Third Garden (2016) is a park stretching over ten thousand square metres of land along the west bank of the Arno River. A green area that was finally returned to the city that can be explored by walking along the many trails drawn amidst the spontaneous vegetation; in memory of the ancient orti dei semplici (botanical gardens). The word “third” brings to mind Gilles Clément’s third landscape, which reminds us that spontaneous vegetation is an extraordinary reserve of biodiversity and evolutionary potential. The park, which can be seen here in an aerial photograph taken by Gabriele Galimberti, can be accessed from Piazza Poggi.

The Stones Stories (2018) site-specific installation stems from the encounters with the people living in the borough of San Francesco (Pelago) and their recollections of the Sieve River: in their imagery, as we hear from the interviews, the river has always been seen from within, in constant touch with water. That is why the new passage of the river from shore to shore reconnects two communities and makes it possible to experience the river from the centre of its course, possibly lingering on one of the stones surrounded by water.