Projects

The series of cultural events related to the city theme ARNO TALKS took place in the splendid setting of the new space of Habana 500, Florence. Five events of the review, organized by Urban LIFE, which saw the involvement of experts, public administrators, technicians and participants in debates, seminars but above all experiential activities related to the livability and rediscovery of the Arno.

The project includes a series of interventions on public spaces and external connections with the aim of creating a system of connected, easily accessible, accessible, green and inclusive places, improving both the potential of each individual space and the overall attractiveness of the territory. The project has obtained the co-financing of over 200,000 euros from the Tuscany Region through the funds for urban regeneration in favor of the Municipalities falling in the “Inner Areas” of Tuscany (2019-2021) after participating in the competition notice and selecting the Marradi’s proposal for the quality of the interventions.

The project, created for the 2018 “Active Spaces Call” of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (from which it obtained a funding of over 15,000 euros), envisages the regeneration of the internal courtyard of the “Dino Campana Cultural Center” in Marradi, in a context of strong historical value.

The project aims to redevelop the court:

• providing interventions of safety, maintenance, change of the pavement, new urban furniture, protection from the sun and supply of useful elements for the realization of cultural activities;
• reactivating it from a functional point of view, proposing a program of events organized thanks to the collaboration between the cultural subjects of the Dino Campana Center and the public administration.

Pre-feasibility study of the transformation area TR04c_bis of the Municipality of Scandicci (Florence) – strategically connected to the tramway line T1 and close to urban centers, public services (schools, urban centers, advanced training workshops) and areas with high environmental value (presence of the Parco dell’Acciaiolo) – for the settlement of possible IKEA residential intervention.

How many international students come to Florence every year? What is the impact of these flows on the city? What are the interactions of academic tourists with Florence and the local population?

The research concerned the census and mapping of as many as 83 bodies in the territory, with interviews with education operators and local administrators, and the administration of anonymous questionnaires to students, to learn about the methods and the type of interaction that takes place between these and the urban context.

The research was presented at MIPIM 2019 (Cannes, France).