LINGOTTO S METAMORPHOSIS A 25 YEARS LONG STORY From a car manufacturing factory to a multipurpose complex in a renewing city

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1 LINGOTTO S METAMORPHOSIS A 25 YEARS LONG STORY From a car manufacturing factory to a multipurpose complex in a renewing city Franco Corsico Adaptative reuse of industial sites Preserving cultural Heritage Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 1

2 FIAT Headquarters offices and the Factory in the back Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 2

3 Lingotto a car manufacturing factory The car production started back in 1915 For nearly eighty years its assembly lines produced the main models in FIAT s range Lingotto has been the symbol of Torino as a typical industrial city, based on mechanical production and dominated by a single company (FIAT) Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 3

4 Lingotto car manufacturing factory The size of Lingotto plant was impressive: - two parallel buildings each 450 meters long - 24 meters wide - five storeys of workshops - test track built on the roof - two vehicular ramps linking the test track to the five storeys below Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 4

5 bird s eye view of Lingotto Factory Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 5

6 test-track on the roof Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 6

7 the vehicular ramp Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 7

8 Lingotto as a cultural heritage Designed for fordist-style automobile manufacturing process At the time the size of this complex was a source of surprise Was defined by Le Corbusier as one of the most impressive and visionary building in the industrial world Is part of Torino 20 century socioeconomic and cultural heritage Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 8

9 Lingotto s metamorphosis the start: 1980s industrial crisis In the 1980s the process of de-industrialisation in Torino was slow but continous Many plants closed down or were moved elsewhere FIAT itself chose to move the core of its car production reducing its presence in Torino In 1982 FIAT decided the closure of Lingotto as a factory Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 9

10 TORINO 1985 INDUSTRIAL VACANT AREAS LINGOTTO > De-industrialisation in the 1980 s Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 10

11 Lingotto s metamorphosis from the closure to a multifunctional complex In 1983 FIAT promoted many cultural and appealing events in the vacant Lingotto in order to present the reuse of the building as an opportunity for the whole community FIAT promoted an architectural international competition to design a mixed use complex in the old building A huge sq.mt multifunctional project designed by Renzo Piano was approved Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 11

12 Hotel "Le Meridien Art+Tech" 2% Parking areas 13% Faculty of automotive engineering 5% Trade Fair Center 31% Offices and management centers 14% Dental School 4% Hotel "Le Meridien Lingotto" 5% Picture Gallery Agnelli 1% Fiat's Headqurters 4% Congress Center 7% Residence Hotel 3% Shopping Arcade 8% Multiscreen Cinema 3% New uses for the Lingotto s sq.mt. renovation Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 12

13 The new front : FIAT Headquarters and the Multifunctional complex Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 13

14 The new Lingotto from the railway: green and parking areas Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 14

15 The renewed test track on the top with the heliport and the glass meeting room Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 15

16 The renovated walking and vehicular ramps Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 16

17 The auditorium Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 17

18 Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 18

19 Lingotto s metamorphosis a new strategic urban perspective only some parts of the whole project where completed and operative new local government approved the new General Master Plan for the urban renovation of of Torino The strategic vision of the new Plan was to concentrate the future development in former industrial areas located near the stations and along the axis of the improved railway lines that crossed the city from north to south ( the new Backbone ) Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 19

20 Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 20 a 25-year-long story with a turning point in 1993

21 N Milano Francia LINGOTTO Genova/Savona 0 1km Strategic vision : the BACKBONE, five regeneration areas along the improved cross-city rail link Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 21

22 The new Backbone Il Passante Ferroviario - Improved cross-city rail link - 15 Kmts / 7 Stations - New Underground (Automated Metro) - 14 Kmts / 16 Stations Key to Symbols Genova/Savona BACKBONE THROUGH RAILWAY RAILWAY STATIONS RAYLWAY LINES UNDERGROUND 1 HIGHWAYS Strategic vision: the BACKBONE, improvements in mobility structures from north to south Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 22

23 The cross-city rail link : placed underground, quadrupled and covered Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 23

24 The new wide boulevard above the railway, the so called La Spina ( the Spine) Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 24

25 Lingotto s metamorphosis the first south-located center of the new backbone of the city Improvements in the original project Synergies with urban planning in surrounding areas Public investments in transportation infrastructures Early 2000s : completed and totally operating Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 25

26 Lingotto s metamorphosis strategic role for the city s most important events and stimulus for further urban redevelopment The Olympic District located in the neighbouring renovated urban areas with the Media Center at Lingotto New connection with the Metro line Lingotto s railway station completely renovated New Regione Piemonte headquarter Other ex-industrial building reuse Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 26

27 Lingotto: the Southernmost centre of the new BACKBONE of Torino Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 27

28 The Olympic District located in the neighbourhood of Lingotto Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 28

29 THE LINGOTTO AREA IN THE OLYMPIC DISTRICT The Media Centre at Lingotto the Olympic Village on the other side of the railway Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 29

30 Bird s eye view of renovated Lingotto Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 30

31 Regeneration areas in the Olympic district Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 31

32 The Olympic Village in the disused premises of the former General Food Market Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 32

33 The suspended footbridge connecting the Athletic Village with Lingotto Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 33

34 The new railway station links east and west side of Lingotto areas Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 34

35 New underground Lingotto Metro Station Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 35

36 .... South of Lingotto: the new Regione Piemonte Headquarters Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 36

37 Eataly : the new Gourmet city, close to Lingotto, in the former vermouth Carpano factory Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 37

38 Lingotto s Properties : many actors, many different operating strategies or many cooperative synergies? Bruxelles, Sept /05/2008 Slide 38

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Turim.Projects. Il salasso Turin, Italy Piero Camoletto apartment. Palasport Olimpico. Lingotto Factory Conversion Turim Projects 6 Created 07-Nov-12 By Camila Mesquita de Macedo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Il salasso Turin, Piero Camoletto apartment Lingotto Factory Conversion Teatro Regio Torino Turin, Carlo Mollino