Change of use of a former courtyard carpentry workshop into housing
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.
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