In early February 2026, staff and students from Liverpool School of Architecture and Politecnico di Milano were in Italy participating in the second edition of “Vernacular Heritage and Cultural Landscapes in Lunigiana, Tuscany: from Knowledge to Preservation”.
This collaborative teaching initiative, organised by Dr Giamila Quattrone (LSA, ArCHIAM), Dr Stefania Landi and Dr Paola Branduini (POLIMI, DABC, PaRID) and supported by Mulazzo Municipality, offered 33 LSA students and 16 POLIMI students an opportunity for cross-cultural knowledge building and knowledge exchange.
Working at different scales, students will be developing strategies and schemes for the valorisation of the cultural heritage of Mulazzo, a small mountainous town associated with the life of Dante Alighieri, which has been chosen as the site of a vertical 2-weeks workshop for POLIMI students and the semester 2 project of RE-heritage Studio for LSA students.
Read more and explore a gallery of the visit at the Virtual LSA