‘Prototyping the City Design Studio’ is realized in the context of the international event Torino World Design Capital. It aims to explore the potential of prototyping as a creative instrument in the production of the contemporary city. The two-week design workshop will focus on the design and development of a 1:1 architectural prototype that will be exhibited as part of the International Summer School program in Turin.

Agenda
The concept of a design prototype is traditionally linked to industrial design and related manufacturing fields. Architecture has traditionally lacked the forms of serial production and mass production whereby prototyping sensibilities have evolved in related design fields. In modern times, the development of new architectural ideas have frequently been developed and then tested in relationship to an idea of an architectural type.

The idea of an architectural type is today undergoing a radical redefinition owing to the obsolescence of historical models being radically re-configured by new urban conditions, lifestyles, economic transformation, and technological innovation. Prototyping has gained an invigorated architectural relevance and prominence in contemporary architectural culture, education and debate. This resurgence of architectural type and contemporary architectural prototyping will serve as the context of this design workshop.

Schedule & Venue
The Workshop dates are 13th to 26th July, 2008. The workshop will take place in Turin at the Turin Polytechnic main faculty building. The final presentation will be held in the Officine Grandi Riparazioni palace, where the final workshop prototype will be installed. The workshop is being organized by Torino 2008 World Design Capital, with the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Columbia University in New York and the Torino Polytechnic University.

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