The issue of the peripheries is a wide-ranging one, which affects Milan and many areas of the Metropolitan City. The School ofArchitecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering (AUIC), the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) and theDepartment of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (ABC), the Polisocial programmes of Politecnico di Milano -which have always been places of design experimentation on the themes of the citypresent the outcomes of the educational program extended on a variety of the most problematic urban areas.The aim is to illustrate research and design exploration that consider the complexity, articulation, and potential of the Milano peripheries.