Andrea Bartoli
Farm Cultural Park, Favara, Sicily
A notary since 2000, Andrea Bartoli is a consultant in strategic planning and management for public and private cultural organizations. In June 2010, with his life partner Florinda, he co-founded Farm Cultural Park, a cultural center that has won numerous awards, including the Curry Stone Design Prize. Farm has been featured in prestigious media such as The Guardian and Vogue and has participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale. He has been a guest of the US State Department, the European Commission, UNESCO, and the UN. He is also a promoter, curator, and speaker at major international cultural events.
Farm Cultural Park is one of the most influential independent cultural centers in the contemporary cultural scene and one of the most dynamic projects focused on the rethinking and revival of dying cities. It has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Curry Stone Design Prize from the American Foundation, recognizing it as one of the 100 international experiences that have had the greatest social impact in the world over the last ten years, and the Human Design City Award from the City of Seoul. It has been invited to the Venice Architecture Biennale and featured in major national and international media outlets such as The Guardian, Vogue, and Domus. Farm Cultural Park has been presented in Washington, Pittsburgh, and Detroit as a guest of the U.S. State Department, at the Dublin Global Platform as a guest of the European Union, in Meishan, China as a guest of UNESCO, and in Abu Dhabi during the World Urban Forum 10 as a guest of the United Nations.