"Can academic projects explore new directions and contribute to public discourse on global and local issues? The 2025 Politecnico di Torino Architecture Students Award aimed to address these questions, showcasing how architectural research, training, and experimentation can be integrated into a school curriculum. Politecnico di Torino is ranked among the top 20 architecture schools in Europe (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 - Architecture and Built Environment)."
"The project selection process featured insights from Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Royal Danish Academy and director of CITA - Centre for Information Technology and Architecture), Daniele Belleri (partner at CRA), Paolo Scoglio (The ne[s]t), Michele Bonino, and Silvia Gron. All awarded projects, along with a curated selection of works from the Department courses and studios, are available on the departmental platform Telearchitettura."
"Georgian Darbazi: Inspecting the fibers of the past, present & future by Gvantsa Tskipurishvili The subject of the thesis is the investigation, analysis and methodological proposals for the conservation of wooden vernacular architecture located in Meskheti, a historical region of Georgia. It includes historical research, analysis of technologies, materials and construction systems, in situ assessments for different housing case studies, analysis of main problems, possible solutions and consequent methodology for the conservation and/or reinforcement of such timber structures."
The 2025 Politecnico di Torino Architecture Students Award examined the capacity of academic projects to open new directions and enrich public debate on global and local challenges. Politecnico di Torino ranks among Europe's top 20 architecture schools and hosts over 3,000 students across architecture and design programs, including specialized English-track master's degrees. A diverse jury selected projects and the department published awarded works and curated studio outputs on Telearchitettura. Exemplary theses addressed conservation of Georgian wooden vernacular houses through methodological proposals and adaptive reuse of socialist modernist buildings in Bulgaria, combining historical research, technical analysis and site-specific interventions.
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