Most of the following projects have been carried out in a synergic system of different locations. For the space analysis within the EU best practices research we focused on one of these spots. You can find the specific information in their dedicated PDF at the end of each project description.
To explore all the project's aspects and locations, download the complete publication in PDF here.
Villa Lagarina
Name of the project: Wandering oven; We knead desirable futures
Name of the project in local language: Forno Vagabondo; Impastiamo futuri desiderabili
Time period: Since 2020
Keywords: Culture, Education, Sustainability, Industry
Forno Vagabondo is an itinerant social oven that travels through Alta Vallagarina on an electric cargo bike. At each stop in a public space located in a small village of Vallagarina, the oven becomes a meeting and experimentation point for the local community. Its challenge is to build an innovative and familiar space to guide people towards sustainable living and to connect stakeholders of the region through a simple and familiar practice such as making bread together. For the space analysis, we focused on one spot of the itinerary: Palazzo Camelli in Villa Lagarina.
Latronico
Name of the project: Open Air
Name of the project in local language: A Cielo Aperto
Time period: Since 2008
Keywords: Culture, Education, Tourism
“A Cielo Aperto” is a public art project that takes place in the old town of Latronico. The project aims to build a widespread open-air museum where various works dialogue with the environment, intervening in the urban space with co-designed art projects. For the space analysis, we focused on where the art intervention “A Flag for Latronico” took place: Largo Eleonora Pimentel, called “The Castle.”
Poggibonsi
Name of the project: Art to Art
Name of the project in local language: Arte All’Arte
Time period: From 1996 to 2006
Keywords: Culture, Education, Tourism
“Art to Art” is a public art project born in 1996 thanks to an idea of “Associazione Arte Continua” and concluded in 2006. The project aimed to promote the municipalities in the province of Siena and Florence as an agrienvironmental art district, linking and balancing contemporary art with the beautiful Tuscan historical heritage. Each of the ten editions of Arte all’Arte has produced several interventions by international artists in the public space. For the space analysis, we focused on the 9th edition carried on in 2004 in Poggibonsi, specifically on the artwork by Antony Gormley, “Fai spazio, Prendi posto” (Making Space, Taking Place).
Semestene
Name of the project: Fireplaces, Meetings and experimentation in the rural area
Name of the project in local language: Foghíles, Incontri e sperimentazione nello spazio rurale
Time period: Since 2018
Keywords: Culture, Education, Local traditions
Foghíles project aims to extend and enhance the life of the little Village of Semestene, bringing in active people eager to promote and organize opportunities for meeting and experimentation in the rural area and to imagine and design the future of the place together. Every year, it takes place for ten days in September and then includes two days of meetings during the following solstice and equinox. The activities take place in different locations around the village; for the space analysis, we focused on one of the spots: the Bia Lada farmland.
Vezza D’Alba
Name of the project: Big Bench Community Project (or BBCP)
Time period: Since 2010
Keywords: Culture, Tourism, Industry
Big Bench Community Project is a non-profit initiative promoted by the American designer Chris Bangle and his wife Catherine. The project promotes the installation of out-of-scale benches while helping to support local communities, tourism, and the excellent craftsmanship of the villages where they are placed.
The benches are located throughout Italy as well as in other cities in Europe. For the space analysis, we focused on the The “White Big Bench” in Vezza d’Alba.