The Mirafiori Nord area is located close to the Fiat factories, which have been severely affected by the crisis in the automotive sector. The area has a high concentration of social housing and is struggling with severe social and economic problems.

The House of Daily Life will have multiple functions. It will serve as a laboratory for poverty and conflict management and resolution, and as an observatory to monitor social needs. It will also participate in the development and implementation of social projects and provide basic social services to the local community. A nursery and play area, a thematic library and a meeting centre for the elderly will also be incorporated into the new centre.

Prior to the implementation of the project, a consultation process was carried out by the Social Table ('Tavolo Sociale'), the urban management structure created to reorganise and improve public services in the URBAN area.

The consultation revealed that elderly people living in the area have a considerable amount of spare time and are often professionally skilled. More importantly, they are interested in giving using their time and skills for the benefit of the local community. The project will therefore try to exploit this local resource by involving these elderly people in the running of the centre, and specifically in organising arts and crafts workshops and training.

So far, no results have been published. The project will be evaluated at the end of its implementation phase.

The total cost of the project is 3.6 million euros. The URBAN II programme of the European Commission provided 1.6 million euros.

City of Turin
Mr Gianfranco Presutti, tel. +39 (0)11 311 0042

01/01/2000

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Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Services & amenities

Amenities