OGR Torino

Former Officine Grandi Riparazioni railway workshops in Turin (1895), reopened in 2017 as a centre for art, culture and innovation.

The OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni (Great Repair Workshops) are a nineteenth-century industrial complex in Turin built for the repair of locomotives and railway vehicles, today transformed into a centre for art, culture and innovation [1] [3]. Brought into operation in 1895, they are considered one of the most important examples of nineteenth-century industrial architecture in Turin; the complex comprised 110 offices and a vehicle-assembly shed measuring 130.52 by 139.8 metres [1].

Between 1942 and 1944 the workshops suffered four bombing raids, the most serious in August 1943 and July 1944, which destroyed most of the pavilions and warehouses [1]. In 2013 the complex was purchased by the company OGR-CRT in order to transform the factory where trains used to be repaired into a hub for creativity and innovation; on 30 September 2017 the OGR reopened to the public, after more than a thousand days of construction work and an investment of 100 million euros by the Fondazione CRT [1] [2].

Today the OGR host exhibitions, concerts, performances and activities dedicated to innovation and training, and present themselves as "the new hub of innovation and art in Turin" [3]. The site ogrtorino.it publishes the calendar of events in the fields of art, music, innovation, culture and education, and recounts the history and the project behind the complex [3]. In the Torino Top 100 ranking for September 2026, the site is among the 100,000 most visited sites in Italy according to Google's Chrome UX Report.

The home page of ogrtorino.it in 2020 — The home page of ogrtorino.it over the years: 2020 and 2023. Copies from Internet Archive

The home page of ogrtorino.it in 2023 — The home page of ogrtorino.it over the years: 2020 and 2023. Copies from Internet Archive

Pages linking here

The redevelopment of the Corti into an «urban biosphere» (2026)

On 28 September 2026 the OGR Torino announce the redevelopment of the complex's East and West Courts into a green «urban biosphere», designed by the studio Lamatilde and promoted by the Fondazione CRT, with construction work due to start in November 2026.

Chronology

28 September 2026 — The OGR Torino announce the redevelopment of the East and West Courts into a green «urban biosphere», designed by the studio Lamatilde and promoted by the Fondazione CRT, with construction starting in November 2026. → ANSA Piemonte Il Torinese
28 September 2026 — The Gruppo SAE presented at the OGR in Turin the English-language digital portal La Stampa Usa, which will launch on 13 October in New York to tell American audiences about Italy. → La Stampa La Stampa

Sources

MuseoTorino — OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni
Fondazione CRT — OGR Torino
OGR Torino — Home
ANSA Piemonte — 28 September 2026
Il Torinese — 28 September 2026

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