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Just transition

The systemic shift that integrates sustainability with social equity, ensuring rights, participation, and measures for redistribution, protection, and reconversion for people and places

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The Citadel of Alessandria is a fortified building complex, whose layout dates back to the second half of the 18th ...

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The Citadel of Alessandria is a fortified building complex, whose layout dates back to the second half of the 18th ...

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The Citadel of Alessandria is a fortified building complex, whose layout dates back to the second half of the 18th ...

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The Citadel of Alessandria is a fortified building complex, whose layout dates back to the second half of the 18th ...

Adaptive reuse scenarios

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The Citadel of Alessandria is a fortified building complex, whose layout dates back to the second half of the 18th century, located close to the Tanaro River and overlooking the city of Alessandria. The only fortress on the plain built by the Savoy family, it is also the only one of its kind à la […]

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The project is based on the collaboration between the Future Urban Legacy Lab and World Health Organization (WHO) with the ...

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The project is based on the collaboration between the Future Urban Legacy Lab and World Health Organization (WHO) with the ...

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The project is based on the collaboration between the Future Urban Legacy Lab and World Health Organization (WHO) with the ...

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The project is based on the collaboration between the Future Urban Legacy Lab and World Health Organization (WHO) with the ...

A collaboration with the World Health Organization

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The project is based on the collaboration between the Future Urban Legacy Lab and World Health Organization (WHO) with the aim of supporting Helpdesk COVID-19 Severe Acute Respiratory Infection(SARI) Health facilities design Support Network. Specifically, the work will concentrate on: (a) Technical project design for SARI health facilities according to information provided; (b) Specific technical […]

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Torino Metropoli Aumentata (Turin Augmented Metropolis) is the concise, clear and communicable title that sums up the vision proposed by ...

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Torino Metropoli Aumentata (Turin Augmented Metropolis) is the concise, clear and communicable title that sums up the vision proposed by ...

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Torino Metropoli Aumentata (Turin Augmented Metropolis) is the concise, clear and communicable title that sums up the vision proposed by ...

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Torino Metropoli Aumentata (Turin Augmented Metropolis) is the concise, clear and communicable title that sums up the vision proposed by ...

Metropolitan Strategic Plan 2021-2023

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Torino Metropoli Aumentata (Turin Augmented Metropolis) is the concise, clear and communicable title that sums up the vision proposed by the MSP for the future of the metropolitan city. The image of augmentation means the construction of a new alliance between the city of Turin and its region, based on integration and complementarity, rather than […]

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The prospect of returning to attending school in person after the first lockdown phase in Italy called into question existing ...

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The prospect of returning to attending school in person after the first lockdown phase in Italy called into question existing ...

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The prospect of returning to attending school in person after the first lockdown phase in Italy called into question existing ...

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The prospect of returning to attending school in person after the first lockdown phase in Italy called into question existing ...

Re-thinking school spaces under latent pandemic conditions

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The prospect of returning to attending school in person after the first lockdown phase in Italy called into question existing school buildings spaces: the management of activities in class, the in- and out-flows of people, the organisation of daily breaks or the movements of students inside and outside buildings are just some of the many […]

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Abstract A constant stream of trucks and people move every day between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, where most of the ...

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Abstract A constant stream of trucks and people move every day between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, where most of the ...

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Abstract A constant stream of trucks and people move every day between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, where most of the ...

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Abstract A constant stream of trucks and people move every day between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, where most of the ...

Urban forms, imaginaries and dynamics along the Ethio-Djibuti railway

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Abstract A constant stream of trucks and people move every day between Addis Ababa and Djibouti, where most of the goods moving to and from Ethiopia transit, making this route a strategic economic corridor for both countries. The importance of this route can be traced back to the colonial past when, at the beginning of […]

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Abstract The adaptive reuse of existing buildings is central to the contemporary architecture debate. This phenomenon has become so important ...

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Abstract The adaptive reuse of existing buildings is central to the contemporary architecture debate. This phenomenon has become so important ...

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Abstract The adaptive reuse of existing buildings is central to the contemporary architecture debate. This phenomenon has become so important ...

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Abstract The adaptive reuse of existing buildings is central to the contemporary architecture debate. This phenomenon has become so important ...

Assessing the transformative potential of existing buildings in the post-functional era

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Abstract The adaptive reuse of existing buildings is central to the contemporary architecture debate. This phenomenon has become so important that prominent architects argue that the total demolition of any historic building in the contemporary city seems unthinkable. Within this debate, the concept of potential emerges as a commonly-used, but undefined term in the […]

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Abstract The gap between the average wage and the cost of living in metropolises has led to conceiving the home ...

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Abstract The gap between the average wage and the cost of living in metropolises has led to conceiving the home ...

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Abstract The gap between the average wage and the cost of living in metropolises has led to conceiving the home ...

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Abstract The gap between the average wage and the cost of living in metropolises has led to conceiving the home ...

How to improve housing affordability and adequacy through innovation of the cohousing model.

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Abstract The gap between the average wage and the cost of living in metropolises has led to conceiving the home as a luxury item, rather than as one of humans’ primary needs. The rentability criterion of the domestic space of the current real estate market has greatly increased the cost per square metre by partitioning […]

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ABSTRACT The evidence on the effect that sharing economy accommodation platforms have on the performance of hotels is not univocal, ...

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ABSTRACT The evidence on the effect that sharing economy accommodation platforms have on the performance of hotels is not univocal, ...

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ABSTRACT The evidence on the effect that sharing economy accommodation platforms have on the performance of hotels is not univocal, ...

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ABSTRACT The evidence on the effect that sharing economy accommodation platforms have on the performance of hotels is not univocal, ...

an empirical investigation of the moderating effects

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ABSTRACT The evidence on the effect that sharing economy accommodation platforms have on the performance of hotels is not univocal, and a general picture about the circumstances under which hotels may suffer the least from this disruption is still missing. This paper contributes to bridge this gap by examining the role that contingent factors can […]

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Over the last years, thanks to improvements in digital technologies, sharing economy has risen to prominence reshaping several industries. Among ...

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Over the last years, thanks to improvements in digital technologies, sharing economy has risen to prominence reshaping several industries. Among ...

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Over the last years, thanks to improvements in digital technologies, sharing economy has risen to prominence reshaping several industries. Among ...

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Over the last years, thanks to improvements in digital technologies, sharing economy has risen to prominence reshaping several industries. Among ...

Over the last years, thanks to improvements in digital technologies, sharing economy has risen to prominence reshaping several industries. Among these, hospitality is facing a deeper structural change as the newly born Airbnb has matched in few years the capacity of traditional players. Moreover, the entry of Airbnb in the hospitality market has pointed out […]

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In a context of widespread and heterogeneous availability of transformable assets in the urban fabric, not just property owned by ...

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In a context of widespread and heterogeneous availability of transformable assets in the urban fabric, not just property owned by ...

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In a context of widespread and heterogeneous availability of transformable assets in the urban fabric, not just property owned by ...

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In a context of widespread and heterogeneous availability of transformable assets in the urban fabric, not just property owned by ...

The enhancement of urban cultural heritage as a strategy to reactivate city regeneration processes

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In a context of widespread and heterogeneous availability of transformable assets in the urban fabric, not just property owned by the municipality, Future Urban Legacy Lab has proposed a paradigm shift. It integrates the analysis of the availability for use of the municipal built heritage with a reflection on the intensity of use, the dynamics […]

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The Recoding project investigates the ordinary making of the urban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the ...

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The Recoding project investigates the ordinary making of the urban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the ...

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The Recoding project investigates the ordinary making of the urban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the ...

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The Recoding project investigates the ordinary making of the urban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the ...

Rethinking the rules of cities

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The Recoding project investigates the ordinary making of the urban fabric. In this context, the city is conceived as the combined result of spatial planning, market forces, swinging frames of reasoning, conformity to norms and individual expectations and aspirations. To do so, the Recoding project focuses on the role of urban codes in shaping the […]

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Retailers choose location on the basis of accessibility measures and attractiveness of potential places. Firstly, this research focuses on understanding ...

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Retailers choose location on the basis of accessibility measures and attractiveness of potential places. Firstly, this research focuses on understanding ...

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Retailers choose location on the basis of accessibility measures and attractiveness of potential places. Firstly, this research focuses on understanding ...

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Retailers choose location on the basis of accessibility measures and attractiveness of potential places. Firstly, this research focuses on understanding ...

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Retailers choose location on the basis of accessibility measures and attractiveness of potential places. Firstly, this research focuses on understanding and measuring the morphological characteristics of typical urban locations in order to provide a critical interpretation of urban commercial patterns. Moreover, more than ever before, traditional urban retail systems are endangered. Online shopping, upsurges in […]

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

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