Old town, new chances: PAT at Utopian Hours 2024
Utopian Hours, the international city making festival, is back in Turin for its 2024 edition from October 18. PAT. Is joining the “Old town, New chances” working table – taking place at Dorado Hub, a space for creation born of a reclaimed manufacturing surface – debating urban regeneration as an opportunity for a new cultural […]
A design company is born: TDH is now incorporated in China
Translating the unique results of practice innovation into urban innovation, into visibly innovative projects resulting from a unique approach: this is the mission of Turin Design Hub, a globally-operating cluster of Italian professionals co-founded by PAT. partners Andrea Veglia and Jacopo Testa with Giovanni and Emanuele Cavaglion, Francesco Vaj, Nicolò and Filippo Corbellaro and the […]
New interior completed at the heart of historic Turin
Curtain rises on the new Ottica Gallery store: with the renovation of the Galleria Subalpina in Turin, an icon of the city’s social life since 1874, an opticians’ shop has found a new space in the premises of a historic bookshop. PAT., has teamed up again with the Gallery team to design the new space […]
La casa nel bosco: la natura abitata, in 15 architetture contemporanee
Tra Messico e Vietnam, capanne e ville, sottobosco e chiome, Snohetta e Iaac, 15 progetti raccontano il legame col regno degli alberi. >> Read the story on Domus.
TDH to design public space in Pantang, Guangzhou
Dragon boats are long rowing boats from the Chinese tradition, playing a very important role in the history of Pantang, an area of Canton with a rich social and cultural fabric: every year a dragon boat race returns as a cohesive ritual. Turin Design Hub started by listening to such collective history to propose an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]