high-tech meets low-tech: The Bricolla case study is now out on Springer
High-Tech meets Low-Tech, the study on the design process of Bricolla House as a research experiment on decarbonization in building practices presented by Francesca Thiébat and Andrea Veglia at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen is now published in Design for Rethinking Resources, the conference proceedings. Released by Springer, the publication is edited by Mette Ramsgaard Thomse
TDH goes to China
PAT. founders Andrea Veglia and Jacopo Testa have joined Turin Design Hub, and the first exchanges with our onsite design partners are taking place. Urban transformation, education buildings, and valorisation of an evolving industrial heritage are our key interests in this journey.
PAT. is joining Utopian Hours 2023
Utopian Hours 2023 International Festival, three days of Ideas, stories and actions for a new citymaking, takes off in Turin on October 13, gathering a community of placemaking enthusiasts from all over the world to share and envision stories and practices for the cities of tomorrow. PAT. is joining the “Undensity” and “Innovation at the sea level” working tables on Saturda
Omes project turns 20!
As architects, the adventure of a first building is something that stays with you forever. You learn unvaluable lessons and test your confidence in your ideas. We set to design the Omes factory in 2001, when we were yet to turn 27. Circular economy was not yet the flavor of the day, but we were already thinking about the life cycle of materials and we wanted to build in steel in a Country where 95
The Bricolla project at UIA World Congress in Copenhagen
We have been presenting the Bricolla House case study on July 5 at the UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen. Knowledge is the key if we want to reach the SDG goals set by the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: this is the main takeaway as the Congress comes to an end, after we had the chance to present our work at the intersection of practice and research to such a competent aud
GBA Uninterrupted – PAT. and TDH at the Shenzhen Biennale
The Shenzen Biennial of Urban Planning and Architecture is the most visited biennial in the World. The curators of the IX edition entitled Urban Cosmologies -Andong Lu, Zigeng Wang and Aric Chen- invited the architectural firms of TDH – Turin Design Hub, coordinated by Politecnico di Torino and South China University of Technology, to develop visions for three abandoned industrial sites in t
PAT. designs the Feltrinelli cluster at Salone del Libro
Salone Internazionale del Libro starts in Turin, and we partnered with P&P Italia to house the Feltrinelli editorial cluster. The clearest, most flexible generative grid is creating a free space for all depths of thinking and exchange. Come cross the red portals and let yourself roam the world of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Apogeo Editore, Edizioni Gribaudo, Marsilio and Sonzogno.
The Meiguan Corridor competition
As part of Turin Design Hub, we ranked 4th at the international architecture and urban design competition for the Meiguan Innovative Industry Corridor, the core zone at the northeast segment of Jiulongshan Intelligent Technology City, one of the 18 municipal-level key areas of Shenzhen. Focusing on blending functions, densities, vocations and typologies, our project aims to construct the community
Visioni da Torino Stratosferica
Visioni di Torino Stratosferica E se la città permettesse al cittadino di riappropriarsi di terreni pubblici abbandonati e di trasformarli in esperimenti di nuove forme di sviluppo e di vita cittadina? In occasione dell’apertura di Utopian Hours 2021, PAT. rilancia la propria Vision per Torino Stratosferica come una proposta fattibile e realistica per affrontare il problema di un patrimonio
hear hear: a Fall 2026 playlist commentary
At PAT., we just can’t get enough. So we thought the Fall 2026 playlist we curated with Lav S for Interconnections, the #1 issue of Progressive Architectural Thinking, deserved some heartfelt commentary. You’re welcome. It is almost too easy open the soundtrack to this issue with Joy Division’s Atrocity Exhibition: a direct explanation of Scott King’s connection quoted in the openi