Moving from learning to doing: an educational experience of temporary tactical action

The paper describes an educational experience of tactical urbanism in the city of Torino (Italy) developed in the framework of a students’ team called AUT (Autocostruzione Urbanismo Tattico), found at the Politecnico di Torino. AUT is a “place” to build architecture in a real environment through hands-on activities carried out by the students in cooperation with academic tutors and by involving a network of external stakeholders. The paper intends to reflect not only on the value of temporary tactical actions for the physical and social regeneration of abandoned or underused urban areas, but also on the role of the Schools of Architecture in promoting educational experiences aimed at a new generation of architects, capable of dealing with these issues and taking the field with concrete interventions, moving from learning to doing.