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WELCOME TO TORINO A city on a change
Torino was Italy’s first Capital. With its two thousand years of history, today stands at the heart of a major process that is transforming the territory. Heralded by several symbolic events over 25 years ago, during the mid-1990s the metamorphosis became a concrete reality and gradually came to touch every aspect of urban life: social, cultural and architectural. YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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WELCOME TO TORINO A city open to the world
The XX Olympic Winter Games took place here on 2006. The Games were an opportunity for the city to redefine its relationship with the mountains and modify much of the collective imagery characterizing the city: the beauty of the piedmontese territory, its artisticenvironmental patrimony and its organizational capabilities became the focal points for visitors’enjoyment. YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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WELCOME TO TORINO A city of art
The city counts over 80 museums, and with its galleries, collections and foundations is one of the most interesting places in Italy for contemporary art. Since several years the city hosts two of the most prominent contemporary art events in Italy: Luci d’artista and Artissima. 6 million tourist presences per year in Torino province 4 million visitors to museums 25 theaters 44 historical churches 18 km of arcades YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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A city of people
Today, investing resources and human capital in Torino, in its metropolitan area, in Piemonte, means betting on a territory that has always known how to take advantage of difficult moments and periods of crisis. The urban system has proved its capability to improve its position on the world’s map and to redefine its role. Choosing Torino means believing in the energy of its transformation, in the strength of its projects, in the capabilities of its people.
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WELCOME TO TORINO A city for people
910.000 inhabitants 2 million in the metropolitan area 7,000 inh./sqkm Median age: 45 years 0-24 years: 20% 25-44 years: 30% Foreign residents: 16% YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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TORINO AND ITS TERRITORY
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The city stands in the intersection of 5&24 EU trasport corridors
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By plane: 0h35 Zurich 1h20 Rome 1h20 Frankfurt 1h25 Paris 1h40 London 1h45 Amsterdam 1h55 Brussels 2h05 Madrid 3h00 Istanbul 3h30 Moscow By train: 0h30 Expo Milan 2015 0h45 Milan 3h55 Rome
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Torino has a medium international airport, 16 km far from the city center The city is linked to the italian country and to Europe with AV High Speed Train service Close to completion, the crossrail project aims to multiply the tracks fourfold, creating an efficient metropolitan and regional transport system (SFM)
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TORINO AND ITS TERRITORY Regione Piemonte and Torino Province
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Per capita GDP in the Province averages 26.100 € Piemonte is the 12% above the national 3rd Italian region average for investments in Research&Development In the Province 48% 2,222 million € of total employees are occupied in “High Valued 12% national investments Services” Tourism has increased dramatically after 2006 Olympic Games
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AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Relating local economy to city spaces
URBAN DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEM
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INFRASTRUCTURAL SYSTEM
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Infrastructural frames functionally and physically organize the territory and the urban changeover
1.300 km of public transport network 7 metropolitan railway lines 25 urban stations 1 underground line + line 2 in project 60 km of ring road YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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Infrastructural frames functionally and physically organize the territory and the urban changeover
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Porta Susa Railway Station 11
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Environmental frames functionally and physically organize the territory and the urban changeover
REGGIA DI VENARIA
MANIFATTURA TABACCHI BASILICA DI SUPER
CASTELLO DI RIVOLI
VILLA DELLA REGINA
CASTELLO DEL VALENTINO
CASTELLO DI MONCALIERI PALAZZINA DI CACCIA DI STUPINIGI
4 rivers 320 km of tree-lined avenues 51 parks 8 hystorical parks 175 km cycle paths Dora Park YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
115 bike sharing stations 12
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Environmental frames functionally and physically organize the territory and the urban changeover
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Po river and Medieval Village 13
REUSE OF BUILT ASSETS
Increasing land values, reducing land consumption, hosting new functions by reusing brownfields and existing buildings
5 million sq.m. transformed brownfields (1995-2013) 5 million sq.m. still to be reconverted Former Officine Grandi Riparazioni factory YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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Increasing land values, reducing land consumption, hosting new functions by reusing brownfields and existing buildings
IAAD - Istituto di Arte Applicata e Design YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
Knowledge economy at the metropolitan scale as a development engine for a liveable, sustainable, open to world city
Torino Province 25% women-owned businesses 15% under 35-owned businesses Piedmont Region in ICT district 13,250 Companies 1st in italian ranking for employees I3p University Business incubator 150 companies/start-up 4th in europe ranking 11th in world ranking YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
Knowledge economy at the metropolitan scale as a development engine for a liveable, sustainable, open to world city
2 main universities 7 higher education institutions 3 United Nations institutions 400 bachelors and masters 60 Ph.D. courses
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100.000 university students 10.000 from other italian regions 20.000 from 150 foreign countries 17
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Knowledge economy at the metropolitan scale as a development engine for a liveable, sustainable, open to world city
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Centro di Biotecnologie 18
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Torino Città Universitaria Programme: halls of residence, new university services and facilities
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TORINO CITTA’ UNIVERSITARIA PROGRAMME: STRENGTHENING THE CITY FACILITIES AND AMENITIES SYSTEM 1 OLD CITY CENTER/DORA RIVER
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Humanistic Branch VARIANTE 200/BARRIERA SPINA 2 Polytechinc Citadel PO RIVER BANKS Scientific hospital and Architecture Site MIRAFIORI AREA Economics and Design Center GRUGLIASCO CITY Scientific Branch ORBASSANO CITY Hospital Branch
ACADEMIC PREMISES EDISU Piemonte University Residences Privately owned University Residences Università degli Studi Libraries City of Turin Libraries Turin Polytecnic Libraries
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The Academic Institutions of the City have recently been rethinking their premises, by conservation and renewal works on their historic sites and by a far-reaching new building programme. The location policies of the Institutes have contributed to the drafting of a map of places acting as a point of concentration for people, functions, uses and services dedicated to the academic system but also at the disposal of the whole citizenry 19
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Listening, debating, sharing: coalitions and alliances building as a crucial tool for change and development
Our cornerstones in the strategy to build urban quality: public communication and the spreading of the information about the urban changeover narrations on the transforming city, and the vision building processes the sharing of ideas with stakeholders, and the fostering of an open debate on the most prominent urban issues YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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Acting in partnership and involving local actors in the implementation of urban change
Public authorities are the guarantors of the collective interest and the balances between the city stakeholders. It is essential for the public sector to fuel the contribution and collaboration of local actors – and in particular by private players- to shape urban development and to create new opportunities. YOU CAN BET ON TORINO
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES TT
Lingotto Center
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Olympic Village
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Olympic Arena and Stadium
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Environment Park
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Dora Park
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Lavazza Headquarters
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Luigi Einaudi University Campus
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Politecnico Campus
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Porta Susa Railway Station
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COMPLETED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES Intesa - San Paolo Bank headquarters
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT OCCASIONS Districts and areas
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Corso Unità d’Italia
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Palazzo del Lavoro Retail Area Lingotto MOI Arcades City of Health
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UNDERGROUND LINE NETWORK MAIN DEVELOPMENT AREAS OTHER TRANSFORMING AREAS MAIN PRODUCTIVE AREAS
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Mirafiori and Corso Marche Mirafiori Design Center Mirafiori TNE areas Thyssen & Lucento Area
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Corso Romania Areas Stura Railway station Square V200 Project V200/Regio Parco &Alberata areas V200/Vertice Nord Former Tobacco Manufacturing
4 EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/ Historical City and Po river Banks
Valentino Cultural Center Piazza d’Armi Campus Spina 2 New Congress Center Einaudi campus/Italgas premises Cavallerizza Reale
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SOUTHERN GATE/Corso Unità d’Italia Palazzo del Lavoro Retail Area
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PROJECT INFO Re ewal A e 211.000 sq.m. L nd Ar : 59.295 sq.m. G or A e 28.000 sq.m. M xed s retail and services The “Palazzo del Lavoro” has been designed for the International Exhibition of Italia ‘61 by Pier Luigi Nervi, Antonio Nervi, Mario Nervi and Gino Covre: it is an immense quadrangular space, with a structure consisting of sixteen pillars umbrella high more than 20 meters that support the roof and are surrounded by an envelope in curtain wall. The project involves the conversion of the building into a commercial and multifunctional space. Beneath the great pillars, the shopping arcades are connected together on different levels by internal routes.
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SOUTHERN GATE/Corso Unità d’Italia Lingotto MOI Arcades
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PROJECT INFO L nd Ar : 30.000 sq.m. G or A e 17.000 sq.m. M xed e public services, university activities Around the former FIAT Lingotto factory, new transformation and urban renewal plans are taking shape: 1. the new tower of Piedmont Region and the surrounding district, added to which are a series of actions on an urban scale on the west and east sides of the railway. 2. former fruit and vegetable markets of the city (upgraded for the 2006 winter Olympics).
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SOUTHERN GATE/Corso Unità d’Italia City of Health
CITY STRUCTURES
KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
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PROJECT INFO L nd Ar : 221.000 sq.m. G or A e 343.000 sq.m. Mx d : healthcare services, research and univeristy activities The City of Health should arise from the redesigning of the principal hospital site of the Turin area, the Molinette, to then extend and spread out to the surrounding urban fabric, within the south quadrant of the city. The environmental picture represented by the Po and the river landscape, the presence of Metro Line 1 and the nearness to the Lingotto railway station and motorway access roads make this area particularly interesting for development.
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WESTERN EDGE/Mirafiori and Corso Marche Mirafiori Design Center academic premises
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PROJECT INFO L dA 142.000 sq.m. G s oo A 114.000 sq.m. Mx d services, research, university campus, exhibition and congress activities The idea is to create a “Cittadella Politecnica della Mobilità”. A place for training, research and technological transferral activities to simplify interaction between research and production. The project is completed with a polyfunctional centre for service activities dedicated to people and enterprise, university residences, exhibition centres and the advanced service sector.
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WESTERN EDGE/Mirafiori and Corso Marche Mirafiori B and C TNE Areas
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PROJECT INFO L dA 156.000 sq.m. G s oo A 80.000 sq.m. M x d U e university & research, offices, retail, hotel, services, exhibition & congress, manufacturing, light industrial activities The south-west quadrant of the Turin territory, is in a strategic and accessible position. The planned “piazza Mirafiori” at the centre of gravity of the Torino Nuova Economia (TNE) areas will also be the location of the south terminus of the future Metro Line 2. Flanking the historic industrial site of FIAT Mirafiori, TNE areas constitute of almost 300.000 sq.m. of disused industrial areas undergoing renewal. This area already hosts the Design degree courses of the Turin Polytechnic, and other innovation-oriented functions and services should soon be added. 37
WESTERN EDGE/Mirafiori and Corso Marche Thyssen & Lucento Area
CITY STRUCTURES
PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
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PROJECT INFO R w Ar 705.000 sq.m. L dA 350.000 sq.m. G s oo A 154.000 sq.m. M x d s residential, offices, services, research center The project aims at the recovery of brownfields and green areas of the Castle of Lucento. The task is to link these areas to the Carrara park along the Corso Regina Margherita, mending and repurposing the existing context, confirming its technological and productive vocation and finally hosting new tertiary and commercial activities, in particular on the front of Corso Regina Margherita. The redevelopment of the industrial area will allow the release of vast portions of park areas to be allocated to supplement the existing longend of the Dora Riparia river. 38
NORTHEASTERN GATE/Corso Romania Corso Romania Areas
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PROJECT INFO L dA 1.500.000 sq.m. G s oo A 860.000 sq.m. G nd Se v : 220.000 sq.m. M x d s residential, offices, services, industrial activities, crafts, hotels, transport hub The project will maintain 50% of the productive use allowing Michelin to develop its new logistics centre. The transformation will be completed with the new design of the Cebrosa area, characterised by a mix of functions respectful of the existing environment. Theprojectforeseestheintroduction of new retail, services and residence functions to redefine the frontline of Corso Romania and Strada Cebrosa thus reorganising accessibility from the north-east to the city.
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NORTHEASTERN GATE/Corso Romania Stura Railway Station Square
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PROJECT INFO Mx d : residential, offices, services, industrial activities, crafts, hotels, transport hub The area is part of the wider Corso Romania premises. It boasts high accessibility: it is situated at the junction of the A5 Torino-Aosta and A4 Torino- Milano motorways where they join the north ring road. The activation of the Metropolitan railway service makes Stura station an important interchange point in public mobility, supported by the extra-urban bus terminal, and gives the areas under transformation a new accessibility within the metropolitan area.
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NORTHEASTERN GATE/Barriera di Milano V200 Project
CITY STRUCTURES
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PROJECT INFO L dA 1.350.000 sq.m. G s oo A 870.000 sq.m. the city of Torino holds 255.000 sq.m. Mx d residential, offices, retail, services, hotel, university, student housing, transport hub The new settlement offers high-quality and low density residential settlements intended for users looking for an improvement of their living conditions. The Masterplan forsees flexible capabilities for settlement functions related to crafts and design, directed to the research activities of private companies and public institutions, next to the establishment of new university residences in the former Manifattura Tabacchi, in the northern portion of the area. 41
NORTHEASTERN GATE/Barriera di Milano V200 /Regio Parco&Alberata
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PROJECT INFO L dA 880.000 sq.m. G oo A 560.000 sq.m. Mx d residential, offices, services, hotels, retail, university halls of residence activities and facilities The Regio parco area is characterized by huge available floor area, mainly residential, connecting with traditional support functions to housing, as the business activities of small and medium size. The Alberata project involves the redevelopment of this area into an urban boulevard: the physics caesura dictated by the road wants to be transformed into an opportunity for mending two portions of the city, mainly through interventions related to the strengthening of urban facilities like parks and public infrastructures.
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NORTHEASTERN GATE/Barriera di Milano V200/Vertice nord
CITY STRUCTURES
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PROJECT INFO L dA 470.000 sq.m. G s oo A 310.000 sq.m. M x d s residential, offices, services, hotels, retail , transport hub Vertice Nord is characterized by a high degree of accessibility and infrastructure as well as for greater extension and building capacity expected. It represents the new northern gate to Torino, as the junction point between intercity motorway system and urban road system. This area will have the role of new retail center on the northern portion of the city, with more traditional office and residential functions. The localization of leisure activities depends to the principle of specificity enhancement and maximization of existing resources not only in order of the high degree of accessibility.
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NORTHEASTERN GATE/Barriera di Milano Former Tobacco manufacturing. New academic premises
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PROJECT INFO L dA 140.000 sq.m. G s oo A 67.000 sq.m. M x d e university campus, facilities and halls of residence The former Tobacco Manufacturing Plant represents a historic structure of extraordinary interest, destined in the City’s plans to university functions. Located along the river Po, surrounded by the Colletta and Arrivore parks, it borders on the transformation areas of Variante 200 – in particular the Vanchiglia/Regio Parco Yard – and the route of the future Metro Line 2. The historical and environmental context, the nearness to the new public transport routes but also to the new humanistic site along the Dora, makes the Tobacco Manufacturing Building a site of particular interest. 44
EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/Historical City and Po river banks Valentino Cultural Center
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PROJECT INFO R w Ar 300.000 sq.m. L dA 45.000 sq.m. G s oo A 46.000 sq.m. M x d U e: public library, university campus, theatre The project involves the former “Torino Esposizioni” site: the building, designed on 1933 by Pier Luigi Nervi, was dedicated to the big fairs and exhibitions (mainly fashion, and auto shows). The site will be reshaped and the buildings reused to host a new multipurpose cultural facility, that will be consisting of a theater, a public library and of the enlargement of the Architectural Studies Campus.
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EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/Historical City and Po river banks Piazza d’Armi Campus. New academic premises for Science studies
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PROJECT INFO L dA 198.000 sq.m. Mx d university campus, halls of residence, activities and facilities The project expects to recover the barracks between Corso Galileo Ferraris and Corso Unione Sovietica transferring the university of Physics and Chemistry. A scentific campus with classrooms and laboratories, residences and sports facilities, will be combined in the same structure.
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EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/Historical City and Po river banks Spina2 New Congress Center
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PROJECT INFO L dA 40.000 sq.m. G s oo A 40.000 sq.m. Mx d congress center, cultural facilities, retail, hotel, services, student housing Theproject foreseestheconversionofaproximately 40,000 sq.m. of Gross floor area. The project, in addition to the congress centre, consists of the realization of new hotels, services and commercial activities in collaboration with the closeby new OGR Cultural Hub. The project is located in a broad central area alongside the axis of the strategic transformations of the city. It is also foreseen the realization of a new square, in which the new and historical buildings will overlook, directly connected to the congress centre.
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EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/Historical City and Po river banks Einaudi Campus/Italgas premises
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PROJECT INFO L dA 42.000 sq.m. G s oo A 32.000 sq.m. Mx d : university campus, university halls of residence The area is located within the wider Urban Campus project carried out in the last few years by the University of Turin, which extends from the old city centre to the river banks.
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The area already hosts the new site of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences and the Longodora hall of residence completed in 2005. The Campus can be extended on the area occupied at present with new university residences and services for students.
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EASTERN AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS/Historical City and Po river banks Human Studies Campus/Cavallerizza Reale
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PROJECT INFO L dA 32.000 sq.m. The City holds about 15.000 sq.m. Mx d cultural facilities, university campus and halls of residence, hotel, residential Urban renovation, in the heart of the city, of an historical compound with noteworthy architectural relevance. The aim is to renovate the entire compound and to foresee a different use for the space: museum, exhibition area, cultural centre, space for the university, residential area, accommodations, services and common interests infrastructures; these functions can be integrated with Service Activities for People and Enterprises, which comprise commercial and public activities. 49
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Mayor of Turin Piazza Palazzo di Città 1 10122 Torino | Italy segreteria.sindaco@comune.torino.it
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Deputy Mayor for Urban and Strategic Planning, Real Estate, Urban Renewal Projects Via Meucci 4 10121 Torino | Italy segreteria.assessorelorusso@comune.torino.it +39 011 443 0400
for Città di Torino: AN T M A Piazza Palazzo di Città 8f 10122 Torino www.urbancenter.to.it