La Nuova Città (The New City) Festival | Fondazione Giovanni Michelucci

The festival will be held from September 26th to 28th in some of the most vibrant locations of contemporary Florence. It will stop at Manifattura Tabacchi on Saturday, September 28th, starting at 10.00 am

 

All events are free of charge. Talks and conferences have free entry and will be streamed on the YouTube channel.
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La Nuova Città (The New City) Festival, organized by the Giovanni Michelucci Foundation, has reached its third edition this year. This new installment of the festival will explore some of the most vibrant locations in contemporary Florence, which are the focus of innovative urban regeneration projects: Innovation Center of Fondazione CR Firenze, Le Murate and Manifattura Tabacchi.

The traveling event will take place over three themed days and will feature architectural walks, talks, and conferences with a multidisciplinary panel of guests, invited to contribute to the debate on the new city and the urgent challenges facing our society.

The stop at Manifattura Tabacchi will be on Saturday, September 28th, starting at 10.00 am.

Program:

  • 10.00 am – 11.00 am
    Architectural Walk: La Fabbrica dell’Aria
    With PNAT + Accademia del Caffè Espresso
    Guided tour by reservation: festival2024@michelucci.it
  • 11.30 am – 12.30 pm
    Talk | The Challenge of Civil Economy Today
    With Luigino Bruni (Professor of Political Economy – Lumsa University, Rome), Moderated by Silvia Botti
  • 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
    Conference | Inhabiting the Environmental Transition
    Addressing the environmental transition means embarking on a civic journey towards a new model of living in the city where the main activity of its inhabitants integrates environmental well-being, biodiversity protection, and respect for the planet’s ecological limits as a core part of an economy that benefits both the planet and all its inhabitants. The conference will provide an opportunity to understand how this transition is already an ongoing and inevitable process, featuring a diverse range of experiences between innovation and collective behaviors.With AnnaCaterina Piras (Architect, cartographer, Ph.D. in Landscape – LWCircus-onlus), Carlo Scoccianti (Biologist and natural landscape designer – WWF), Antonio Girardi (Architect Ph.D., Head of Technical Development and Innovation – PNAT), Riccardo De Amici (President of RIVE – Italian Network of Ecovillages), Monia Monni (Regional Environmental Councillor – Tuscany Region), and Giangi Franz (Professor of Environmental and Prevention Sciences – University of Ferrara).
    Moderated by Massimo Colombo.