[esp-r] about the call for a three-year research position at the Politecnico di Milano

[Gian Luca Brunetti]

Dear colleagues ESP-r users,
I am sending this message to make you aware of an open call for a 
researcher position for three years in the Department of Urban Studies 
(DASTU) of the Politecnico di Milano. The call is due to expire soon, on 
October 20th 2021, and its web link is 
https://www.polimi.it/nc/en/faculty-and-staff/calls-and-competitions/calls-and-competitions-for-researchers/competitions-for-temporary-positions-fse-react-eu-pon-ricerca-e-innovazione/details/?tx_wfqbe_pi1%5BID%5D=14 
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The candidate we are looking for should have an interdisciplinary 
competence at the crossroad between Building Technology (including 
construction methods) and Building Physics. The academic landscape in 
Italy is structured in disciplinary sectors, and the call in question 
will take place in the sector of Architectural Technology.
The title of the research to be conducted is “Innovative passive 
strategies for improving environmental comfort in the built environment 
- between formal and informal”. The objective of the research will be to 
verify and transfer innovative mixes of passive environmental solutions 
from informal hot-climate contexts to industrialized temperate-climate 
ones, and vice-versa. The experimentations will include monitoring and 
calibration activities based on existing case studies, among which there 
are buildings by the architect Francis Kéré in Burkina Faso. Part of the 
activity will be performed within the research group of the H2020 
project ABC21 (www.abc21.eu), coordinated by L. Pagliano and S. Erba.
The three years of duration of the research would include six months of 
collaboration with an enterprise operating in the sector of 
mechanization and control of openings for natural ventilation for night 
summer cooling. The researcher is expected to work at the DASTU 
Department of the Politecnico, in Milan, except for the six-month 
collaboration with the enterprise.
I would be very grateful if you could spread the word about this call to 
potentially fit candidates.
Thank you very much, in advance
Best regards
Gian Luca Brunetti

Arch. PhD
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU)
Politecnico di Milano
via Bonardi 3 - building 11
Milano 20133
tel. (+39) 0223995750
email: gianluca.brunetti at polimi.it