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Uniting the faculties of Law and Political Science within a single, modern
campus for 5,000 students, the project has created flexible new facilities for
Turin University, as well as establishing new connections between the
institution and wider community.
The design is a modern interpretation of
the traditional cloistered quadrangle, formed of two linked buildings, unified
by a single roof canopy and arranged around a central courtyard. A new
four-storey library is located on the northern edge of the site, parallel to the
River Dora, with the Law and Political Science faculties to the south – each
faculty has its own entrance from the central courtyard. The ground floor
accommodates lecture halls, circulation and social spaces, with teaching and
faculty rooms in the quieter levels above.
Sensitively combining existing and
efficient new structures, some of the site’s historic buildings have been
refurbished to house a café and student services – the former Piccolo Italgas
building signals the main entrance to the campus, reached via the revitalised
Via Vegezzi gardens. The masterplan creates a traffic-free oasis in the heart of
a city plagued by congestion – vehicle access is from Corso Farini, where a
covered gateway provides a sheltered, accessible route to the library and
faculty buildings.
The buildings incorporate a number of energy saving
features, from passive strategies such as the overhanging roof, whose depth is
determined by solar path analysis, to addressing the embodied energy of
materials – the design team specified FSC-certified wood throughout, including
Ajus timber for the acoustic ceiling panels in the library and sustainable
bamboo flooring for the graduation hall.
The project also shows our
commitment to sustainable design – like the Masdar Institute, the first building
of its kind to be completely solar powered, Turin’s buildings feature a number
of passive and active strategies to cut waste and reduce energy, and the
pedestrian friendly green space is an oasis in the heart of a busy city.”