L’Istituto professionale Giovanni Plana di Torino. Una proposta di intervento di conoscenza e valorizzazione

The building of the Giovanni Plana Institute for Industry and Crafts of Turin was built in the 20s of the twentieth century, following the implementation of the Casati Law, in an area that is now semi - central of the city, at that time almost rural. quickly became the site of the establishment of important manufacturing plants, such as the Lancia car factory, which was the main driving force for the rapid demographic growth of the district. The current institute, which stands on an irregular trapezoidal shaped lot, consists of two main buildings - stylistically attributable to a late eclecticism that is a prelude to the passage towards Decò and Rationalism - to which were added successive recognizable expansions. The object of the contribution is the result of a collaboration between the Polytechnic and the Plana Institute, within a project of knowledge and enhancement of the institute that falls within the scope of the initiatives foreseen by the National Operative Reform of Education Plan secondary and higher fired by the Ministry of Education in 2015. The objective of the project is the knowledge and enhancement of the Institute in its architectural and material consistency, and the recognition of its historical, cultural and social value in relati on to the St. Paul district in Turin. The proposal focuses on the elaboration of an ecomuseum project of the historical collections of the dental and optics teaching equipment of the Plana Institute, also with the contribution of two degree theses conducted at the Politecnico di Torino. 1213.