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FULL (Future Urban Legacy Lab) is a research centre at the Polytechnic University of Turin.
We explore, imagine and design the future of contemporary urbanity.

FULL generates analyses and transformative visions for cities and territories. It studies the dynamics of physical, economic and social transformation and supports decision-making processes at various levels.

What we do

Research

Research at FULL

Our research activities address contemporary challenges posed by ecological, digital and just transitions through an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. We combine analysis and design, circularity between theory and practice, promoting collaborative experimentation with multiple voices capable of generating impact.

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Office buildings. Photo: Lucio Beltrami

Post-office turn

  • Research project
  • urban transformations, architecture, non-performing legacy, reuse

Since 2020, the rapid expansion of remote and hybrid work has profoundly reshaped office markets worldwide, accelerating vacancy trends and ...

HACKING M0N0P0L1

  • Research project
  • Housing, social and economic inequalities

HACKERARE M0N0P0L1 (HACKING M0N0P0L1) is an educational board game (technically, a ‘serious game’) aimed at explaining the housing issue in ...

TOWN & GOWN: Cities shaped by student populations

  • Research project
  • urban transformations, Housing, student housing

The urban areas of Northern Italy have experienced critical transformations in their socio-economic structure in recent decades and have seen ...

Publications

A selection of our open access editions, papers and more.

FULL complements academic publications with a more agile output, rooted in research but also aimed at public decision-makers, policy makers, professionals, and civil society. In this context, the “Quaderni FULL” series was launched: open-access monographic reports dedicated to the center’s main research activities.

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Designing forms for future solarscapes

  • other
  • energy, landscape, ecological transition

The book presents the first results of the research project Next Generation Solar Landscapes, funded by the Italian Ministry of ...

Curated by: Elena Vigliocco

#14 – Living the University city

  • Quaderni FULL
  • Housing, social and economic inequalities, student housing

Cities that are strengthening their role as centres of higher education are experiencing transformation processes that are challenging their societies, ...

Who runs Airbnb in Turin (and surroundings)?

  • Report
  • Housing, Airbnb, sharing economy, economy and urban space

With almost 10,000 active listings in 2024, Turin is the sixth Italian city in terms of Airbnb platform penetration, marking ...

Media

our MEDIAs

Audio and video content produced by FULL or showcasing its activities.

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Conference “Living in university cities”

Turin, February 6th, 2026

  • Video

The conference presents the results of a two-year study on student housing in the context of urban transformations linked to ...

Zeta – cities in transition /1

the ecological transition

  • Podcast

Starting with the course “Challenges for the Contemporary City,” which provided insights and tools to newly appointed administrators and young ...

Sky TG 24 in the offices of FULL to report on the “AirBnB in Italy” research study

  • Video

FULL publishes a report on the trend of short-term rentals in Italy from 2017 to 2024: a ...

Events

our APPOINTMENTS

The calendar of the initiatives organized by the center or featuring members of FULL among the main contributors.

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RE-CODING VILLAGES / Turning vacancy into community

NEB Satellite event

Coming soon – Stay tuned

Castel del Giudice (IS) and Gagliano Aterno (AQ)
12 June 2026
13 June 2026
  • Featured
  • Other
  • inner areas, territorial cohesion

Access to water bodies in urban areas

To mark the visiting period of PhD student Beini Ma from Tsinghua University, during which she is gathering data at Valentino Park on urban morphology, microclimatic data and human behaviour,

FULL | OGR Tech, corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino
12 March 2026
12:15
  • Featured
  • Seminar
  • data science, rivers
locandina solarscapes

Next Generation Solar Landscapes

Presentation of the book and project results

Final dissemination event of the PRIN 2022 research projectNext Generation Solar Landscapes. Methods and Tools for the Design of Next-Generation Solar Landscapes: The Renewal of End-of-Life Photovoltaic Fields, funded by

OGR Tech - room A | corso Castelfidardo 22, Torino
26 February 2026
10:00 - 13:00
  • Featured
  • Presentation
  • energy, landscape, ecological transition
interfaces in valle bormida

Interfaces in Valle Bormida vol.1

Interfaces in Valle Bormida vol.1 is the final exhibition of the design studio Architecture, Society and Territory at Politecnico di Torino. The work investigated the territory of the Bormida Valley

Museo della seta - ex filanda | Monesiglio (CN)
21 February 2026
11:00
  • Featured
  • Exhibition
  • inner areas, rivers, landscape

Discover our Press Review

A selection of what has appeared in the media about our activities.

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Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

FULL è un centro di ricerca del Politecnico di Torino. Esploriamo, immaginiamo e progettiamo il futuro del territorio e del patrimonio urbano.

@OGR Tech – Corso Castelfidardo, 22
10128 Torino – Italy
full@polito.it

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Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

FULL is a research center of the Politecnico di Torino. We explore, imagine and design the future of the territory and of the urban legacies.

@OGR Tech – Corso Castelfidardo, 22
10128 Torino – Italy
full@polito.it

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