Preface This book marks the completion of the course of studies for the 9th cycle of students of the Alta Scuola Politecnica. Created in 2004, the Alta Scuola Politecnica programme draws inspiration from the experience of the Politecnico di Milano and the Politecnico di Torino, two universities with different histories, contexts and methods, which both share the common goal to offer a highlyFinnovative academic curriculum to talented students with an high interest in multiFdisciplinarity. From the beginning, this ambitious project aimed to create a soFcalled “LeF arning route” between Turin and Milan. Thanks to the growing economic and social bonds between these two cities, two key realities of the Italian ecoF nomy, we are even more certain hat ten years ago we took the right decision, a decision that, during this time, has evolved improved and have been put into effect. The world is experiencing a very fast technological and social development, which is leading to the emergence of new paradigms. As a result, future techF nical professionals should not only be specialists in a given discipline, but they should be also able to build the most suitable and innovative solutions to be transferred to the products and services of the future. At the same time, considering particularly talented students, we believe that universities should do more than simply issuing degrees but they should also prepare these students to become future leaders and meet the speci¿c demands that prospective employers ascribe to this particular graduates segment. In this regard, the Alta Scuola Politecnica provides an added value with respect to the traditional academic approach. ASP students are given the opportunity to continuously bene¿t and pro¿t from one another, from the courses offered by both universities, and from projects at the cutting edge of technology proF posed by companies. Through this unique learning experience, they develop the managerial skills and the overall training that employers are increasingly seeking from top graduates in technical disciplines. Students have the opF portunity to work in teams, to manage complex projects which require multiF disciplinary contributions (as illustrated in this book), and attend residential courses, as well as enjoying a stimulating learning experience. The signi¿F cant presence of industrial sponsors in the eleven ASP cycles gives proof of the fact that the mix of specialized skills, coming from the Master programs, and interdisciplinary skills, coming from ASP are really appreciated by those who operate in this sector. This important achievement con¿rms that the path we chose to follow in 2004 proved to be appropriate and still promising, and encourages us to pursue this goal with the same enthusiasm shown by our ASP students. Prof. Giovanni Azzone, Rector, Politecnico di Milano Prof. Marco Gilli, Rector, Politecnico di Torino ASP PROJECTS 3 Summary Partnership with public and private institutions, network between territoriF es, supporting to innovation and research are main objectives for the ToF rino Chamber of Commerce which promotes the economic development and the local businesses growth. The Chamber offers a wide range of services to more than 231,000 comF panies working in the province and listed in the public Register of EnterF prises: training, technological innovation, collection and distribution of inF formation, fostering of business relations at home and abroad, creation of services and ¿nancing of projects designed to assist new businesses, promotion and organization of events, access to ¿nancing, information and consultancy for companies involved in foreign trade. A particular attention is dedicated to the different levels of education, from professional courses to postFuniversity Masters, with a special focus on high education systems and international training, which represent a signiF ¿cant tool for the attractiveness and worldwide relations, together with the solidity of the industrial fabric, the proFbusiness mood of the public adminiF stration, the quality of life in a creative, cultural and artistic context. This is the reason why the Torino Chamber of Commerce, years ago, decided to cooperate with the ASP, the advanced international Faculty, founded by Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano, to enhance links between the two cities. Italian Chambers of Commerce work to build local area networks between research centers and enterprises, individual enterprises, institutions, terriF tories and cities, as well as technological networks. Torino, Milan and Genoa Chambers of Commerce support the development of NorthFwestern macroeconomic region by means of projects. Figures are signi¿cant: north-western Italy (Piemonte, Lombardia, Val d’AF osta and Liguria) is one of the European biggest areas, with a population that nearly amounts to 16 million people and 1.583,000 enterprises. It is an integrated territory that can proudly compete with the other European polycentric regions. The NorthFwestern region needs economical and infrastructural actions but also stronger cultural relations, focusing in particular on art, education and organization of international events, as Milano Expo 2015. In addition Torino Chamber of commerce will host the 9° World Chambers Congress in June 2015. The Congress is the only global event gathering Chambers’ chief executives and businessmen worldwide to exchange best practice, to widen network and develop projects to support SMEs. A new challenge for the Torino Chamber of commerce and for the city itself. ASP Alumni Association – Overview 10 1. PIA_A 14 7. DBVERSE The Space Park 8. WATT Playing Architecture, a prototype of a smart public building 2. SCIeNCE 22 Food and Water Security in Changing Climate A. Virtual Water and Food 26 B. Virtual Water, Food and Energy 30 36 Smart big data for smart cities in the year 2015 A. MuniciPanel B. Ciao!City 4. ACEDBIoT 40 44 48 9. SYN DYAG Development of a system for 3D face comparison aimed at medically diagnosing rare diseases and syndromes involving face dysmorphisms 56 Future Food District A. Mix, share, buy 60 B. Over Oven 64 The app that will make small knitwear companies bigger 100 NEA Going towards solutions for Ambient Assisted Living 11. Virtual Museum 108 Virtual Museum for the XXI century 12. Inteface Design A. Mercure 6. SmartBk 92 116 De¿nition of a User-Friendly System for Data Mining Safe Cities through Cloud and the Internet of Things 5. FFD 84 Waterways for Territory Transformation, a methodological approach to urban and landscape design 10. GoAAL 3. Data4cities 76 68 120 B. Dialogue: connect, visualise, inform 124 13. EXPeeRIA 128 Experiencing a Network of Places for Expo 14. sMAIN 136 Innovative Small Appliances & Accessories www.to.camcom.it 8 ASP PROJECTS 9 ASP Alumni Association – Overview the next years. The guests – Loris Tealdi (Society of Petroleum Engineers, Italy), Francesco Profumo (Iren Group, Italy), Carlo Zorzoli (ENEL Green Power Spa, Italy), Luca Dal Fabbro (Domotecnica Spa, Italy), Alessandro Ortis (Economic and Social Committee of the Assembly of the MediterF ranean) F analyzed the energy business from a wideFrange point of view, from the technological trends and innovation in the Oil&Gas industry, as well as in the production from renewable and alternative energy sources, the advances in distribution and energy ef¿ciency and the impact that difF ferent policies of Institutions and Companies have on the energy sector. Disrupting Energy 2014 ASP ALumni Website2015 The ASP Alumni Association was founded on June 28th, 2007, the day of the 1stFcycle ASP students’ graduation ceremony, with the aim of promoting opportunities for personal and professional growth and becoming a frame of reference for all future Alumni. ASP Alumni operates with the purpose of growing the professional value of the Alumni and their network, acting in accordance with the common values of competence, innovation, and attention to sustainability and social responsibility. The Association is a global network of highly quali¿ed professionals who wish to share experiences and growth opportunities. Indeed, the associaF tion has grown rapidly during its ¿rst 8 years, and now boasts a community recognized both in the academic and business worlds, with a network of over 1000 members located across 20 countries and operating in the most widely recognized international companies and research organizations. The Association, led by the passion of many young professionals alumni, offers a wideFranging agenda of events. All of them F conferences, worF kshops, parties or outdoor events – contribute to strengthen the unique community spirit of ASP and foster the professional career of the assoF ciates. A brand new of¿cial website has been released at the beginning of February 2015 and is going to be the main internal and external communication channel and organization platform of the AssoF ciation, jointly with the groups and pages on the main social networks (LinkedIn discussion group and Facebook group, which at present hosts more than 800 members). ASP Alumni memF bers, but also ASPers that have not completed their ASP path yet and followers of the AssociaF tion can keep themselves updated about all the Association activities and events through these social media. Moreover, interactions and sharing opportunities within the Alumni community are fostered by these communication media, as they their users posting comF ments, pictures, articles, opinions and professional opportunities. A brief review of the main recent activities organized by the Association is presented in the following paragraphs. INNOVAZIONE E KM0 | Conference on km0Bbased business models During the year that awaits for EXPO 2015, ASP Alumni devoted the 7th edition of its traditional Fall Event to the topic of innovative km0Fbased development models. Four outstanding speakers declined the concept of km0 and proximity into development models for different sectors: Silvio Barbero (Slow food, Italy) and Franco Fassio (Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche, Italy) for the food and agriculture sector, Giulia La Face (Architect and enterpreneur, Italy) for the building and urban restoF ration sector, Enrico Testi (Yunus Centre, Italy) for microcredit and Social Business Cities. An extraordinary buffet, organized in collaboration with local producers, gave all the attendants the chance to taste km0 products Innovazione KM0 2014 DISRUPTING ENERGY | Conference on energy business and innovation On February 7th, 2015 the latest ASP Alumni conference took place at PoliF tecnico di Milano. ASP Alumni hosted a panel discussion about the current situation of the energy market and the paradigm shift that renewables, energy ef¿ciency and innovative technologies or new sources may cause in 10 ASP PROJECTS 11 and wine from Piemonte and directly meet some “Maestri del Gusto” awarF ded by the Chamber of Commerce of Turin. The buffet was coupled with an exhibition of twelve innovative projects related to the conference topics. stered teams had to build their own boat only using some selfFretrieved paF perboard. All participants enjoyed a sunny weekend in the camping settled by ASP Alumni on the Dora River. Sliding Session 2014 | winter leisure event Alumni ASP Mentoring | building the cooperation bridge Born in 2012 as a collaboration between students and Alumni, the third edition of ASP Alumni Sliding Session took place in March 2014, with a growing success among ASP Alumni members and ASP students. The event took place in Bardonecchia, one of the most renowned among alpiF ne resorts, hosting over 60 Alumni and students for a weekend and engaF ging them with a number of activities including alpine skiing and trekking. All participants had the chance to enjoy a great dinner in a high altitude mountain hut, which they could reach by snow cat. Sliding Session 2014 Carton race 2014 | summer leisure event As 2014 Summer Event, APS Alumni joined the famous Carton Rapid Race in Cenasa Torinese. The event, usually followed by more than 15000 people, engaged the participants in a crazy rafting race, for which all regiF Carton Race 60 Mentors, 60 Mentees, the Education Team of our Alumni Association and the desire to create a project of excellence! These were the ingreF dients of the Mentoring Project has been launched by Alumni ASP in DeF cember 2012 and that is up and running for its third edition. Moreover, the Education Team is currently working at the fourth one. The aim is still to build the cooperation bridge between ASP Alumni and Students to help them enter the job market, because talented students deserve promising opportunities. The Project has started with two simple questions: “Have you completed your time at university without any idea of what comes next? Is it worth getting support from the network of ASP Alumni in the steps towards the ¿rst job?” After experiencing these needs as students some years ago, the ASP Alumni has decided to take care of current ASP Students. The key players are the Mentors, ASP Alumni with several years of working experience in all areas, such as research, marketing, ¿nance, consulting, design, etc. together with the Mentees, selected ASP Students. Mentors and Mentees are paired according to their background and the professioF nal preferences stated by each Mentee. The enrollment of the Project starts every year in the ¿rst ASP Summer School. After that Mentees are entitled to a minimum of ¿ve meetings with their Mentor, both faceFtoFface or by videoconference to address topics such as the choice of the sector or geographical area, how to write a CV and the cover letter, how to get ready for the job interview and much more. From the second meeting onwards the Mentee is able to meet additional Mentors who can offer experience in other job ¿elds. The Network of Mentors is truly global; widespread in ¿ve continents, they can give a live perspective about their own function, business segment and country. Along the way, the Education Team helps Mentors by means of a guideline, to be used as a reference in their encounters with the Mentees. Moreover the Team created a LinkedFin group to put together all the MenF tors so that they can help each other with some Mentee’s tough questions or special needs. All participants are enrolled in the project only after siF gning an Ethical Code. The Code seeks to ensure that Mentors will honor their commitment and provide the service free of charge, as a token of graF titude, with the idea that Mentors give back something they had received. Coming Soon Sliding Session 2015 | 21F22 March 2015 | Claviere Carton Race 2015 | June 2015 | Cesana Torinese Fall Event 2015 | October 2015 ASP Alumni in Internet Website aspalumni.campusgroups.com Mail
[email protected]Twitter @AlumniASP LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/groups/AltaBScuolaBPolitecnicaB4297244 Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/AlumniASP/ 12 ASP PROJECTS 13 PIA_A Project PIA_A Playing Architecture, a prototype of a smart public building Principal academic tutor Alessandro Bianchi Politecnico di Milano - Architectural building design Academic tutors Gian Luca Brunetti Politecnico di Milano - Sustainable materials and recycling, Photovoltaic Energy production Cristina Coscia Politecnico di Torino - Construction costs and building management Carlo Andrea Castiglioni Politecnico di Milano - Steel structural engineering, Mechanical and electronic automation Andrea Pirollo Politecnico di Milano - Sustainable materials and recycling Massimiliano Zigoi Politecnico di Milano - Architectural building design External institutions IVG Italy Srl Siemens Spa External tutors Maria Vittoria Brigato Politecnico di Torino Ildebrande Bevere Energy Environmental Solution Marco Grassidonio IVG Italy S.r.l. Team members Marina Canala Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Gianluigi Ferrari Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Rachel Island Urban planning and policy design, Politecnico di Milano Federico Minoli [Team controller and Communication coordinator] Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Matteo Novarino Architecture (Construction and City), Politecnico Di Torino Claudia Tesei Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Milano 16 Project description Smart buildings are the basic cells of the smart cities, they are the architecF tures with high technological level that allows cities to evolve with a clever and connected infrastructural grid. This is the concept that moved the ASP team to prototype a small building, a clinic to give basic health care in a quartet, sustainable and energy independent. The idea that guided the insertion of these small buildings in developing countries’ slums (the case study is New Delhi) is guarantee a low distance from all the points of the area. In fact having high accessibility in terms of time and space is crucial in a crowded area where people move by foot or by bike and physical obF stacles for cars are everywhere. In this way a mother will be able to give birth in adequate conditions, children will be cared for injuries, elder people will receive assistance without moving so much. The building produces the energy to satisfy its own requirements using rotating photovoltaic panels and thanks to the yearly insolation trend has a surplus for the great part of the year. This energy will be used to provide additional services to the population, as puri¿cation of water or small charF ge access points easily usable by the open porch. Energy is considered as a starting point to improve social conditions, is generated locally by buildings that become small power plants, fully sustainable by using solar energy and eliminating the pollution. In the future this could be a direction to reduce the environmental impact and the pollution of big regional power plants, through a grid of small production unit able to provide energy in capillary way with a low impact also for the esthetic point of view. Another crucial aspect of the project is the construction process of the building, in fact is quite completely prefabricated in a central place of the studied area to make easier and fast the following assembly phase in the locations of the clinics, inspired by an IKEA logic of macroFobject. The packaging project is thought to be adaptable to the transportation conF straints of the case study. In New Delhi the elements are produced and packaged in boxes suitable for small jeeps, the biggest way to access the tight and chaotic streets of the slums. The building is made also of local materials and involves local producers in the developing process of the area. In conclusion the project is thought to answer the innovation challenges to ASP PROJECTS 17 develop the smart cities, focusing on the extension of this concept to not already developed areas. Smart buildings as our prototype will have a key role in the future evolution of a world ready to face great environmental and energetic issues. Tasks and skills Architecture: Matteo Novarino, the group architect, managed the general organization of the building, merging together the work of the other specialists in the group, harmonizing all the elements in the overall prototype. He worked in tight collaboration with the structural and energetic engineers in order to evaluate all the different alternatives, giving also feedbacks on other memF bers’ decisions, evaluating their consequences on the overall system and their integration in the general prototype. Structure: As structural engineers, Marina Canala and Claudia Tesei concentrated on the design of the clinic structure, always interacting with the other project aspects( energy and architecture) in order to optimize the structural eleF ment sizing. Their most courageous choice has been the adoption of bamF boo as structural material, intended to provide a more sustainable and cost effective solution. Energy Supply: Federico Minoli and Gianluigi Ferrari are energy engineers and took care of the requirements of the building for what concerns electricity and therF mal supply. The implementation of an innovative photovoltaic tracking is their answer, but the integration of the energy system with sustainable arF chitecture and structure is another key element they used to create a smart building. New Delhi Case Study: As an Urban Planner and Sociologist, Rachel Izland focused on the case study, applying the project to a real world context and optimizing the social aspects. Abstract The challenging goal of the project is designing infrastructures to provide fundamental services in developing countries, in complex situations such as slums or bidonvilles, inserting buildings able to produce energy where it is needed without transportation. The practical idea is to implement several small, prefabricated clinics to have a fast, cheap and sustainable solution but also be able to provide health care for a long period and offer a starting point for local development. From the structural and architectural point of view, we try to respect local construction tradition, energy issues and structural requirements. To do so we compare different solutions for each building element (envelope, roof, openings, structure etc.) in order to give different possible con¿gurations and features suitable for different situations all over the world. By doing so we give our stakeholders the possibility to choose among different features in order to make the building suitable for different situations all over the world. After the comparison, we have focused our case study in New Delhi, deepening the solutions that are more suitable for our location, according to their availability and respect for the context. The other main requirement is sustainability, which means satisfying all the energy needs with green energy (considering that slums do not have electricity). To reduce the energy demand we use passive cooling strateF gies together with high insulation and we implemented an innovative phoF tovoltaic system. It consist in an automatic azimuth tracking of the panels, 18 obtained using turntables originally thought for cars exhibition, because innovation is not only inventing something new, but especially considering and combining technologies from a different and constructive point of view. The continuous interconnections between our disciplines during the design allowed to create a coherent concept, with a global implementation model but also a local approach in the development of the particular solutions for the case study. Understanding the problem Our project started with the conception of a sustainable public building, such as a school or a medical clinic, that could provide a stimulus to the surrounding community. The building was intended to provide essential resources to the popuF lation, such as technoF logical resources, elecF tricity, special services and also job opportuniF ties related to its realiF zation. In this way, the building could act as a catalyst for the further development of the neighborhood. The speci¿c case study location in New Delhi, India, was selected for a variety of reasons, primarily involving enF vironmental and ecoF nomic conditions. For instance, India is sufF ¿ciently developed in order to provide acF cess to local materials and industries that can be used to develop the essential elements of the project, such as steel, bamboo, and cladding materials. Special consideration was also giF ven to the proposed function of the building. A medical clinic was chosen as opposed to a school because of the highFtech nature of our building makes it is more suitable and cost effective as a clinic. Moreover, the basic health care is a tricky issue and one of the ¿rst requirements to achieve a real development of India. The speci¿c slum chosen for the case study is an area in New Delhi of 6 km2 ,located near the center of the city, bordered by the railway tracks. The slums are a primary choice for the location of the clinics because of the high density of the living conditions and the lack of hygiene services, meaning that this population has a need for the kind of basic healthcare that our clinics are designed to provide. The project stakeholders include local governments, humanitarian aid organizations, environmental organizations, architecture and technology companies. Figure 1: Clinics position and walking distance Figure 2: a street in Delhi Exploring the opportunities A fundamental challenge in the project was the desire to design a geoF ASP PROJECTS 19