pp. 115-118; ISSN: 2464 9309

Paoletti, I.

2015

Paper

Advanced Customization in Architectural Design and Construction

vol. IX, pp. 169; ISBN: 9783319044224 — Springer Verlag

Paoletti, I.; Naboni, R

2015

Paper

Building and dismanteling

Modulo, vol. 396, pp. 54-59; ISSN: 0390-1025

Paoletti, I.; Chiarandà, G

2015

Paper

3D Printing Building

Modulo, vol. 394, pp. 156-159; ISSN: 0390-1025

Paoletti, I.

2012

Paper

Innovazione dalla struttura all’involucro

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 3, pp. 55-58; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2012

Paper

Abitare flessibile, leggero e performante

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 1, pp. 61-63; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2012

Paper

Trasparente e itinerante. Il progetto “The Cube”

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 2, pp. 55-57; ISSN: 0010 9673

Paoletti, I.

2011

Paper

Tecnologie innovative per il restauro, la valorizzazione e la fruizione dei beni culturali

Architecture and Innovation for Heritage, pp. 201-208; ISBN: 9788854838376 — Aracne

Mangiarotti, A.; Paoletti, I.

2011

Paper

The Restoration Design of Mater Misericordiae Church (1957-1958). Il progetto di restauro della Chiesa Mater Misericordiae (1957-1958)

Glass in the 20th Century Architecture: Preservation and Restoration, pp. 395-417; ISBN: 9788887624502 — Mendrisio Academy Press

Barazzetta, G; Paoletti, I.

2011

Paper

Re-Innovare. Il contributo della ricerca tecnologica nel recupero di Nostra Signora della Misericordia a Baranzate || Re-Innovating. Technological research contribution in the recovery of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Baranzate

Techne. Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, vol. 1, pp. 138-143; ISSN: 2239-0243

Mangiarotti, A.; Paoletti, I.

2011

Paper

Assemblaggio a secco e innovazione. Intervista all’Ing. Francesco Viero

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 2, pp. 58-60; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2010

Paper

Digital Fabrication and Mass Customization in Building Construction. Some recent case studies

Voyatzaki, M.; File to Factory. The design and fabrication of innovative forms in a continuumis, pp. 254-262; ISBN: 9789609900812 — Charis

Paoletti, I.; Lo Prete, M.

2010

Paper

Coperture trasparenti

Frames. Architettura dei Serramenti, vol. 146, pp. 108-113; ISSN: 1123-8143

Paoletti, I.; Romano, M.G.

2010

Paper

Software di simulazione, interfacce grafiche per l’engineering e parametri di conversione per la prototipizzazione: chi fa cosa e come nella dinamica multiforme dell’architettura complessa. E non solo

Modulo, vol. 364, pp. 785-797; ISSN: 0390-1025

Paoletti, I.; Converso, S

2009

Paper

La Pelle. L’involucro contemporaneo tra sperimentazione formale e innovazione tecnologica

L’Arca, vol. 245, pp. 12-15; ISSN: 0394-2147

Paoletti, I.

2009

Paper

Acciaio eclettico e puntuale per progetti di tutte le dimensioni

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 2, pp. 66-68; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2009

Paper

Studio De Miranda Associati: cinquant’anni di progetti in acciaio

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 1, pp. 67 70; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2008

Paper

Digitale complesso. I software per la progettazione e la costruzione dell’architettura

Progettare, vol. 41, pp. 54-57; ISSN: 1594-8137

Paoletti, I.

2008

Paper

Un sandwich per solaio

Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, vol. 58, pp. 4-5; ISSN: 1721-5463

Paoletti, I.

2006

Paper

Una copertura spaziale reticolare per la rivisitazione del Palavela

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 1, pp. 47 56; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2005

Paper

Un rombo in acciaio e vetro per il Prada Store a Tokyo di Herzog e de Meuron, 2003

Costruzioni Metalliche, vol. 2, pp. 21-26; ISSN: 0010-9673

Paoletti, I.

2005

Paper

Facciate evolute

Progettare per la Sanità, vol. 90, pp. 44-47; ISSN: 1720-6642

Paoletti, I.

2005

Paper

Una facciata vetro-telaio a prova di test

Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, vol. 33, p. 13; ISSN: 1721-5463

Paoletti, I.

2005

Paper

L’involucro si racconta attraverso le opere

Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, vol. 31, pp. 2-3; ISSN: 1721 5463

Paoletti, I.

2005

Paper

Una carena in legno e vetro per RPBW

Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, vol. 30, p. 10; ISSN: 1721-5463

Paoletti, I.

2004

Paper

Una costruzione a puzzle

Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, vol. 22, p. 17; ISSN: 1721-5463

Paoletti, I.

1999

Paper

Le tecniche esecutive per il Terzo Millennio

Modulo, vol. 252, pp. 504-513; ISSN: 0390-1025

Paoletti, I.

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