The Department of ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN (DAD) is the leading branch of learning of the Turin Polytechnic focusing on the art and science of design, architectural and urban buildings, and product and cultural heritage design.
The DAD promotes, coordinates and manages basic and applied research, teaching and training, technology transfer, territorial services related to architectural and urban design including its sustainability, economics and financial aspects, as well as restoration, enhancement and management of architectural, urban and landscape heritage, and industrial, graphic and virtual design.

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Summer School DAD

The Department of Architecture and Design is organizing a number of summer activities for students and the academic community. There are so many opportunities to explore the DAD’s research topics

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Deadline 15 June 2026

SHiFT YRC Summer School 2026

Career Development and Professional Pathways for Early-Career Researchers. Organised at PoliTO in the frame of COST-ACTION SHiFT (Social Sciences and Humanities for Transformation and Climate Resilience) and its Young Researchers Council

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EXTENDED DEADLINE 15 June 2026

China Beyond Exception - Spatial entanglements across Architecture and Urban Studies | 10 years of Polito China Room: Open Call

To mark 10 years of activities, China Room announces a conference conceived to mobilize and extend the debate initiated within the group outward. Turin, Castello del Valentino, 20-22 January 2027

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