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Designing with Water

Lucio Beltrami — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:04:42 +0000

“Designing with Water” is a two-part event:

Seminar
Drawing on the research accounts of three DIST PhD students, the seminar will explore water-sensitive design at
various scales. From the Water Sensitive City to the individual resident’s psychological perception of risk,
via infrastructure failures at neighbourhood level. Drawing on experiences from Europe and Latin
America, the seminar will discuss the spread of water-sensitive practices, resilience in river areas and the
design of spaces for rainwater in areas prone to flooding.

Book launch
The book Drought: Thresholds and Escape Routes in the Fight Against Climate Change in China by Andrea E. Pia explores the
growing water supply crisis through an ethnographic study of a rural
minority community in China threatened by climate change.

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Next Generation Solar Landscapes

Lucio Beltrami — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:10:47 +0000

Final dissemination event of the PRIN 2022 research project
Next Generation Solar Landscapes. Methods and Tools for the Design of Next-Generation Solar Landscapes: The Renewal of End-of-Life Photovoltaic Fields, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).

The project, coordinated by Elena Vigliocco (Politecnico di Torino), involved three research units:

Politecnico di Torino (RU1),

Politecnico di Milano (RU2),

Università di Torino (RU3).

The research addressed the regeneration of ground-based photovoltaic fields at the end of their life cycle, not as an energy issue but as an opportunity to rethink urban morphologies and productive landscapes in Italy. The architectural, territorial, landscape, and agronomic dimensions of existing energy infrastructures are the core of the project, exploring strategies for decommissioning, revamping, and reuse within a broader framework of ecological transition and design innovation.

All three research units will participate in the event, promoting involvement for those interested in the topic; and engaging in a discussion of the project’s outcomes, future perspectives, and implications for planning and designing energy landscapes.

The event will also be an occasion to present the book:

Designing Forms for Future Solarscapes. A Vision for the Italian Palimpsest, Elena Vigliocco (edited by), 2025, LetteraVentidue.

The volume shows the scientific, cartographic, and design outcomes of the research, offering both a theoretical and operational reflection on Italian solar landscapes. It includes comparative atlases and a series of design scenarios developed for the reconfiguration of end-of-life photovoltaic fields in three selected case studies.

The book is available in open access at this link.

A second presentation of the PRIN research results and the volume will take place on:

Tuesday, 3 March, 2:30 p.m.

Department of Architecture and Urban Studies

Sala consiglio, Edificio 29 “Carta”, Politecnico di Milano – Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 26, Milano

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European territorial cooperation: final report on the progress of EGTCs with Italian participation

Lucio Beltrami — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:56:00 +0000

On Monday, 17 November 2025, the closing event was held for the programme dedicated to strengthening European territorial cooperation promoted by the ITALIAE Project, of which DARA is a beneficiary and CNR – ISSIRFA a partner.

The proceedings were opened and closed by Councillor Giovanni Vetritto, Director General of DARA and Head of the ITALIAE Project, who delivered the institutional greetings and final reflections of the day.

The meeting is dedicated to the presentation of the final report of the project, carried out by FULL with CNR – ISSIRFA, which explored two key aspects for the analysis of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) in Italy: the regulatory and institutional aspect and the territorial and social aspect.

The event provided an opportunity for institutions and EGTCs with Italian participation to exchange views, share research findings and highlight the future prospects for European territorial cooperation.

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FULL at the Cuneo Mountain Festival 2025

Lucio Beltrami — Tue, 06 May 2025 15:05:19 +0000

On the occasion of the 2025 Cuneo Mountain Festival, the Future Urban Legacy Lab is participating in four events to present the results of the research project “Mezzaluna Alpina – Dynamics and prospects of the mountain-city territories of the Province of Cuneo.”

On Friday, May 9, 2025, the event “Cantieri di Futuro: dialoghi territoriali per la Mezzaluna Alpina” (Building Sites of the Future: regional dialogues for the Alpine Crescent) will be held, inviting administrators, citizens, professionals, and third sector actors to participate in roundtable discussions to share ideas, experiences, and visions and build new perspectives for the mountain-city of the future.
On Saturday, May 10, 2025, FULL will officially present the report “Mezzaluna Alpina – Dynamics and prospects of the mountain-valley territories of the Province of Cuneo” at the Mezzaluna Alpina Conference.
From Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. to Sunday, May 11, at 9 a.m., the streets of Cuneo will become the setting for the Villaggio Alpino, a space where visitors can learn about and meet the organizations that work in and promote the mountains. The FULL Center, together with the student groups TOC2 and Shelters, will be present in Via Roma with activities and presentations aimed at the public to illustrate their respective work.
On Saturday, May 10, the Cinema Monviso will host a screening of Le terre di tutti (The Lands of All) by Ferdinando Amato and Emilio Di Treviri, as part of the series of meetings entitled Radici e orizzonti: dialoghi sul neopopolamento (Roots and Horizons: Dialogues on New Settlement). The screening traces the recent history of the “Comunanze Agrarie” (Agricultural Communes) in the Sibillini National Park in the Marche region.

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Youth housing in Turin.

Lucio Beltrami — Sat, 25 May 2024 11:35:00 +0000

On the occasion of the presentation of the results of the project “Abitare fluido” (Fluid Living) and the publication “Collaborare e abitare. The right to housing in cities for the new generations” (Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 2024), Urban Lab will host this meeting with Silvia Cafora of FULL as curator of the publication. This is the second presentation event related to the project, following the one held in Milan on 23 May.

This research imagines a city without barriers that focuses on socialising and a sense of community, exploring the critical issues related to housing insecurity caused by weak and poorly redistributive housing policies, proposing strategies and trends of multi-locality, cohabitation and cooperation for more inclusive, stable and sustainable living for young people in Italian cities.

The extended living imagined by the Abitare Fluido model provides for the possibility of living flexibly in a system composed of several dwellings, with a main dwelling in a peri-urban or non-urban area connected to a shared dwelling located in the context of a hub for temporary living and working in the city. This model responds to the needs of an increasingly complex and diverse society, governed by housing tensions linked to re-urbanisation and the financialisation of the property market, which fuel territorial inequalities.

The data collected from the research conducted in workshops and surveys administered in major Italian cities highlighted the change in young people’s housing needs from a predominance of permanent residents to a growing presence of temporary residents. For many young people, the ideal home is no longer a static entity, but a flexible project that adapts to different stages and needs in life. In Italy, youth mobility has increased, with a majority of young people preferring to rent rather than own a home, partly due to economic and job insecurity. This leads many young people to live in temporary or shared housing solutions, especially in suburban areas where costs are lower but services are less accessible.

The research therefore aims to highlight the need to enhance the potential of young people as natural agents of urban transformation by promoting cooperative and supportive participation in shaping residential life.

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Youth housing in Milan.

Lucio Beltrami — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:56:00 +0000

Promoted by the Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Milano and Fondazione Housing Sociale, in collaboration with Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and AmbienteAcqua APS, the meeting explores youth housing, investigating the ways in which housing can meet the needs of young people and the policies that can influence supply – considering the metropolitan perspective and the ecological challenge – in continuity with the themes that emerged in 2023 in the CARA CASA Festival.

During Milano Arch Week 2024, the meeting will delve into themes, problems and trends on youth housing, starting from the presentation of the results of the research Abitare Fluido, deepened in the publication Collaborare e Abitare. Il diritto alla casa nelle metropoli per le nuove generazioni curated by Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and investigating which modalities, typologies and forms that living can take to meet the needs of the new generations and which dynamics, policies and practices can influence the supply for youth housing, with respect to the dynamics taking place in the city and the metropolitan area. The event, in continuity with Cara Casa. Il Festival itinerante sull’abitare tra Milano, Venezia, Bologna, Genova, the winning project in 2023 of the public notice “Festival Architettura – II edizione” of the DGCC of the Ministry of Culture, will want to take stock of what has been achieved and project itself into the future. In addition to youth living, the metropolitan perspective and the ecological challenge – themes that emerged in the Festival – will be taken up and discussed again with architects, citizens and partners in order to broaden common reflection in the city.

You can also follow the event on Facebook Live.

Further information and full programme here.

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Living, coexisting, bringing the night to life in Turin

Lucio Beltrami — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 13:07:00 +0000

Analysis, strategic scenarios and proposals for participatory governance of night-time gatherings. Presentation and debate (event concluding the ‘Mover la Movida’ project).

The FULL centre presents the results of the study on night-time management in Turin at Off Topic, discussing it in the presence of the Mayor of Turin, Stefano Lo Russo, with the heads of the city’s departments for Traffic, Youth Policies, Security and Commerce, and with a panel of experts in the field.

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Terre del Monviso. Strategic scenarios for a metromontane area

Lucio Beltrami — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:32:00 +0000

On Saturday 18 March, Il Quartiere in Saluzzo will host the presentation of the document “Terre del Monviso. Scenari strategici per un territorio metromontano” (Lands of Monviso. Strategic scenarios for a metropolitan-mountainous area), the result of research carried out under a contract between the FULL Interdepartmental Centre and the Municipality of Saluzzo. The presentation will take place as part of the Terres Monviso Outdoor Festival, which will run from 17 to 19 March. It will also be an opportunity for institutional and non-institutional actors to discuss policies affecting inland, mountain and foothill areas and new forms of territorial organisation.

The contents of the volume resulting from the research, at the same time of scientific and intentional value, have the function of analysing and at the same time supporting the voluntary planning of the territory already underway for some time, offering elements for reflection, analytical data and strategic scenarios to the administrations, communities, stakeholders and innovation actors of Terre del Monviso. They are all “living materials”, offered to the communities of the territory, to build debates, perspectives, and further new planning and visions.

A welcome coffee with local products will be served from 9:30 a.m.

Scientific directors

Antonio De Rossi, Department of Architecture and Design

Loris A. Servillo, Interuniversity Department of Science, Planning and Policy of the Territory

Working group

Antonio De Rossi, Marco Del Fiore, Mauro Fontana, Loris A. Servillo

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Tra simili. Storie incrociate dei quartieri italiani del secondo dopoguerra

SynAdmin_25 — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:19:04 +0000

Qual è oggi il valore pubblico della storia dell’architettura? Qual è il senso del tornare ancora una volta su oggetti che abbiamo ereditato dalla città del secolo scorso (come ad esempio i quartieri) e che sono stati raccontati molte volte? “Tra simili” ha un titolo ironico, che fa riferimento al tenere insieme una serie di luoghi, che forse, un poco si somigliano ma che per una serie di ragioni si è poco abituati a veder comparire tra le pagine di uno stesso volume. Un libro narrativo nel suo incedere, argomentativo nel suo impianto, che scomponendo, ricomponendo e facendo entrare in risonanza le storie di cinque complessi residenziali del secondo dopoguerra indaga i modi attraverso i quali le storie dell’architettura, del territorio e del paesaggio possono costruire forme di generalizzazione capaci di non perdere il senso dei luoghi e di rinnovare un’indagine sulle ragioni stesse del proprio procedere.

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L’infrastruttura della città

SynAdmin_25 — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:09:39 +0000

Il sistema dell’edilizia scolastica è una delle principali infrastrutture che innervano il tessuto urbano torinese. Caterina Barioglio e Daniele Campobenedetto ne hanno analizzato forme, modelli, consistenza materiale, distribuzione sul territorio, mettendo a punto un vero e proprio abaco utile alle progettualità per la rigenerazione di un patrimonio prezioso e bisognoso di cura.

Partiamo da questa attenta ricognizione per discutere dello stato di salute dell’infrastruttura scolastica con Carlotta Salerno, assessora della Città di Torino alle Periferie e progetti di rigenerazione urbana, Politiche educative e giovanili e Materie relative all’istruzione, e Raffaella Valente, Fondazione Agnelli. Coordina Giulietta Fassino, Torino Urban Lab.

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