Classes commenced at the new premises of Polimoda in the centre of Florence, the Scuderie of Villa Favard

Within walking distance from the centre, the Scuderie of Villa Favard have been fully renovated by the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, who bought the Villa Favard complex in 2007 to create an international centre of education in Florence, and consist of seventeen classrooms and two laboratories capable of accommodating seven hundred students, plus offices and service areas equipped with innovative solutions and high tech instrumentation.

The restoration works were aimed at painstakingly recovering the original structure, built by the architect Giuseppe Poggi in the middle of the '800, in respect of the existing historical elements, as well as incorporating several significant improvements for optimising and streamlining the areas.

A third floor has been obtained under the roof by exploiting the high ceilings, and all the classrooms have been fitted out with the latest technological equipment to meet all modern educational requirements, with video projection instruments, automated blinds, photosensitive lighting, air-conditions and Wi-Fi connections throughout the entire building.

Inside you can notice the unmistakable “Polimoda style” in the choice of furnishings and materials where the clean lines and minimalist colours are designed to allow maximum physical and psychological space for the development of creativity and individual expression. 

The opening of prestigious Villa Favard which will house the offices, conference rooms and new Documentation Centre  is fixed for October 2011, on occasion of the new academic year.

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