Politecnico di Torino · 2025 · Prova pratica

Change of use of a former courtyard carpentry workshop into housing

II session · section A · Riuso e cambio di destinazione d'usoIn review

What the track asks

Practical-exam Track no. 1 (Section A). The theme is the change of use into housing of a courtyard workshop building in Turin's Borgo San Paolo — a working-class district whose private courtyards still hide productive structures. The building was a carpentry workshop of about 430 sqm gross floor area: a single-storey reinforced-concrete open-plan wing (the workshop) and a perpendicular two-storey building (showroom, offices, the carpenter's home), now abandoned but in fair condition. The planning instrument allows a residential-compatible use; no heritage or planning constraints. Candidates must carry out the change of use of the whole building, creating at least 5 dwellings plus optional shared spaces. Key design constraint: full demolition and reconstruction is NOT allowed — only portions may be demolished (losing gross floor area) to better arrange circulation — while the garage volume may be demolished in whole or part. The design must meet hygiene and healthiness requirements, barrier-free accessibility, energy containment and the use of renewable sources. The linked written test asks for a report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework (accessibility, flows, sustainability) and technical/plant choices.

Required drawings

General site plan 1:500 or 1:200; ground-floor plan 1:100; first-floor plan 1:100; at least one elevation 1:100; at least one significant section 1:100; one apartment plan 1:50 with minimum room areas and accessibility criteria for the disabled; one constructional detail at a suitable scale; design sketches. Written test: a concise report on compositional criteria, structural principles, the regulatory framework and technical/plant choices.

Regulations this track calls into play

Editorial anchoring: the rules a well-prepared candidate should have in hand for this theme, each with its current status.

D.P.R. 380/2001Consolidated Building Act (Testo Unico Edilizia)In forceD.M. 17/01/2018Technical Standards for Construction (NTC 2018)In forceD.Lgs. 192/2005Implementation of Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildingsIn forceL. 13/1989Overcoming and removing architectural barriers (private buildings)In forceD.M. 236/1989Technical requirements for the accessibility of private buildingsIn force

This theme, across the archive

The same brief seen by theme: every other past exam that asked for it, and the norm kit they share.

Reuse & refurbishmentCollective housing

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