With the realisation of the new hospital-university centre, located in the modern part of the city, greater access will be afforded to the buildings and premises of the Santa Chiara area that since 1257 have housed the hospital complex and the university clinics.
The area measures more than 10 hectares and is located near the extraordinary world heritage site of the Piazza dei Miracoli with the Leaning Tower, the Cathedral and Baptistery.
The international competition to redo the area, returning it to the citizens of Pisa and the world, was won by the British studio David Chipperfield Architects. Now, in view of presenting the project guidelines, Felici Editore, Locus magazine and the City of Pisa have promoted a conference that will be held on Friday, November 30, at 4.30 pm at Pisa’s Stazione Leopolda.
The proceedings will be opened by Giuseppe Sardu (Chairman of the Department of Town Planning of the City of Pisa) and Cristiana Torti (editor of Locus magazine); speakers will be: Mario Pasqualetti (City of Pisa and Jury Foreman), Nicoletta Novelli (Editor of Architectour.net), Massimo Dringoli (University of Pisa and jury member), Fabrizio Rossi Prodi (University of Florence), Domenico Taddei (University of Pisa), Riccardo Ciuti (Locus editorial staff).
The conference minutes will be published in a special issue of Locus magazine.