Uploaded on 2014-11-26 by Ivannasmoretti

Parco Valentino ![enter image description here][1] New plans of the city are aiming to increase and better connect the city’s green spaces for a healthy environment for people. Turin has more open space per resident than most Italian cities with: 20,000 square meters of public green space, 11,000 plants in urban parks and gardens as well as 50,000 trees in the hilly forests; 2,500 square meters of flowerbeds; 4 rivers on whose banks restoration and preservation projects are developed. With Turin’s long history many parks have been made in different historical periods. As you can see in the picture above park of Valentino was created in the 19th century, built on the banks of the river Po as an area for leisure. In the 80s and 90s of the 20th century as a restoration of the post-industrial Turin started after the extreme crisis in the 70s, new plans aim to increase and better connect the city’s green spaces in order to attract people into the city. The project involves the construction of a transition zone between the city parks in the center and the extensive ones in the hills and suburbs, connected through agricultural and forest environment. The theme of park renovation of former industrial areas as you can see in the picture below is present in the Parco Dora in the district of Spina 3: through an impressive work of recovery, internationally recognized for it’s technologically innovative character, today more than half a square kilometer of industrial areas have become green areas. The project also incorporates some portions of old sheds in new paths in the park, in memory of the industrial city. As I mention Parco Dora is located in the district of Spina 3; The Central Spine is a large urban area of the city of Turin which extends from north to south in the municipality located almost centrally placed for the city context, with a length of about 6km. With its name being Spina in Italian, it translates into Backbone; designed as a kind of backbone town, potentially able to support the entire urban structure. This is a project that started in 1995 with Gregotti, a modern architect, and the urban planner Augusto Cagnardi created this backbone boulevard in their modification master plan of Turin which was approved 2 years later. The area, once occupied by the railway passing through Turin, is the subject of a profound and radical restructuring in urban. According to the City of Turin, it is the largest infrastructure project built in the city after WWII. A green infrastructure is a very crucial for the design of the future sustainable urban systems and the human habitat for a healthy environment people need to live in. Green infrastructure reduces pollution in the city (especially for a city that use to be an industrial city) and it reduces noise pollution. Parco Dora ![enter image description here][2] **Turin Smart City** Turin is bidding to become a “smart city”, accepting the challenge launched by the European Commission. Smart City aims to improve the quality of life with the ability to promote clean and sustainable mobility, reduce energy consumption, produce high technology, offer culture, and be accessible. To better manage the path in becoming a “smart city”, the City of Turin have started a strategic planning process with a development of the Master Plan called SMILE with the five areas of focus (Smart Mobility, Inclusion, Life & Health, Energy). [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14170334297271944.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14170334958691291.jpg