Rifugio Digitale | Art gallery

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Architectural Design / Cultural
  • Design Company
    Volteco S.P.A.
  • Lead Designer
    Waterproofing of basements
  • Design Team
    Archea Associati
  • Architecture Firm
    Archea Associati
  • Construction Company
    Constructor | Coges
  • Photo Credit
    Pietro Savorelli
  • Project Location
    Firenze - Italy
  • Client
    IMMOBILIARETRE srl
  • Project Date
    2021

Rifugio Digitale is a new exhibition space opened in Florence that aims to be a place dedicated to the promotion of digital art, where architecture, design, photography, cinema, literature and all the multiple artistic and expressive forms also find their own dimension by dialoguing with each other.
The new gallery was created from the foundations of an old anti-aircraft tunnel repurposed in 1943 from an old ditch, as documented by maps of the time. The "Furnace Shelter," once a point of shelter from a tragic reality, is now "Digital Shelter," a place of rebirth where technology meets art, creating a contemporary space where creativity can be explored through the current language of technology.

Bio
Volteco is a specialized provider of waterproofing solutions from walls to floors, from plaster to historic and newly-built brickwork or concrete both above and below the ground level. Volteco's know-how in the field of waterproofing and protection, is expressed in a product range designed to provide the best solutions for waterproofing structures and water containment applications both in positive and negative conditions.

Other prizes
FX-International Interior Design Awards 2018 ICTA-Italian Concrete Technology Awards 2018 German Design Awards 2019 Archiproducts Design Awards 2019 Archiproducts Design Awards 2021