Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

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.

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.

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

Funded within the PRIN 2022 national programme, the project investigates the challenge of rethinking the future of ground-based photovoltaic fields ...

This project represents a systematic and multidisciplinary research ordered by the Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies (DARA) and carried ...

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

Starting from the elaboration of an analytical framework related to the river system of Turin, the project Torino e i ...

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. Within this framework, the “Quaderni FULL” series was created: open-access monographic reports dedicated to the center’s main research activities.

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

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

The Mezzaluna Alpina (Alpine Crescent) research explores the social, economic and territorial transformations of the Cuneo Alpine arc, starting from ...

Media

our MEDIAs

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

the ecological transition

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

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.

Policies, practices and geographies

The conference presents the results of a two-year research project on student housing in the context of urban transformations linked to the growing role of universities. The reference framework is

Salone d'Onore, Valentino Castle | viale Mattioli, Torino
6 February 2026

conferences and working groups

The event, promoted by the Municipality of Borgo San Lorenzo together with SAI UMCM – Unione Montana dei Comuni del Mugello (Mountain Union of Mugello Municipalities) – and the G.I.G.L.I.O

Borgo San Lorenzo and Scarperia San Piero (Firenze)
16 December 2025

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 –

Cuneo
9 May 2025
11 May 2025

training course

Training course dedicated to YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 29 and administrators under 35 or newly appointed, interested in issues of active citizenship and urban transformation. Through workshops, lectures, and practical activities,

OGR and various locations around the city | Turin
21 March 2025
26 June 2025

Discover our Press Review

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

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