DAD
Department of
Architecture and Design
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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Department News
Stiamo per fare cifra tonda
An event entirely dedicated to celebrating Architecture, Design and Planning at Politecnico di Torino
Salone d'Onore - Castello del Valentino - Viale Mattioli 39, Torino
AnimalFarm Seminar Series - Fall 2026 | 1 – Giovanni Ferrarese
DAD project AnimalFarm explores the architectural history of animal farming in Europe and North America, from sixteenth-century Palladian villas until late-twentieth-century automated factory farms
Sala Mollino - Castello del Valentino - Viale Mattioli 39, Torino | Available online
AnimalFarm - Book club on Dinesh Wadiwel's work | 2 - "Animals and Capital"
DAD project AnimalFarm explores the architectural history of animal farming in Europe and North America, from sixteenth-century Palladian villas until late-twentieth-century automated factory farms
Castello del Valentino – Viale Mattioli 39, Torino | Available online