“Improving Urban Resilience and Sustainability: Revitalizing the Green Infrastructure of Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Torino”

Rapid urbanization creates vulnerability and exposure, and when coupled with climate change it escalates urban risks and its consequences. However, to maintain equitable growth and a high standard of living for their citizens, cities, and communities must be resilient and sustainable. Resilience helps cities to prepare, withstand, and bounce back and recover from shocks. Sustainability helps preserve essential resources like air, water, and energy for future generations by reducing environmental damage and using resources wisely. Both resilience and sustainability can improve the city's ability to create a safe and liveable setting. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between urban resilience and sustainability with a focus on revitalizing the green infrastructure of Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, a historic neighborhood in Torino, Italy that is compatible with the real-time scenario. This study evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of urban communities with the help of the parameters of resilience and sustainability using BIM as a key tool, and these findings are integrated into a design framework. The special considerations of the site include the preservation of the site's cultural heritage, contemporary urban design concepts, and the flexibility of proposed interventions in response to the upcoming environmental and social issues. By merging the theoretical understanding with an effective design solution, this study intends to provide a reproducible framework for promoting sustainability and resilience in urban communities. Scope of research: The scope includes evaluating the neighborhood's environmental, social, and structural aspects and making design recommendations that can be implemented in other similar urban settings.