Article source: NIO Architecten

The “Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci” was opened in 1988 and donated to the city of Prato by Enrico Pecci, in memory of his son who died at an early age. The museum is situated on the periphery of Prato, near the exit of the A11 highway, a strategic spot where, from the first floor, you can see the skyline of Florence, the city where tourism and ancient culture reign. On this spot however, two opposites dominate: (textile) industry and modern art. The art centre is one of the few museums in Italy that is devoted to modern art and furthermore, that possesses a superb collection which, for lack of exhibition space, is stored in various depots. To be able to display the invisible works of art it was decided to double the exhibition space and to solve two important problems with the new construction.

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• Architects: NIO Architecten
• Project: Sensing The Waves
• Location: Viale della Repubblica 277, Prato, Italy
• Photography: Artribune, Augusto Biagini_Pratosfera, Federico Paoli, Ivan Aiazzi, Juza Photo, Lorenzo Gallo, Luca Rimatori, Luciana D’Agnano, Marco Di Domenico, Vittorio Giugni_Libera Mente
  
• Client: Mrs. E. Pecci/Municipality of Prato
• Contractor: CLA 1921
• Constructural engineer: Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld
• Design team: Joan Almekinders, Emanuela Guerrucci, Maurice Nio, Luca Rimatori, Giuseppe Vultaggio
• Building Costs: € 7.800.000
• Start design: 2006
• Completion: 2008

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