SANT'ORSOLA CULTURE HOUSE

Abstract: The project’s objective is to provide Florence with a new concept - a public Cultural House open for everyone and offering a current, reflective and innovative cultural experience from a local, national and international perspective. At the same time, this will open up and give colour and new life to the ancient convent “Sant’Orsola”, consider the balance between old and new, and relate to what it once was - a place for the community characterized by togetherness, activation and educational possibilities. The circle is the central symbol and associates to the history and never ending time, as a clock that goes around… tic toc. The aim is to address a current need, reduce some gaps and to find a value that is not only about the local historical aspects, but the interaction and exchange between different people and cultures in real time.