Hybrid Factory, Hybrid City

"What can the hybrid building and urbanism do to help support and shape the future of flexible, innovative cities? How can hybrid models change with new technologies, sustainable manufacturing, and advanced production systems? How do we break the planning and land-use patterns of segregated zoning by class and function and encourage mixed-use zoning? These questions and more are addressed in Hybrid Factory / Hybrid City, through a collection of essays by participants in the eponymous symposium organized by Nina Rappaport at the Future Urban Legacy Lab of the Politecnico di Torino. Divided into two sections that mirror the chief conference topics, the collected essays describe projects and research by the contributors, each according to their area of expertise, regarding factory buildings, logistical centers, their potential for mixed use and reuse to support social and economic equity. The essays conclude with a roundtable discussion between the authors that reflects on urban production during COVID-19."--Back cover.