Our widely-known challenge, Van Beuningenplein, was featured within the exhibition “Piazze: Fenomenologie dell’inatteso” (Squares: Phenomenologies of the Sudden) held at Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence, Italy in 2022.
The exhibition is a group of latest city surfaces curated by Orizzontale Structure, which chosen the displayed initiatives based mostly on their capacity to characterize dynamic grounds for brand new types of collective residing.
Van Beuningenplein, inaugurated in 2011, has stood the take a look at of time and had -and nonetheless has- a major affect on the general public lifetime of the neighbourhood, strengthening social cohesion.
Its enduring recognition is probably going attributable to its capacity to adapt to the altering wants and needs of customers. Folks spontaneously decide the programmatic objective of the area at any given second. Used as soccer or basket courts, ice skating throughout winter or water play in the summertime, the multi-use sport and play zones overlap each other creating a singular and energetic city sq..
We’re proud that Van Beuningenplein nonetheless continues to encourage curiosity around the globe.
photograph credit: Giovanni Savi, Eleonora Festari
picture credit: Orizzontale Structure
