OGR Torino

From Locomotives to Contemporary Art

OGR stands for Officine Grandi Riparazioni — the "great repairs workshops" built in the 1880s to maintain and repair locomotives and railway carriages for the growing Italian rail network. The sprawling complex stayed in operation until the 1970s before falling silent for the following two decades.

In 2013 the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Fondazione CRT) bought the site and began a full restoration, reopening it to the public in 2017 as a 35,000-square-metre hub where contemporary art, music and technology research now share the same cast-iron-and-brick sheds once used to overhaul steam engines. It sits immediately beside Torino Porta Susa station, making it an easy add-on to a day that starts in the centre.