All Things Urban

The Politecnico di Torino is one of the most important universities in Europe for engineering and architecture studies, strongly committed to collaboration with industry. Politecnico is a research university that participates at the highest levels of international scientific research. Research activities, are structured in four macro-areas: Industrial Engineering; Information Technology; Management and Mathematical Engineering; Civil, Environmental, Architecture and Design Engineering. The new campus hosts the Business Research Center that provides partners with office space and laboratories for innovation and technology transfer.

Politecnico di Torino/DAD and Torino Stratosferica are seeking qualified candidates for a new position within the PhD program in “Architecture. History and Project”.

The research work will focus on the experimental practices of Torino Stratosferica, and its innovative approach to urban design based on “city imaging”.

Urban transformations concern so many dimensions that it is not possible to fully grasp it from a single perspective or a single disciplinary approach. They indeed lie at the crossroads of bottom-up and top-down, material and symbolic processes.

In this perspective, the research focuses on an experimental practice in the current urban studies scenario: the approach based on “City Imaging”, developed by the Turin based association Torino Stratosferica, along with the original contents created from 2014 to today.

We’re not fully sure whether this role is open to international candidates. If you would need visa sponsorship or work authorisation, we recommend checking directly with the employer before applying.