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We consider shape optimization problems of the form \[ \min\{J(A): A\in{\mathcal A}\},\tag{1} \] where \({\mathcal A}\) is the class of all admissible domains, and \(J\) is the cost function which has to be minimized. Here we simply consider the case when the state equation is an elliptic equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions, and we take \(-\Delta\) (on a given subset \(\Omega\)) as a model operator. As for the cost functional, we consider the case of an integral either of the form \[ J(u)= \int_\Omega j(x,u)dx,\quad\text{or } J(A,u)= \int_A j(x,u)dx. \] We recall the definition of relaxed controls, together with their main properties in an abstract setting; then we show how the shape optimization problem introduced above can be described in terms of relaxation. Finally, we recall a result by \textit{G. Buttazzo} and \textit{G. Dal Maso} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 122, 183-195 (1993; Zbl 0811.49028)] in which, under particular assumptions on the cost \(J\), it is possible to prove that problem (1) admits a solution in the class \({\mathcal A}\) of original domains, and we give some related examples. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0873.00025].