CULTURAL AREA
Porta Palazzo is a short distance from the
historic centre of Torino, in fact it is with its boundaries. Yet it
is made to feel as if it were in the suburbs. From the beginning The
Gate project has been working so that the people of Torino return and
live in Porta Palazzo rather than just pass through it. To recreate
this link between the neighbourhood and the city, but also to overcome
the limits of the city boundaries, culture and tourism are preferential
tools to be used. Starting with the riches that the neighbourhood has
to offer, in terms of history and traditions, but above all in spaces
where culture can be developed, the project is working to promote the
neighbourhood as a cultural and tourist resource for the city by continuing
its initiatives valorising, connecting and supporting cultural development
in a creative multi-ethnic environment in which leisure and free time
find opportunity.
WHAT WE WORKING ON?
The fascination of transformation
In recent years Porta Palazzo has often been the subject of study and research by university students and specialists and, it has been a source of curiosity for foreigners and tourists. It has often been the focal point of visits by foreign delegations who wanted to gain knowledge of the neighbourhood.The Gate Project is now working to organise routes through the streets of the area to make the most of the regeneration that has already been completed and to raise interest in that which is still underway. The proposal is aimed at professionals as well as the curious and tourists
The Balôn - a well of resources
There are many initiatives by cultural associations or the traders of the Borgo Dora area to promote the area of the Balôn through artistic-cultural shows. The Gate Project aims to support these initiatives, by offering logistic and organisational support to the associations, linking up the various inputs, in order to create a common programme for the promotion of the area.Cultural spaces: the resources of the neighbourhood at the service of culture
Porta Palazzo has always had a central role in the way of life in Torino. As a neighbourhood, it has been interpreted as a suburb, but in reality it belongs, by right, to the historic nucleus of Torino. For newcomers who first visit Porta Palazzo the neighbourhood seems to be teeming with popular life, voices, smells, flavours, colours, within a context that recalls its historic tradition, the memory of daily life as it has been repeated day after day for decades.However, for the people of Torino, Porta Palazzo is also a place to avoid, especially at night, a place to pass through quickly as they make their way home. In this way the wealth of the neighbourhood is lost, mixed in with a sense of degradation and fear.
The Gate Project is trying to work on this aspect, the links of the neighbourhood with the rest of the city: bringing back the people of Torino to visit and to live in the area. The project wants to propose a structured and systematic re-launch of the neighbourhood as a theatre for artistic and cultural shows. The numerous interventions in building and urban regeneration, the commercial revival with the opening of numerous new activities, the interest that has been shown by the public and private sectors through their investments in the area have triggered a revival process that could re-awaken the attention of the cultural world for an area rich in resources and spaces that are suitable to be used and lived for these kinds of initiatives.
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