Tur(i)ntogreen has been an international student design competition organized by the Research and Documentation Centre in Technology, Architecture and City in Developing Countries (CRD-PVS) at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), which acknowledged and celebrated the contribution of University students around the world.
Participants have been invited to apply their creative talents in developing multidisciplinary solutions and to submit entries to the International Student Design Competition tur(i)ntogreen – Farms In A Town.
The goal was connected to a vision proposed by the following words :
a massive global economical transformations, the redistribution of wealth and rights, new places and methods of production in goods and services are transforming the boundaries of the contemporary city; the fragile balance between rural areas and urban settlements is quickly evolving. Younger generations from the rural areas in the whole world continue moving into the cities, claiming the right to share the benefits supplied by joint services, wealth and employment, peculiarities of the city even if they imply unacceptable life conditions. This has already led to an increase in urban population that generates the demand for new architectural solutions that must cover for the new figures ensuring dignity and integrated living conditions.
The tur(i)ntogreen competition – with a distinguished jury and sponsored by the UN-HABITAT within the “I’m a City Changer” campaign – has been opened to University students from around the world. Participants have been invited to apply their creative talents in developing new multidisciplinary solutions for a sustainable and inclusive city reflecting on new forms of urban management and regeneration through agro – housing and urban – farming models.
