The third floor of the Procuratie Vecchie, overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, hosts the House of The Human Safety Net, the Generali Group's foundation: an inclusive space open to the public, where it is possible to dialogue and exchange ideas to promote social inclusion. Accesible to visitors for the first time in its five hundred year history, the building in the Procuratie Vecchie has been the subject of a major renovation and enhancement project by David Chipperfield Architects Milan Studio. The interiors of the foundation were designed by the Migliore+Servetto Studio in charge of Interior, Exhibition, Multimedia & Graphic Design, under the artistic direction of Davide Rampello.
Migliore+Servetto's project involves the entire top floor and the reception areas on the ground floor, creating spaces for interaction, sharing and dialogue: the Illy café open to the visiting public, a free consultation library with over 3,000 volumes in five languages curated by Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, a coworking area reserved to the activities of the foundation and its partners, event rooms and lastly an auditorium.
Inside the new Procuratie Vecchie fit also Pedrali products, which enrich the spaces, dialoguing with the existing structures and enhancing the majestic partitioning of the architectural volumes. Compact dimensions and ergonomic shapes characterise the Brera chairs and stools, a collection with an evocative name that recalls the glamorous and trendy venues in the chic Milan district. A distinctive element of the chairs, made of solid oak, are the compact shapes and essential lines that suggest lightness and agility.