The multidisciplinary Atelier on ‘Heritage Restoration and Enhancement’ is carried out during the first semester of the second (and last) year of the Master Degree Course in Architecture for the Restoration and Development of the Cultural Heritage. The Atelier concludes the architect's training process on issues of Cultural Heritage, and correlates, in an interactive and synchronic dialogue, the disciplines of urban restoration and economic enhancement. The project represents a systemic process based on a multidisciplinary dimension that deals with the complexity of landscape and urban scales. The Atelier faces the issues of knowledge, conservation, feasibility, enhancement, promotion and management of scattered or territorial assets that can be thought of as ‘cultural systems’ that realize the landscape fundamental matrices. The knowledge and restoration project phases are strictly related to the preliminary acquisition of the indirect sources and to the direct investigation, finalized to support a first intuitive design idea, to be further discussed and developed during in-depth analyses and collective meetings, which represent fundamental steps of the interdisciplinary process. The phases of the economic enhancement project related to the historical and architectural heritage are based on reusing potentialities, taking into account the sustainability and the real economic and financial feasibility and the management phase of the project. Historical, architectonic and environmental values represent fundamental economic components of the assets value. The Atelier is organized with lessons and multidisciplinary design exercises on specific themes related to the project, including interaction and discussion moments between the two disciplines.

The Atelier on ‘Heritage Restoration and Enhancement’ provides to the students interdisciplinary deepening themes which enforce and develop the knowledge gained during the first three years of the bachelor’s degree, fostering the necessary abilities to manage the complexity elements related to restoration and enhancement projects. Expected learning outcomes from both the Restoration module and the Enhancement module are given below. RESTORATION Knowledge: Since the primary goal of the restoration project is to preserve from physiological decay and loss of identity, the heritage material resources, the knowledge is essentially aimed at developing critical skills for the definition of prevention and protection strategies for cultural heritage in the framework of existing codes. The Atelier will provide the indispensable knowledge for a correct interpretation of the constructive, material and figurative characteristics of architecture with the aim of directing design strategies within a synthetic approach in which cultural, performance, economic and social aspects are jointly considered in the general framework of resource sustainability, both in the executive phase and in the management phase. Abilities: Through the application of the knowledge and tools acquired in the training process, students will acquire the ability to prepare projects for the conservation and protection of widespread and landscape assets, in the primary perspective of compatibility, and without losing sight of the overall vision of the project that must respond to the need to extend the cultural values of goods over time. By making different disciplinary areas interact and correlating the contributions coming from each of them, the students will have to know how to set up with methodological correctness complex design problems related to the organization and transformation of assets. They will have to take into account the conservation needs of historical and cultural values, their safe enjoyment, the sustainability of the techniques adopted, limits and potentialities of the contexts. VALORISATION AND EVALUATION Knowledge: Within the general and strategical objectives of the Atelier, the enhancement and evaluation module faces the issues of reuse and relation between new and existing historical buildings by considering the economic profitability. In particular, reuse is intended as an economic enhancement tool and it is to be considered in relation with the whole building life cycle which includes the fundamental services and new functions management phase. The selected case studies (historical buildings and/or buildings built during the XX century, considered also at urban level) allow the students to critically develop their knowledge, in order to apply methodologies and economic professional tools increasingly sought in the cultural field. Considering a common methodological approach shared with the Restoration module, the students shall acquire fundamental operating tools to verify the economic and financial feasibility of the redevelopment projects, taking into account the different life cycle phases. In particular, the students shall acquire the disciplinary theoretical knowledge (values theory), the knowledge related to the socio-economic and territorial contexts from which needs and potential demands derive, the knowledge of the structure of a Feasibility Study, as well as the knowledge of project economic-financial evaluation tools. Abilities: The students shall be able, on the one hand, to structure the complexity that characterizes reuse and economic enhancement projects, to identify sources and re-elaborate data for the context analysis, to select and apply specific assessment methods critically analyzing the related results, and on the other to identify and segment potential reference demands and find new functions, economically and financially sustainable and compatible with the considered assets.

Preliminary to the Atelier are considered the skills and abilities acquired in the three-years degree course (theory and history of restoration, drawing and survey, structural and technological disciplines, architectural composition and history of architecture).

FOREWORD The case study of the Atelier is the enhancement of the Castello di Rivalta complex (Turin, known as Castello Orsini) and its park, as well as the adjacent spaces, taking into account the surrounding medieval village and the relation with the historical center. Students will be asked to analyse the theme together with the problems of the overall accessibility to the area, as well as the competitive framework of the urban area and the surrounding territory. The theme has been the subject of a Memorandum of Understanding for research activities between the Politecnico di Torino – Dipartimento di Architettura e Design (DAD)and the municipality of Rivalta. Castello "Orsini" is a strongly stratified building, grown in successive additions, starting from the primitive medieval nucleus and up to the nineteenth-century interventions. At present only partially used (as public library and newspaper library), it is an effective example of the difficulties associated with an enhancement process aiming at correlating the needs of protection and economic sustainability. The castle has been the subject of many studies and has benefited in the past from some EU funding. It is also a building suitable to being studied at different scales, from the urban one – that involves the castle's relationship with the surrounding historical fabric - to that of the building itself - which, in turn, can be examined by means of both direct (on site) and indirect (on bibliographic and archive sources, including historical Treatises) analyses. RESTORATION (6 CFU) The themes of the Atelier's exercise are those described in FOREWORD. In the restoration unit the three consecutive phases of knowledge interpretation and project are strictly related, in a process that starting from the preliminary examination of indirect sources and from the initial site-surveys leads to the final design synthesis - through the critical processing developed in the seminar phase (central core of the interdisciplinary activity). The restoration project must include: (i) the definition of a master plan, based on the potential of the building and area within the conservation objectives; (ii) the development of an integrated conservation project, at the urban scale, defining the interventions aimed at ensuring the permanence of the case study, the re-using strategy (in terms of pathways and elements), the relationship between the preservation of the ancient and the compatible addition of the new. In-depth analyses may be proposed, at different scales, in any case strictly respecting the architectural and constructional substance of the case study. The teaching comprises a general theoretical presentation of the knowledge-interpretation-project methodology (supported by the analysis of exemplary case-studies and site-surveys) and a specific in-depth preliminary examination of the Atelier themes in their architectural and constructional consistency. The Atelier comprises monographic lectures (even with the illustration of real cases), seminars, classroom exercises and site-surveys. These are articulated as follows: Lectures Hours: 16 Language: IT Tutoring + Revisions Hours: 40 Language: IT Site-surveys Hours: 18 Language: IT VALORISATION AND EVALUATION (6 CFU) The themes of the Atelier's exercise are those described in FOREWORD. In full synergy with the restoration module, the disciplinary contribution of "valuation / valorisation" is to provide the economic and financial tools necessary to verify the economic and financial feasibility of restoration and reuse projects, always having in mind their public component. On these premises, the following topics are included in the Valorisation module: • Presentation of the case study • Implications on the theme of Cultural Heritage and the methods and tools of evaluation discipline • Methods for evaluating the resources of Cultural Heritage and the models of choice in the economic evaluation of public goods: the strategic phase and concepts of VET (Total Value) and Value Components • Feasibility Study and its components (territorial analysis / analysis of the competitive framework and SWOT) • General introduction to direct methods and sources and tools: questionnaires • Methods of Evaluation of Cultural Property Resources and Selection Models in Economic Valuation of Public Goods: The Tactical Phase and Monetary Methods and the Family of Cost Benefits Analysis • the methods of supporting the choice and definition of economically advantageous judgments between alternatives: the monetary methods from the private point of view and the Household of the Revenue Cost Analysis • The profitability of investments related to transformation projects: definition of VAN, TIR and discount rate through a comparison of private investments and public investment • Project financing: finding resources and funding channels. • time / management node, building a business plan and identifying and achieving the Break-even Point (BEP) • Cost-related analytical items for function management: classification and quantification of management cost items, cost centers and result areas and any parametric indicators related to specific functions (eg performance indicators) These are articulated as follows: Lectures and Meeting with stakeholders Hours: 23 Language: IT Tutoring + Revisions + Exercises Hours: 46 Language: IT Site-surveys Hours: 10 Language: IT

The Atelier comprises lectures on the above mentioned topics and an exercise on the case study of the Castello di Rivalta which will be addressed by correlating the two areas of restoration and enhancement. The teaching methods include mono and multidisciplinary lectures, examples of case-studies, exercises illustrated by teachers, site surveys in Rivalta whose dates will be communicated at the beginning of the Atelier. The exercise on the case study - which includes the finding of specific sources and the study of bibliographic materials - will be developed by small groups of students (max 3 students, except in cases arranged with the teachers) who will have to illustrate the results of their work in communal seminars, especially in the initial phase of the Atelier. An intermediate interdisciplinary collective revision is also envisaged: it will provide an opportunity for mutual comparison between all the groups and will allow teachers to assess the level achieved by each of them (this intermediate evaluation will be taken into account for the final assessment). The final sheets of the exercise will follow the methodological outline already tested in previous years - which of course students will be allowed to adjust to the specific needs of their own work – and based on a graphic format (digital sheet model) that will be delivered after the first half of the Atelier.

Teachers will provide lecture notes and supporting material for the case study and will upload it on the website of the Atelier. Specific bibliographic references and recommended readings will also be provided from time to time during the lessons and the exercise activities. In any case, essential bibliographic references are liste below. RESTORATION • Carbonara G., Atlante del restauro, Torino, 2004. • Carocci C.F., Tocci C. (a cura di), Antonino Giuffrè. Leggendo il libro delle antiche architetture: aspetti statici del restauro, saggi 1985-1997, Roma, 2010. • Doglioni F., Nel restauro. Progetti per le architetture del passato, Venezia, 2008. • Formenti C., La Pratica del Fabbricare, Milano, 1893. • Jokilehto J., A history of architectural conservation, Oxford, 1999. VALORISATION AND EVALUATION • Coscia C. et al. (a cura di) (2018). Occasioni di dialogo: progetto di recupero urbano a Vinovo: la Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza, Roma WriteUp Site. • Gron S., Primavera A. (a cura di) (2018). Riberi 6: ricerca progettuale per il riuso e il rinnovo di una porzione di tessuto urbano di matrice storica a Torino, Roma: WriteUp Site (solo i capitoli di C. Coscia). • Gron S., Naretto M., Primavera A. (a cura di) (2016) Learning form Heritage: progetti per il castello e la cascina di Parpaglia. • Romeo E. (a cura di) (2015). Memoria, conservazione, riuso del patrimonio industriale : il caso studio dell'IPCA di Cirié, Ariccia: Ermes edizioni scientifiche (solo i capitoli di C. Coscia). • Coscia C., Fregonara E. (2004), Strumenti economico-estimativi nella valorizzazione delle risorse architettoniche e culturali, Torino, Celid. • Curto R. (2003). "Strategie e progetti per la valorizzare e gestire il patrimonio esistente", in Estimo e territorio, anno LXVI, n. 12, dicembre 2003 (estratti digitali). • Coscia C. (2001). “Gestione e indicatori sintetici per contenitori e funzioni culturali-ricreative”, In: GENIO RURALE- ESTIMO E TERRITORIO, pagine 11-24 (estratti digitali)

Modalità di esame: Prova orale obbligatoria; Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;

Exam: Compulsory oral exam; Group project;

... The attendance of the Atelier is essential for positively developing the planned activities. The final exam will consist of: (i) a discussion of the design exercise - for which each student will have to answer the questions on the theoretical-part and his/her own contribution will be evaluated -; (ii) an individual examination of each student's knowledge of the basic notions of the course (by means of to two oral questions for each of the modules). The evaluation will take into account the students' degree of learning, their ability to correlate different interdisciplinary contents, the ability to correctly present the achieved results using a consistent technical-scientific language. In the final evaluation - which will also take into account the intermediate evaluations (the exercises revised by teachers and the intermediate collective revision) - the design exercise will weigh 70% and the oral examination the remaining 30%. The exam will be passed only with a positive judgement in both disciplines of the Atelier. The final mark will be unique and will represent the the average of the evaluations in individual modules.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.

Modalità di esame: Prova orale obbligatoria; Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;

The attendance of the Atelier is essential for positively developing the planned activities. The final exam will consist of: (i) a discussion of the design exercise - for which each student will have to answer the questions on the theoretical-part and his/her own contribution will be evaluated -; (ii) an individual examination of each student's knowledge of the basic notions of the course (by means of to two oral questions for each of the modules). The evaluation will take into account the students' degree of learning, their ability to correlate different interdisciplinary contents, the ability to correctly present the achieved results using a consistent technical-scientific language. In the final evaluation - which will also take into account the intermediate evaluations (the exercises revised by teachers and the intermediate collective revision) - the design exercise will weigh 70% and the oral examination the remaining 30%. The exam will be passed only with a positive judgement in both disciplines of the Atelier. The final mark will be unique and will represent the the average of the evaluations in individual modules.

Modalità di esame: Prova orale obbligatoria; Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;

The attendance of the Atelier is essential for positively developing the planned activities. The final exam will consist of: (i) a discussion of the design exercise - for which each student will have to answer the questions on the theoretical-part and his/her own contribution will be evaluated -; (ii) an individual examination of each student's knowledge of the basic notions of the course (by means of to two oral questions for each of the modules). The evaluation will take into account the students' degree of learning, their ability to correlate different interdisciplinary contents, the ability to correctly present the achieved results using a consistent technical-scientific language. In the final evaluation - which will also take into account the intermediate evaluations (the exercises revised by teachers and the intermediate collective revision) - the design exercise will weigh 70% and the oral examination the remaining 30%. The exam will be passed only with a positive judgement in both disciplines of the Atelier. The final mark will be unique and will represent the the average of the evaluations in individual modules.