Unesco Research Lab is an interdepartmental research laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano that operates in close relation with the objectives and aims of the Mantova Unesco Chair: study and project, linking different disciplines and technologies, for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of the architectural, territorial and ecological-environmental heritage.

Architectural design and  preservation and urban-territorial planning aim at reuse, valorisation, economic and environmental sustainability, safety of goods and citizens,  and cultural information. The same goals expressed in the EU’s Agenda 2030, of making contemporary cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, are pursued.

The people in the lab’s research team, each with their own expertise, contribute to the consolidation of relations with institutions and local realities in the context of numerous research projects, since the founding of the Polo di Mantova.