Sewing a small town. Una scuola estiva di architettura come strumento per l'identificazione di metodologie operative per la rinascita di un centro storico. Sewing a small town. A summer school as a tool for the identification of working methodologies for the renaissance of a historical center

Gassino Torinese is a town of the second belt of Turin with approximately 9.500 inhabitants; it's characterized by an ancient part of the city marked by a medieval urban plan and baroque architectures; this part of the city is going through a progressive depopulation despite the steady growth of the municipal population, caused by a general desire by people of Turin to move to peripheral areas in single-family detached houses with garden. Architecture summer school "Sewing a small town. The renaissance of a historical center", held in Gassino Torinese in 2015 has been conceived as an operative research tool for the identification of new planning instruments of design solutions for the redevelopment and valorization of the ancient part of the city.