
Laboratori Politecnici
There is an invisible world that pulses every day within the laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano.
















There is an invisible world that pulses every day within the laboratories of the Politecnico di Milano. Spaces of ingenuity, experimentation, and meticulous gestures, where students, researchers, technicians, and professors transform ideas into action, form, and solutions.
The touring exhibition LABORATORI POLITECNICI – Departments | Territory | Teaching | Technology, curated by Roberto Dulio with photographs by Giovanni Hänninen, was created to tell the story of this living, technical universe through the evocative power of the gaze. The photographs do not merely capture instruments and technologies, but also what usually escapes notice: the details, the spaces built for thinking, experimenting, and testing.
This exhibition is an invitation to discover what happens behind the scenes of innovation. To be surprised by the beauty and details of research. To perceive, in each image, the collective passion that shapes the knowledge that grows, is passed on, and constantly transforms.
C’è un mondo invisibile che ogni giorno pulsa nei laboratori del Politecnico di Milano. Spazi di ingegno, sperimentazione e gesti minuziosi, nei quali studenti, ricercatori, tecnici e docenti trasformano le idee in azione, forma, soluzione.
La mostra itinerante LABORATORI POLITECNICI Dipartimenti | Territorio | Didattica | Tecnologia, a cura di Roberto Dulio, con le fotografie di Giovanni Hänninen, nasce per raccontare questo universo vivo e tecnico attraverso la forza evocativa dello sguardo. Le fotografie non catturano solo strumenti e tecnologie, ma anche ciò che solitamente sfugge: i dettagli, gli spazi costruiti per pensare, sperimentare, testare.
Questa mostra è un invito a scoprire cosa accade dietro le quinte dell’innovazione. A lasciarsi sorprendere dalla bellezza e dai particolari della ricerca; a cogliere, in ogni immagine, la passione collettiva che dà forma a un sapere che cresce, si trasmette, si trasforma.
Biblioteca Storica, Campus Leonardo
September 10th-21st 2025
Spazio Mostre Archivi Storici, Campus Bovisa Durando
September 23rd-October 1st 2025
Biblioteca Bovisa La Masa
October 3rd-17th 2025
Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Mantova
October 20th-31st 2025
Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Cremona
November 3rd-14th 2025
Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Piacenza
November 17th-28th 2025
Biblioteca Polo Territoriale di Lecco
December 1st-12th 2025
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