Environmental Performance and Social Inclusion in Informal Settlements A Favela Project Based on the IMM Integrated Modification Methodology

Gabriele Masera, M.Eng., Ph.D., is Full Professor at the ABC Department (Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy,in the field of innovative construction technologies for sustainability and nearly zero-energy buildings.Dr. Masera has taught at thePolitecnico di Milano since 2002 and has supervised more than 150 Master’s theses and PhD dissertations there. Besides teaching, he researches widely on these topics, taking part also in some national strategic projects and three European projects: about the use of Phase Change Materials in buildings, about the definition of sustainable building innovations in 2030 and about energy retrofitting of residential buildings. He has been a Visiting Professor at theUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid and Keio University in Tokyo. He has been a member of the scientific committees for several international conferences and has published widely on international journals. He currently serves as Deputy Dean of the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.

Massimo Tadi, B.Sc. Arch., M.Sc. Arch., is an Associate Professor at the ABC Department (Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering) and Director of the IMM Design Lab at thePolitecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. His main areas of expertise aresustainable architecture and urban design, with a specific focus on techniques and strategies for the transformation of complex urban contexts to promote energy efficiency, and on environmentally oriented urban development. His research and design work emphasizes the relationships between urban morphology and energy consumption, and between contemporary mobility infrastructure, urban development, and architecture. He has been a Lecturer and invited speaker at many universities around the world and a Visiting Professor at theUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has won many prizes and design awards, and many of his projects have been published in international architectural magazines. He currently serves as a peer-reviewer for several publications.