The exhibition “Adaptive Reuse of the Built Legacy 2023-2024” reveals the outcomes of the 2nd-year atelier in the “Master’s in Architecture for Heritage” program at Politecnico di Torino. This integrated design studio atelier focuses on developing projects for the adaptive reuse of architectural heritage, encompassing both buildings and their urban context. The pedagogical interdisciplinary approach integrates architectural and urban design, architectural technology, and structural mechanics in exploring the potential for adaptive reuse of 5 currently vacant city-owned buildings in Turin.
A collaborative effort by 45 international students has resulted in 15 adaptive reuse projects, injecting new life into the spaces. Projects are presented through physical models and a booklet detailing the research-by-design process, using the common Black-Yellow-Red color code (preserved-demolished-built).
Based on five sites part of the public assets’ selection by the Property Service of the City of Torino, which showcases unused and on sale city-owned building stock, the students’ projects promote and encourage the re-use of dismissed urban legacy.
This exhibition, first public event in the framework of the collaboration agreement between the Torino Municipality and Politecnico di Torino, actively contributes to the ongoing discourse on preserving and transforming the city’s urban legacy.
