Urban regeneration of a strongly compromised area: Basse di Stura, a contribution to 'Torino Smart City' platform

Torino has recently cultivated the challenge of the European Commission, becoming a‘Smart City’ candidate, and developing extensive demonstration zones in the urban context. The ‘Torino Smart City’ strategy will fit on all major initiatives implemented through thecity and neighborhoods. Many private and public stakeholders are involved in a partnership managed by the Municipality, and take part to a permanent design activity concerning four topics: Buildings, Transport, Grids and Urban Integration. Starting from the statement that, in order to produce ‘innovation’, a strong connection between Governance, Research and Industry is required, our research is aimed to support the permanent design platform of Torino Smart City, by means of sustainable urban regeneration scenarios in brownfields and suburban areas. In this paper, a study concerning the regeneration of Basse di Stura is presented.