Title
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University (Industrial Design)
Biography
Professor Piardi was born on September 25, 1950, in Milan, Italy. She graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Architecture at Politecnico di Milano in 1975 and subsequently became an architect.
As a member of the Order of Journalists, Professor Piardi began serving as a Professor of Industrial Design at the School of Design, Politecnico di Milano, in 2003. She participated in and guided the establishment of the Interior Design program. From 2005 to 2011, she contributed to the design and leadership of the Master’s program in Naval and Nautical Design, a joint initiative between Politecnico di Milano and the University of Genoa.
In 1999, Politecnico di Milano launched the Master’s program in Yacht Design, with Professor Piardi serving as its Director until 2015.
Although retired, she continues to teach in the Yacht Design program and manages the project studio for thesis work.
She has served as a member of the Academic Committee for the PhD programs in Interior and Exhibition Design and in Design at Politecnico di Milano. Additionally, she has been the Director of the advanced training course Office Design.
From 2011 to 2019, Professor Piardi served as the Head of the Design Department at Politecnico di Milano, concurrently holding positions on the Academic Senate, the Scientific Committee, and the Supervisory Board.
From 2014 to 2017, she was the President of the Italian Universities Design Conference (CUID). As part of the Ministry of University and Research’s Design Working Group, the conference coordinated design research programs nationwide.
As an expert and member of the National Committee for the Ministry of University and Research, Professor Piardi is qualified to evaluate university faculty.
Professor Piardi has completed numerous public and private research projects and was responsible for the “Lecco Innovation Hub” project, which was selected for the 2012 ADI Design Index under the “Business Research” category.
She founded and directs the Design International series at Franco Angeli Editor in Milan. To date, the series has published 15 articles on contemporary design.
In recent years, Professor Piardi has taught the following courses:
·Interior Architecture: 6 ECTS credits; University of Genoa, La Spezia Campus; Year 1 of the Master’s in Naval and Nautical Design (joint program with the University of Genoa).
·Interior Design: Theory and Practice Laboratory; 6 ECTS credits; Year 1 of the Interior Design degree program at the School of Design, Politecnico di Milano.
·Interior Design: 10 ECTS credits; Year 3 of the Interior Design degree program.
She has lectured at universities in Italy and abroad (e.g., New Delhi, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Reutlingen, Izmir), covering topics such as Interior Design, Lighting Design, and Yacht Design in master’s programs.
Her teaching and research focus on diverse types of interior design, including residential, office, ship, boat, and urban spaces. She reflects on the intrinsic and extrinsic relationships between people and space in the context of societal innovation.
She also emphasizes the cultural differences among various populations and countries. Through experimental research methods and 1:1 modeling, she evaluates corresponding project teaching.
Publications
Books
1.Adriana Baglioni, Silvia Piardi (1990). Costruzioni e salute (Architecture and Health). Milan: Franco Angeli Editor, 450 pages. (First author).
2.Silvia Piardi et al. (1996). Costruire edifici sani. Guida alla scelta dei prodotti (Building Healthy Structures: A Guide to Product Selection). Rimini: Maggioli Ed., 345 pages. (Second author; republished in 1999; 414 pages, 2000 edition).
3.D. Faconti, Silvia Piardi (1998) (Eds.). La qualità ambientale degli edifici (Environmental Quality of Buildings). Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Ed., 616 pages.
4.Silvia Piardi (2002). Il design degli spazi abitativi. La cultura tecnologica della progettazione dagli spazi fissi agli spazi in movimento (Living Space Design: Technological Culture of Design from Fixed to Mobile Spaces), Vol. 1, 1–183 pages. Milan: Poli.design. ISBN: 8887981221.
5.Silvia Piardi, Ida Farè (2003). Nuove specie di spazi (New Species of Spaces). Naples: Liguori Ed., 170 pages.
6.Silvia Piardi, Mario Grosso, Gabriella Peretti, G. Scudo (2005). Progettazione ecocompatibile dell'architettura (Eco-Compatible Architectural Design). Naples: Esselibri Simone, 509 pages. ISBN: 978885130286.
7.Giampiero Bosoni, M. Manfredini, Silvia Piardi (2006). Advanced Living Scenarios. Contemporary Trends. Milan: Virus. ISBN: 9788890124716.
8.Silvia Piardi, Giampiero Bosoni, M. Manfredini (2008). Housing in Europe and in China. Beijing: China Water & Power Press. ISBN: 9787508458427.
9.Silvia Piardi, S. Tieghi, V. Natile (2012). Office Design. Smart Organization & Layout: dall'analisi al progetto (Office Design: Smart Organization & Layout—From Analysis to Design). Milan: Franco Angeli Editor, 217 pages. ISBN: 978-88-568-4950-9.
Papers and Conference Proceedings (Recent Years)
10.Silvia Piardi, F. Lanz, I. Pasina (2009). Interior Light on Board, Designing Designers: Where does Light Move to? In M. Rossi (Ed.), Lighting Design Innovation Scenarios. Proceedings of the International Conference on University Design Programs. pp. 41–49.
11.Silvia Piardi, A. Ponzio, P. Padova (2010). How to Teach Innovative Interior Design with Creative Procedures. pp. 1–4. Sydney: International Conference on Design Education 2010. June 28–July 1, 2010. ISBN: 9780646545066.
12.Tushan, Silvia Piardi (2010). Integrated Design Education Towards New Age. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI). November 15–17, 2010, Madrid. pp. 1–6. ISBN: 9788461424399.
13.Silvia Piardi (2011). Testa e mani. In UdRD Design Representation Workshop—Theme: Reality, Simulation, and Design—The Role of Models. June 16–17, 2011, Milan. pp. 7–10. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore. ISBN: 9788838760631.
14.Silvia Piardi, A. Ratti, S. Ercoli. Design for All on Board: Boat Design in the Era of Access for (Almost) Everybody. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). July 21–25, 2012, San Francisco. pp. 6503–6510. ISBN: 9780979643552.
15.Silvia Piardi, Lucilla Zanolari Bottelli (2012). Meaning of Color in Chinese Culture. In M. Rossi (Ed.), Color and Colorimetry Multidisciplinary Contributions. September 13–14, 2012, Bologna. pp. 224–231. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore. ISBN: 883876137X.
16.Silvia Piardi (2012). Design for All on Board. In I. T. Steffan (Ed.), Design for All Metodi, Strumenti, Applicazioni. Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore. pp. 137–150. ISBN: 88-387-6181-7.
17.Silvia Piardi. Progettazione Nautica: Due Buoni Esempi. In I. T. Steffan (Ed.), Design for All Metodi, Strumenti, Applicazioni (2012). Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore. pp. 150–158. ISBN: 88-387-6181-7.
18.Silvia Piardi (2013). Interior Landscape Design, riflessioni sul progetto. In V. Saitto (Ed.), Esperienze di Interni, Vol. 3. Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN): Maggioli Editore. pp. 93–107. ISBN: 978-88-387-6262-8.
19.S. Ercoli, A. Ratti, Silvia Piardi (2014). Water-Based Public Transport Accessibility. A Case Study in the Internal Waters of Northern Italy. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). July 19–23, 2014. pp. 4996–5006.
20.M. Romero, G. Andreoni, Silvia Piardi, A. Ratti, B. Imamogullari, F. Molteni (2014). Sailing as Stroke Rehabilitation Strategy. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). July 19–23, 2014. pp. 552–558.
21.A. Ponzio, Silvia Piardi (2015). Come As You Are—The Design Hotel Experience. In Proceedings of the 5th International Annual Conference on Architecture. July 6–9, 2015, Athens, Greece. Edited by Gregory T. Panikos. Athens: Education Institute. ISBN: 978-960-598-016-0. p. 80.
22.A. Ponzio, Silvia Piardi (2015). The Use of Design Thinking Techniques on Architectural Education. Projetar Seminar 2015: “Originalidade, Criatividade e Inovação no Projeto Contemporâneo.” Natal, Brazil, September 30–October 2, 2015. ISBN: 978-85-63014-15-3.
23.Silvia Piardi, A. Ponzio. Exercises in Style (2015). 18th International Conference on Ships and Shipping Research 2015. Lecco, June 24–26. pp. 858–868. ISBN: 978-8894055C7-1-9.
24.Silvia Piardi (2015). The Origins. In AA.VV, Design Navale e Nautico. Dieci Anni Magistrali. ISBN: 978-88-6797-378-1. pp. 14–20.
25.Carlo Vezzoli, Silvia Piardi (2016). Campus: “Lab” and “Window” for Distributed Renewable Energy Applied as Sustainable Product-Service System. pp. 111–116. In Proceedings of the Conference “Design for Sustainable Energy for All.” ISBN: 978-88-95651-23-1.
26.Silvia Piardi (2016). An Introduction to Politecnico di Milano. pp. 8–9. In Next Design Innovation. ISBN: 978-8897748052.
27.Silvia Piardi, L. Attardo, M. Cornetto, S. Vicari (2017). Hathor—An Event Cruise Ship, Hiper17. ISBN: 978-3-89220-702-3. pp. 88–97.
28.Silvia Piardi, S. Gramegna, B. Camocini, A. Biamonti (2017). Anthropocene and Design. The Role of Design in the Emerging Territorial Scenarios of Contemporary Ruins in the Anthropocene Epoch. pp. 28–35. In Proceedings of the 4D Design Development/Development Design Conference. ISBN: 978-609-02-1364-3.
29.Silvia Piardi (2017). Innovation and the University System: The Design System at Politecnico di Milano. pp. 22–41. In A Letto con il Design, Design Hostel. ISBN: 9788894830149.
30.Silvia Piardi (2017). Profession? Designer. In Milan, Capital of the Modern. ISBN: 9781945150708.
31.Silvia Piardi, A. Paiva Ponzio (2017). The Use of Design Thinking Techniques on Architectural Education. pp. 152–171. In Bloco 13: Densidad y Práctica de Proyecto. ISBN: 978-85-7717-218-4.
32.Silvia Piardi, L. Mori, M. Attardo, D. Cornetto, S. Vicari (2017). New Concept Design for an Event Cruise Ship. DOI: 10.17265/2159-5879/2017.04.005. pp. 174–179. In Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering. ISSN: 2159-5879. Vol. 7(4).
33.Silvia Piardi (2019). Spreading Good Sustainability Practices Through Temporary Retail. pp. 1370–1374. In Designing Sustainability for All. ISBN: 9788895651262. Vol. 4.
34.Silvia Piardi (2019). Concealed Interiors for Production in the Age of Industry 4.0. pp. 10–16. In The Hidden Interior. ISBN: 978-1-9999027-3-5.
35.Silvia Piardi, F. Scullica, M. Ottomanelli, E. Elgani (2019). Move On. pp. 82–88. In Living, Working, and Traveling. ISBN: 9788891779632.
36.M. Chernikoff, Silvia Piardi (2019). Back to Wood, Learning by Doing with a Unique Five Senses Material. WED Conference, Vol. 1.
37.G. Carmosino, A. Bionda, A. Ratti, Silvia Piardi (2021, Forthcoming). Digital Technologies in Expanding the Boundaries Through Immersive Spaces: Case Studies in Vessel and Yacht Design. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies, and Future Applications III. ISBN: 979-3-030-55306-7. Vol. 1253.
38.G. Carmosino, Silvia Piardi, A. Ratti (2021, Forthcoming). Smart Technologies and Dematerialization as New Opportunities for the Design of More Sustainable Ships: Case Studies in Cruise Vessel Design. In Maritime Technology and Research. Vol. 3. pp. 49–62.
