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CULTURE 
AND NEW URBAN 
IDENTITIES

visits Culture and new urban identities GRAN TOUR POST-INDUSTRIAL TORINO ————— Info
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T 011 5537950 useful info info the route A tour to discover Torino’s post-Fordism transition. A city which, since the early 1990’s, has redesigned its identity by promoting the knowledge economy and restoring its cultural, artistic and social dimension, thus profoundly redefining its physical organization […]

Top view

exhibitions Topview Top view shows an unprecedented city through the aerial photos taken by Michele D’Ottavio and those stored in the historical archive of the City of Torino. ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F from Tuesday on Saturday 11am – 6pm press review cs download poster cartolina For Biennale Democrazia 2019, dedicated to […]

WHO ARE THE YOUTH OF TORINO?

meetings Who are theyouth of Torino? a meeting to talk about the youth (15-29) and their relation with the city ————— free entrancepiazza palazzo di città 8F at 10.00 am download presentation research video link Urban Lab has proposed a debate on the youth in Torino through the analysis of the findings of the research on Youth […]

Seven railway areas in Torino

Reflections, new functions, ideas and projects for the future of dismissed railway areas in Torino. A collection of what came up from the 300 participants in the workshop held in May 2019.


CITY PROJECTIONS 
2019

At the archaeological park of Porte Palatine the third edition of the outdoor film festival dedicated to cities

RAIL CITY LAB

A 3-day workshop for a reflection on the future of over 500,000 sqm of unused railway areas in Torino

Seven railway areas in Torino

Reflections, new functions, ideas and projects for the future of dismissed railway areas in Torino. A collection of what came up from the 300 participants in the workshop held in May 2019.


HARMONY

Holistic Approach for Providing Spatial & Transport Planning Tools and Evidence to Metropolitan and Regional Authorities to Lead a Sustainable Transition to a New Mobility Era


B.I.M.B.Y.

Challenging urban sprawl by building on citizen initiative

URBAN AGENCIES


How to fuel the debate about the city? Two conferences and four workshops address this question

LANDSCAPE 
AND NEW URBAN 
IDENTITIES

meetings Landscape Project
 and new identities of urban area Cristina Bianchetti and Pierre Donadieu discuss the topic at Pavings ————— free entrance@ PAV Parco Arte Vivente
via Giordano Bruno 31Torino
at 6pm For the events of “Cultivons notre jardin” promoted by Institut Français Italia (IFI) in autumn 2018, IFI and Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) propose […]

brand new city

exhibitions Brand new city How European cities communicate their identity- an exhibition shows city branding in Europe  EUROPEAN PROJECT ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F from Tuesday on Saturday 11am – 6pm press CS download dossier Urban Lab has staged an exhibition on how cities communicate their identity. As part of the European […]

torino atlas

exhibitions Torino atlas maps of the metropolitan area ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm press cs download layout 1 layout 2 For the publication of “Torino Atlas”, a research project developed by Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) in collaboration with Rapporto Giorgio Rota, Urban Lab has organized an […]

TORINO ATLAS

Four Mayors meet and talk about Atlas, the project telling the present state of Torino’s territory

ALT/BAU

Transnational exchange and learning in order to tackle the challenge of unused and decaying buildings

THE POST-INDUSTRIAL
CITY


visits The Post-idustrial city TOUR BY BUS ————— Info
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T 011 5537950 useful info book the route The great transformation of manufacturing Torino through the conversion of dismissed plants into news spaces for housing, work and production along the rail link. The tour goes along the “Spina centrale” main boulevard touching some of the most significant examples […]

NATURE IN THE CITY

The relation between nature and cities is discussed in a series of meetings promoted by Urban Lab and IFI

SOCIAL HOUSING 
IN TORINO


visits Social housing in Torino THE NEW SPACES ————— useful info book the route An itinerary to see the new housing solutions through the projects implemented in the city and find out more about the new forms of sociality and use of spaces. the visit Minimum number of partecipant 5 persons Duration 2 hours Trasporto […]

ITALY1945-2045


How is urban planning today? How are cities organized and what are the responses that this discipline can offer to deal with the complexity of contemporary urban areas? Urban Lab has prompted a debate on these questions.

Rock

Regeneration and Optimization of Cultural heritage in creative and Knowledge cities


Living in italy

exhibitions Living in Italy emergencies, policies, new practices ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm download flyer dossier For the fifth edition of Biennale Democrazia, dedicated to the crises of our time, Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) has been investigating the housing problem through an exhibition, a photo gallery […]

LIVING IN ITALY. 


As part of the Biennale Democrazia, Urban Lab promotes a meeting to reflect on the “home issue” in Italy

Eucanet

European Agencies Network for citizenship, inclusion involvement and empowerment of communities through the urban transformation process


moloc

Spatial and multimodal planning tools to accompany the transition to cleaner and more sustainable mobility in metropolitan areas

waiting spaces

exhibitions Waiting spaces a photo exhibition on Torino dismissed places (downtown and in the outskirts) waiting to be transformed ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm press CS download flyer A journey through pictures, between the arcades of piazza Palazzo di Città and Urban Lab headquarters (ex Urban Center Metropolitano), […]

the garden revolution

exhibitions The garden revolution an exhibition itinerary tells about new practices and new meanings of cultivating in the city ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm download flyer Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) together with Slow Food has promoted a photo exhibition entitled “The garden revolution”, dedicated to the […]

I-MEDIA CITIES

A platform where to watch and to interact with unique historical films and images of cities from the collections of renowned European film archives.

nothing grows from diamonds

exhibitions Nothing grows from diamonds Re-use opportunities in the Metropolitan City: the case study of Certosa di Collegno ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm press cs inauguration download panels pdf The Flowers Festival moves from Parco della Certosa in Collegno to Torino, inside Urban Lab premises (ex Urban Center […]

10100 POLO DEL ‘900

A meeting to talk about Polo del ‘900, the innovative cultural centre that is growing in the heart of Torino

Torino is different city

exhibitions Torino is a different city A photo exhibition to visit the four symbolic places of Torino, where the transformation is particularly evident ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm The exhibition organized by Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) showcases images and ideas of the city and places playing […]

torino is a different city

exhibitions Torino is a different city Interactive installations and a dedicated programme turn Urban Lab into a meeting point to understand how Torino has been changing ————— free entry piazza palazzo di città 8F Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 6pm To celebrate 20 years since Torino great transformation started, Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano) is showcasing […]

10100 PARCO DORA

A meeting on the uses, effects and opportunities offered by the large public area of Parco Dora

TREASURE HUNT
2015

From the metro to the new skyscraper, Urban Lab has organized a treasure hunt in the places influenced by the city transformation

10100 CAMPUS LUIGI EINAUDI

meetings 10100 campus Luigi Einaudi A meeting to understand how study, work and life are experienced inside and outside CLE ————— Campus Luigi Einaudi Lungo Dora Siena, Torino at 6pm video cle With two Universities ranking high at national level and a growing capacity to attract students from all over Italy and the world, Torino […]

10100, TORINO

Five great projects implemented in Torino are told by their developers and the citizens in five dedicated meetings

10100 MUSEO ETTORE FICO


meetings 10100 museo Ettore Fico HOW THE CITY IS CHANGINg ————— museo Ettore Ficovia Francesco Cigna 114, Torinoore 18 The series of meetings “10100 Torino. How the city is changing”, organized by Urban Lab (ex Urban Center Metropolitano), starts with Museo Ettore Fico, a project important not only for the promotion of Torino art scene, […]