Flavia Bazhella
The Community Hub as Urban Strategy The adaptive reuse of The Former Custom House as a catalyst for the regeneration of Pietra Alta district in Turin.
Rel. Massimo Crotti, Chiara Lucchini. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Architettura Per La Sostenibilità, 2026
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the Community Hub as a strategy for urban regeneration in fragmented post-industrial territories, focusing on Turin’s Pietra Alta district. It explores how adaptive reuse, social infrastructure, and multi-scalar design can address spatial and social fragmentation, viewing architecture as an urban catalyst rather than the rehabilitation of a single building. The research combines theoretical studies, case analyses, territorial mapping, and design research. After defining a framework based on community hubs, third places, urban commons, and adaptive reuse, key principles are applied to Pietra Alta. Territorial analysis reveals a fragmented area shaped by industrial decline and major infrastructures. The Former Custom House is identified as a strategic intervention point due to its central location and civic potential.
The proposal operates across scales: improving urban connectivity through pedestrian and cycling links, enhancing public space and accessibility, creating an urban garden for community activities, and transforming the Former Custom House into a flexible Community Hub with shared services and gathering spaces
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