Turin Urban Living Lab

Intorduction

Among the many social innovation processes in Turin for revitalising social economies in private and public spaces, some university-led initiatives show complementarities with the Egaleo
case, that are relevant for studying the different components (physical, digital, social) of CUE. The Library of Things in District 4 (in the middle between center and periphery, dynamic in terms of recent multicultural migration fluxes and civil society initiatives – especially with micro circular economies in the neighborhood “Borgo Campidoglio”) is a circuit for exchanging, lending and reusing objects that triggers circular economy and social cohesion practices in the neighborhood. The Collective Urban Garden in District 8 is collectively maintained by UNITO researchers and students, based upon
circularity, sustainability and inclusiveness principles (e.g. participatory design process, communitarian sharing of products). Both the initiatives are runned by communities that are strongly motivated to implement CUEs. They already have started with the experimentation of blockchain-based digital tools, while their experience with upcycling of urban materials and spaces is still initial.