Hub della Cultura di Venaria Reale | Piuarch

Located near one of the largest and most beautiful Savoy dynasty residences, the new ‘Hub della Cultura’ project aims to affirm its iconic status as a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive hub, while preserving the traditional cultural identity of the original context. The objective is to reactivate this part of the urban fabric, which will become a connecting space between the various parts of the city, through the creation of ‘green rooms’, green areas open to the community. These are defined by new buildings with different functions, where communion with nature expresses a biophilic approach to design.

The masterplan envisages a system of courtyards whose architectural volumes recall, in their geometry, the archetype of the large barracks interpreted, in a contemporary key, in a fluid and modular complex. The meeting and culture spaces are organised in an informal, non-hierarchical manner, with a pitched roof that becomes the connective element linking the various bodies.
The heart of the Culture Hub is the area to the North of the site, where two new buildings will rise next to the existing Tancredi Milone library. The first will house the Museum of the History of the City of Venaria Reale, a historical archive and spaces for associations and coworking, which will overlook the ‘Piazza della Cultura’. The second, developed on two floors and housing the new 260-seat auditorium and independent multipurpose rooms, will be barycentred between the ‘Piazza della Cultura’ and a second open and green space, the new ‘Piazza degli Alberi’.
The area south of the site, included in the masterplan, will see the presence of a new civic school, which will be the subject of subsequent planning.