Eugenio Morello

An architect by education, Eugenio Morello is an Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Design at Polimi and coordinator and research scientist at the ‘Laboratorio di Simulazione Urbana Fausto Curti’, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (Dastu). For the department, he is the principal investigator of several European projects. In the period 2017 – 2022, he was the Rector’s Delegate for environmental sustainability and responsible for institutional projects toward a sustainable campus. His research interest is situated in the interplay between urban design and environmental quality, climate design, resilience, and adaptation to climate change. He investigates the integration of environmental aspects and energy transition solutions for the design of sustainable communities and cities toward the closing of energy and environmental cycles. In particular, he focuses on the assessment of environmental resources and renewable sources generation and their spatial implications at the local and regional scale. He is also working on strategic planning for sustainability and localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in master-planning design schemes and Higher Education Institutions. More recently, his research work has opened new insights on the topic of collaborative consumption and sharing society and how these new paradigms can inform urban governance, planning, urban design, and co-design approaches.