International Partnering Meeting for FP7 projects - 30th January 2007 - Winterthur, CH

Clara BERTOLINI CESTARI

Politecnico di Torino
Facolt di Architettura
Department of Architectural Planning and Design

Professor in:
- Construction of Architecture
- Technology of Architecture
- Processes and Methodologies of Building Maintenance
- in PhD Course Tecnological Innovation for Built Environment
Viale Mattioli, 39 I-10125 Torino
tel: +39 011 564 65 07
fax: +39 011 564 65 99
e-mail: clara.bertolini@polito.it
www.culture2000-wood.org

International Research Projects and Cooperations

Project-leader of Culture 2000 multiannual project: Wooden
Handwork/Wooden carpentry: European Restoration Sites, 20012004 (9 partner countries: Italy, Finland, Greece, France, Sweden,
Norway, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg; 24 O.U.: research
centres, universities, mational boards of antiquities, SMEs,
municipalities) www.culture2000-wood.org

Coordinator of multi-annual European Projects (Raphael, Leonardo

EBR, Socrates, Erasmus)
RILEM TC In-situ assessment of timber structures
National Cooridinator of the Postgraduate Master Course Urban
Wood, 2007. http://urbanwood.tuwien.ac.at/
In the proposed Consortium group of Politecnico di Torino, there is
the European Secretary of ESIS (European Structural Integrity
Society) www.esisweb.org

National Research Projects in Italy

PRIN (National Research Project of National Interest):
Use of nanotechnologies in cultural heritage for the
efficiency of maintenance systems in wooden built
heritage: innovative technologies for restoration, 20052007.
http://www.ricercaitaliana.it/ prin/dettaglio_prin_en-2005084402.htm

Regional project for the industrial research and precompetitive development: Nanotechnologies /
nanosciences: from wood improvement to timber
elements reinforcement, with interventions monitoring,
2006-2009
in the framework of Progetto Finalizzato CNR for the
Safeguard of Cultural Heritage
with UNI National Institutions of Recommendations

First choice FP7 topic: Nanotechnology, Materials, Production Technologies, Call 1

- NMP-2007-4.0-6 Innovative added-value construction product-services
- or NMP-2007-4.0-1 Advanced wood-based composites and their production

Current proposal title:

NANOTECHNOLOGIES / NANOSCIENCES: FROM WOOD
IMPROVEMENT TO THE REINFORCEMENT OF TIMBER AND THE
MONITORING OF INTERVENTIONS

Main objectives and key deliverables:

The present research project starts from the need of improving the efficiency of the processes of
restoration, reinforcing, management and maintenance of timber constructions. New
processes can be implemented by nanosciences and nanotechnologies, for example:

by creating microchip-based devices able to collect and store information without the need of
supervision and to process them in order to obtain a performance index for the single elements
and/or the whole structure.
by experimenting new polymeric resins reinforced with nanomaterials (for instance carbon
nanotubes) with increased long-term and temperature performances, finalised to the functional
recovery of wooden structures
by basing the maintenance actions or post-action monitoring on these approach
by innovating the traditional approach of the SMEs of the sectors

Some tasks of the project:

- Work Package 1: Continuous monitoring of the interventions on timber structures and
the microclimate parameters; Data exchange between the central data base and single
sensors with radio link.
- Work Package 2: Consolidation of decayed wood (both solid and gluedlaminated);
innovative refurbishment technologies for SMEs
-Work Package 3: Wood reinforcement in built heritage and definition of an
adhesive product for reinforcement with carbon nanotubes.

Consortium proposal:
- Politecnico di Torino (IT): Technology of Architecture, Structural Engineering, Electronic
Engineering, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
- IVALSA-CNR Tree and Timber Institute, Florence and Trento (IT)
- SMEs in the restoration field
- SMEs in the field of diagnosis and monitoring

International partnership search:

- SMEs in the field of wooden carpentry
- Chemical SMEs
- Data processing SMEs or expert
- Research Centres