CONFERENCE CENTER@LINGOTTO

A short History

In 1915, the fledgling Fiat industry planted its automobile manufacturing plant on the remains of the former estate of the noble Robilant family, and which took the name Fiat Lingotto.
It thus became the official Fiat plant. The district was not completed until 1922; the industry quickly transformed the village from a rural place to a working-class neighborhood. During its lifetime, the Lingotto plant produced dozens of car models, such as the Torpedo, Balilla, Topolino, Fiat 1100, etc. was officially shut down in 1982; the last model in production was the 1979 Lancia Delta first series. The famous film sequence from the 1969 movie “An Italian Job” immortalized the well-known automobile test track located on the roof of the Fiat Lingotto plant, which currently exists under the panoramic glass bubble.

In 1985, the architect Renzo Piano in charge of the renovation formulated a fascinating proposal that was consistent with the role the building had played since its inauguration: just as in the 1920s the factory had indicated the city’s direction toward industrial development, so since the 1990s it has become a symbol of the advanced tertiary sector, of the challenge toward the future.

POLITO @LINGOTTO

Training activities of POLITO at the Lingotto campus of Politecnico are located in Via Nizza 230, 10126 Torino. The campus is equipped with a large number of classrooms, out of which about 20 are reserved to the School of Master, plus a laboratory, several study rooms and a lecture hall.

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