Porto Urbano is an urban post-industrial food & drink project located in Turin, Italy, designed in 2022 by Lamatilde.

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Lamatilde is the studio behind the concept and interiors of Porto Urbano, an original food & drink project in the Murazzi area, one of the most iconic locations in Turin, Italy.
Built to dock and store boats along the Po?s right bank, Murazzi were a symbolic place for social life and sharing for Turin residents for a long time. After being shut down for over ten years, Porto Urbano has led to the reopening of six of the eleven arched-ceiling storerooms once destined to the historical Magazzini Devalle. In collaboration with EDIT Brewing ? an important craft brewery in the city ? the project will finally give back to the city a lively space for food, drinks and events ? adding an alfresco area right on the riverbank of the Po. Fully respecting the historical legacy and symbolic value of the location, Lamatilde opted for a conservative architectural project in collaboration with the Superintendence, with modern yet essential interiors striving to keep spaces? identity intact and to recover some of the pre-existing elements. At the same time, the studio had to deal with the extreme proximity to the riverbank, imagining innovative solutions and mobile furniture to face possible floods.
The result of the project is the Murazzi area taking back its role as a landmark for social and cultural life in the city, with a project tha...