Cities, come together
Citizens and cultural realities come together, increase and bring back culture to their area.
Today, cities continue to grow, yet we are losing the human dimension that once characterised squares, markets and neighbourhoods.
Urban growth no longer brings relationships; on the contrary, it often produces a sense of loss of community. In this social context, we increasingly need individuals, neighbourhoods, projects and even cities that go against the current in order to create shared spaces open to all and increase individual and collective well-being.
Cascina Monluè
The Monluè village is reborn thanks to a social enterprise
The Social Enterprise was born in 2019 from the desire to develop the empowerment of the territory of Milan's Municipality 4 with an innovative and environmentally sustainable proposal, starting with the complete renovation of the Monluè village. The starting point is to return to the public a place of historical-artistic value and great significance in the past and recent history of the city to make it a space for meeting, reception, recreation, culture, work, emancipation and growth for all.
La Guarimba
A space for gathering and hospitality in the heart of Amantea
Il Terrenito is a multifunctional space dedicated to art and culture managed by the La Guarimba Association, located in the centre of Amantea (CS). Association founded by Giulio Vita, a Calabrian-Venezuelan who returned to the country of his grandparents to create this project, and Sara Fratini, a Venezuelan illustrator and muralist.
Guarimba means ‘safe place’ to indigenous Venezuelans.
Il Terrenito is a cultural project designed to offer spaces for aggregation and to host activities that respond to specific needs of the territory, with the aim of increasing the social capital and quality of life of the inhabitants of the area of reference.
Casale dei Cedrati
The old farmhouse at Villa Doria Pamphilj becomes a multifunctional space
After years of neglect, the ancient farmhouse inside Villa Doria Pamphilj was finally restored in 2023, in a renewed collaboration with the Capitoline Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and the Department of Agriculture and Environment of the Municipality of Rome. Today, the Casale dei Cedrati, located in the 184 hectares of the park, is a dynamic space, a place dedicated to culture and nature with a garden, a cafeteria, a bookshop, a reading space, a meeting room and exhibition halls.
The community of the Monteverde district, together with the entire citizenship of Rome, experienced the restitution of a historical asset of immense value. In 2023, Il Casale dei Cedrati was reopened after years of neglect and today represents an important community centre.
Orme_Ortica Memoria
An open-air museum, accessible to all
The association OrMe - Ortica Memoria has created Milan's first free open-air museum in the historic Ortica district. An artistic and multimedia urban regeneration project, with 20 murals, created by the Orticanoodles collective, which has created a series of maps, apps, guides and a lively and creative communication activity aimed at making the history of Milan known to all, and spreading the value of memory.
Orme_Ortica Memoria is a social promotion association sponsored by the Municipality of Milan, which promotes urban regeneration through the realisation of cultural, artistic and educational activities. Citizens, associations, schools, universities and other public and private organisations participate in the realisation of projects.
Divago Festival
Via del Campo in Genoa hosts an urban art festival
Divago is an urban art festival conceived by the Mixta collective and realised by the Cultural Association ETS Wanda. It takes place every two years in the urban space of Genoa's old Jewish ghetto, at the centre of which is the famous Via del Campo.
It realises participatory art projects in dialogue with local communities and young contemporary artists, and promotes meetings and public lectures on socio-cultural issues. It aims to bring a new creative ferment to Genoa and involve the city's young people.
The selected artists come in ‘residency’ to get to know the communities living in the area, in order to create shared and participatory artworks with the citizens.
Listen to the audio and learn more about the festival in the old ghetto
Mare Culturale Urbano
Cultural activism and territorial aggregation in Milan's Municipality 7
Mare Culturale Urbano is an initiative born in 2016 in the outskirts of Milan's Municipality 7, an open place that proposes a cooperative and solidarity-based lifestyle. The model adopted is based on the regeneration of physical places, it wants to be a point of reference for the community and be involved in concrete actions of cultural activism and territorial aggregation, through two tools: culture and food. After opening in 2016 at Cascina Torrette di Trenno, since 2020 the regeneration format has been replicated at Cascina Merlata, Santa Giulia, San Cristoforo and Via Padova.
Stratosferica
Turin's Aurora district has a new community resource
Stratosferica Impresa Sociale, with the support of Lavazza and the help of over 50 volunteers, has transformed a 1,000 square metre warehouse into a community hub that aims to become a place for involvement, culture and civic participation open to all communities. Dorado is a new space for inclusion and experimentation, but also a great resource for the Aurora district - one of Turin's most complex areas, at the centre of an important process of transformation and territorial development.
Spazio Florida
A safe and open space for global dialogue
Studio Florìda is an artist studio and indie residency programme located in the heart of Genoa, close to Via del Campo and the historical harbour. It was founded by Stefano Boccardo and Fausto Montanari, who wanted to create a safe space for a global dialogue that would generate opportunities for artistic experimentation and research. The studio invites artists from all fields of practice and career stages to submit their projects through an open call or by self-nomination. The programme focuses on personal exploration, professional development, connection to the field and collaboration.
The Florìda project is experimental and aims to promote local development through the tools of art, co-creation and international artistic mobility. It aspires to encourage new lifestyles and experiences, with a focus on young people in the city centre.
Listen to the audio and learn more about the rebirth of the Hotel Florìda
100x100 Naples
Urban decorum in Naples thanks to crowdfunding
100x100 Naples Projects & Crowdfunding is the non-profit association founded in 2022 that deals with maintenance, cleaning, mowing, implementation of irrigation systems in the city of Naples. All that is necessary to give back to Neapolitan citizens entire areas that are now forgotten, but fundamental for their beauty and functionality, aware that urban maintenance and greenery can be considered strategic infrastructures for a city in need of regeneration like Naples, for the creation of wellbeing, employment, wealth. To date, 100x100 Naples has already returned 18 areas to citizens.
100x100 Naples today employs 12 people who take care daily of the maintenance and cleaning of more than 20 areas in Naples, which were previously neglected. The aim is to create more shared beauty, for all the citizens of Naples.
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