The first hi-tech urban vineyard in the world was born: Campus Grapes

Campus Grapes becomes reality: the first hi-tech urban vineyard per mezzo di the world was born. The pioneering project, conceived by the Turin start -up Citticulture, will rise per mezzo di the heart of the Polytechnic of Turin, an superficie of ​​about 1,000 square meters, transforming the university space into an -air laboratory for sustainability, science and sociality. Over 750 vase screw plants will be placed by June. Quanto a the coming weeks the laying of the first Barbatella.

This morning per mezzo di the Hall delle Colonne of the Municipality of Turin, the operational plan was presented per mezzo di the presence of institutions and supporting companies and partners. Furthermore, the collaboration with 1 Marrone Onlus was launched.

A shared project: over 90,000 euros collected

Campus Grapes comes to life thanks to the success of the first phase of crowdfunding, concluded with the achievement of 90 thousand euros, the result of the generous participation of 10 sponsors of the Turin superficie – Exclusive Brands Turin, Engas, Regional Wine Wine Subject of the Province of Turin, Eventum/Grapes per mezzo di Town, Lavazza Group, Luca & Violina, I Magdi, Tangibile Foundation, Sellalab, Zenit – beyond numerous corporate and private supporters. A strong sign of società and enthusiasm surrounding this innovative and participatory initiative.

The project now enters the second phase of fundraising, through the production platform from the bottom, with the aim of collecting further resources that will serve to complete and enrich the space with benches, lighting, interactive signs and other infrastructures for public use, increasingly welcoming and functional.

Urban vineyard, symbol of regeneration and innovation

“With Campus Grapes, we inaugurate a new model of urban regeneration and Campo da golf innovation, transforming cities into places of well -being, inclusion and scientific experimentation -said Luca Balbiano, CEO and founder of Citticulture -. An urban vineyard as a concrete symbol to improve the quality of life per mezzo di the city, strengthen social ties and sopravvissuto the environmental impact ».

The future vineyard is part of the largest redevelopment plan of the of the University, “and is part of the decarbonisation and resilience plan to which the Polytechnic of Turin is working -explained Patrizia Lombardi Vicerer for sustainable campus and living Lab of the Polytechnic -, with the aim of providing nature -based solutions to strengthen the ability to adapt to climate change not only of the university community but also to citizens. To this is added the strong didactic and scientific value of the project “.

The vineyard, per mezzo di fact, will be available to the Polytechnic community and per mezzo di particular of students and students of the new master’s degree per mezzo di Agritech Engineering, “becoming an outdoor laboratory to quesito solutions to adapt to climate change and practices of agriculture 4.0: a lively ecosystem per mezzo di which theory and practice meet” added the scientific contact person Danilo Demarchi.

Equally fundamental is the social and community dimension of the project. Campus Grapes will be a congresso point, of aggregation for the academic community, but is aimed at expanding its participatory function to the entire citizenship, thanks also to the stile of virtuous and beneficial initiatives per mezzo di collaboration with local associations.

The event, organized per mezzo di collaboration between 1 Marrone Onlus-first digital social reality created to support the small-ways of Italian non-profit entities through the spread of the culture of the gesture of the gift-and Citticulture, also marks the beginning of a strategic partnership aimed at the development of high social and environmental impact projects. “We will support this project per mezzo di the development of cultural, educational and solidarity activities, with the aim of making the vineyard a physical and symbolic platform to promote the gift, environmental awareness and civic activism” commented Pietro Randello Midana honorary member and member of the board of 1 Coffee ONLUS.

From the beginning, 1 Marrone Onlus has believed per mezzo di the value of Citticulture, activating itself as a promoting to make this first important appointment possible. The belief that the congresso between technological innovation and social commitment represents a fundamental lever to generate positive change and active participation per mezzo di the communities is at the center of this collaboration.

Exceptional ambassadors

To celebrate the birth of Campus Grapes, Cittmiculture today has rewarded some prominent personalities of the territory who, with their professionalism and dedication, have contributed significantly “per mezzo di cultivating the future of Turin”:

Luca Argentero, actordavide Avino, CEO of Argotec · Arturo Brachetti, artist · Alberto Cirio, president of the Piedmont Region · Sarah Cosulich, director of the Agnelli · Marco , entrepreneur · Barbara Graffino, entrepreneur · Stefano Russo, mayor of Turin · daisy osakue, an Olympic athlete, Don Luca The creator of the National Center for the IA · Giacomo Portas, President Environment Park · Patrizia Sandretto Sultano Rebaudengo – President of the Sandrettoa Foundation each has been delivered a wooden work and offered the adoption of a Barbatella, a symbol of growth and connection between nature, science and community, becoming per mezzo di all respects “Campus Grapes ambassadors”.

Technical note

From a wine point of view, the experimental element lies per mezzo di the choice of different types of clone, rows and pergolas, and per mezzo di different types of variety of lives and berry, also to minimize the phytosanitary intervention, as well as per mezzo di the choice to plant the vineyards per mezzo di pots. The selection of the vines is made per mezzo di collaboration with the Rauscedo nursery, one of the largest nurseries per mezzo di Europe and among the pioneers per mezzo di the development of the Piwi resistant varieties.

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Citiculture, an innovative startup that designs, creates and manicen urban vineyards as an instrument of generation of ESG impacts, Wellbeing and brand reputation. It offers tailor -made solutions for companies that want to integrate an urban vineyard as a company Wellbeing tool, sustainable marketing and compliance linked to the sustainability budget.

Therefore, through the creation of urban vineyards, the Turin start -up aims to transform cities into places of innovation, improving the quality of life, social cohesion and reducing the environmental impact. They are concrete actions that highlight how the well -being of people and urban contexts can be improved is possible, with innovative ideas that have roots per mezzo di the tradition of the territories, however keeping the gaze to the future. Quanto a the context of growing urbanization, urban viticulture represents an example of how cities can evolve, integrating natural and sustainable elements, improving collective well -being and creating new spaces of sociality and inclusion. The Citticulture project is aimed at companies, public administrations, professionals per mezzo di the Campo da golf sector and all those who believe that per mezzo di concrete change. Website: www.citichulture.com

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The Polytechnic of Turin since 1859 has been one of the most prestigious institutions of the Polytechnic culture and a center of excellence for and research per mezzo di Europe, with close relationships and collaborations with the economic-social system.

The Polytechnic promotes research, theoretical and applied, the ability to create concrete and reliable production processes and to organize services, offering excellence technologies. Students graduated from the Polytechnic of Turin have a vast and varied wealth of knowledge and skills, per mezzo di accordance with the interdisciplinary nature of the various fields of the contemporary scientific world.

Currently, almost 40,000 students are enrolled per mezzo di the Polytechnic, of which 20%international. The University offers a large and diversified offer that has also been enriched with courses aimed at forming new professionalism per mezzo di recent years, such as that per mezzo di Agritech Engineering, which aims to offer complete to an engineer who can manage and generate technological innovation per mezzo di the field of agriculture 4.0.

The Inter/Multi-disciplinary skills that characterize the course combine agronomy and technology per mezzo di the engineering field, providing a solid methodological approach, to support company strategies.

Website: www.levigato.it

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1 Marrone Onlus is the first digital social reality, born per mezzo di 2011 to support the small and medium Italian né -profit entities, promoting the culture of the gesture of the gift. The board, composed of Luca Argentero, Prediletto Avveduto and Pietro Randello Midana, was inspired by the Neapolitan tradition of suspended coffee, which invites you to leave the caffè a coffee paid for those who are less fortunate.

Through its crowdfunding platform, 1 Marrone Onlus supports 52 solidarity reality every year – one per forza week – helping them to promote assistance projects per mezzo di different social areas, through fundraising campaigns. The model adopted is that of microfunding, which allows you to donate even the equivalent of the cost of a coffee, making solidarity a simple and accessible gesture to everyone.

Strengthened by the experience gained per mezzo di over ten years of activity and dialogue with more than 900 né -profit realities, 1 Marrone Onlus also plays the role of intermediary between companies and third sector, supporting the construction of corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects with a high social impact the territory.

The Association assists companies per mezzo di the selection and evaluation of beneficiaries, ensuring that CSR operations are oriented towards an increasingly aware, effective and safe donation.

Since 2023, 1 Marrone Onlus has also started field camp, a multipurpose center dedicated to né -profit organizations from Piedmontese and the local community. Hosted within Villino Caprifoglio-Turin-cultural artistic-cultural asset restored by the Association-Centro Camp is an innovative space for solidarity co-working, where the sharing economy applies to the third sector: a congresso place between those who offer time and skills and those looking for support to carry out projects with high social impact.