The Innovation Center was born from the recovery of the ancient Granary of Abundance, built in 1695 by the architect Giovan Battista Foggini for the Grand Duke Cosimo III dei Medici, which was used to store grain for periods of famine. The Medici coat of arms is still visible on the façade of Piazza del Cestello. The building was for some decades owned by the Italian Army, known as “Caserma Cavalli”, where for a long time the Florentines went for the military visit. Of the history of this evocative place remain some remains of the ancient granary of the Medici, in particular 21 large silos where the grain was stored, today united thanks to the openings that have transformed them into a place of memory.
Innovation center is:
- AGGREGATION
The Innovation Center is a place open to the city that aims to promote digital culture in all its dimensions. In addition to the spaces dedicated to the digital world of start-ups and training, it is possible to live it thanks to its spaces of aggregation. It is also equipped to host events and ad hoc initiatives that are carried out in its auditorium. There is also a restaurant and a lounge bar. - TRAINING
Fondazione CR Firenze strongly believes that training should not have limits of access and believes in the enhancement of talents and human capital. This is why he has promoted the opening of 42 FIRENZE, the most innovative coding school in the world, completely free and open 7 days a week. Anyone can apply: no qualification is required and no prior knowledge of coding is required. The course prepares students for the jobs of the future: code experts, cybersecurity, application developers, game developers and IT security specialists. In addition, the next opening is the space COMPETENCE CENTRE IN ENVIRONMENT GOOGLE: an innovative and digital center born thanks to the synergy with the Regional School Office of Tuscany and C2 Gr. - TRAINING
Fondazione CR Firenze strongly believes that training should not have limits of access and believes in the enhancement of talents and human capital. This is why he has promoted the opening of 42 FIRENZE, the most innovative coding school in the world, completely free and open 7 days a week. Anyone can apply: no qualification is required and no prior knowledge of coding is required. The course prepares students for the jobs of the future: code experts, cybersecurity, application developers, game developers and IT security specialists. In addition, next opening is the space COMPETENCE CENTRE IN GOOGLE ENVIRONMENT: an innovative and digital center born thanks to the synergy with the Regional School Office of Tuscany and C2 Group to acquire knowledge and digital skills thanks to the most current technologies and software and functional teaching. - START UP
The core of the development of the innovation ecosystem is the presence of numerous digital startups, young and dynamic companies that at the Innovation Center are based thanks to the modern co-working space managed by the startup studio Nana Bianca. Here important acceleration projects take place that see Fondazione CR Firenze actively collaborating with Nana Bianca, the University of Florence and other national institutions. Among the initiatives are: HUBBLE, a program that selects digital startups that receive a grant and an accompanying path, and ITALIAN LIFESTYLE, an open innovation program in which start-ups belonging to the leading sectors of our country, tourism, fashion and food, build innovation paths with large companies.
