Valentino park is one of Turin’s best-loved parks and where the city’s collective memory is condensed. This is where Christine of France built her royal residence in the 17th century, enlarging and transforming a river villa overlooking the Po. It is also where the International Exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were held, as well as the Valentino Grand Prix motor races.
As part of the Next Generation EU funding, the Italian Ministry of Culture has identified the enhancement of Valentino park as one of the 14 cultural attractions located in Italy to be rehabilitated through ad hoc funding and planning.
The master plan aims to enable the City of Turin to identify the most effective spending strategy to maximize the effect of investments related to the expected structural funds to produce positive socio-economic impacts and lasting domino effects. The investigation answers four main questions: 1) How are contemporary urban parks, and why do people visit them? 2) Is Valentino urban park a contemporary park? 3) What is its unexpressed potential? 4) Which strategy can activate its unexpressed potential?
