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Photo: arch. Nicolas Piazza

The new Emporio Solidale and Service Center, designed by Pier Currà Architettura, is located at Via Guido Rossa 140, in the middle of a park in the Torre del Moro neighborhood of the Italian city of Cesena, a few kilometers from the Adriatic coast. The renovated building functions as a “solidarity market” where food, clothing, and medicines are distributed to families previously identified by social services […]

Project description by Pier Currà Architettura

Architecture can be an instrument of care and inclusion. With the Distretto Solidale (Solidarity District) in Cesena, Pier Currà Architettura demonstrates how a building can become a civic center, capable of welcoming, connecting, and restoring dignity to the community.

Born from the need to collect and distribute free food to families in need, the project involved local associations and funds from the PNRR (National Park of Rural Development). It quickly expanded beyond its initial function to become a true urban dynamizer: a place of assistance, but also of encounter, training, and empowerment […]

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