Cuore Research, Study, and Archives Centre is a new space in Triennale Milano devoted to research, memory, and innovation. Located on the ground floor of the Palazzo dell’Arte and conceived as a flexible and constantly evolving place, Cuore is intended to highlight the research work that underpins all the Triennale’s activities.
It is a 400-square-metre space designed to welcome visitors, the scientific community, scholars, and researchers, but also a network that unites universities, superintendencies, public and private foundations, and companies. Cuore is accessible for free during the Triennale’s opening hours (Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00 AM–8:00 PM).
Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano, has stated: “In 2023 we celebrated 100 years of the Triennale, and this new space was established as a resource that looks both to the past and to the future. We felt the need to create a venue where the extraordinary research, study, and in-depth work that underpins Triennale’s cultural proposal, and brings the institution’s heritage to life, is visible and accessible to all. Cuore is a place open to everyone, where it is possible to consult materials from our archives but also to do research and develop ideas for the future thanks to the Triennale Research Centre, which is being reborn right here.”
AR.CH.IT Luca Cipelletti developed the concept and the architectural and exhibition design of the space. The architectural project is part of a larger plan to enhance and restore the original design of the Palazzo dell’Arte developed by Giovanni Muzio in 1933 which Triennale is carrying out on the entire building. Cuore has been designed in such a way as to enhance the dialogue between architecture and exhibition, between content and container, creating an environment in which modular elements renew themselves over time.
Three main functions converge in this space. The first is related to research, with the reactivation of the Triennale Research Centre, founded in 1935 and active until 1990, which is coming back to life after more than 30 years. The Research Centre, in collaboration with national and international universities, carries out scientific and academic research on the central themes of our time, which will be addressed in the Triennale’s future programming. In the future, it also intends to develop innovative projects and services, leveraging the institution’s specific skills and knowledge.
The second function is related to the Triennale’s archives, library and collections: a unique multidisciplinary heritage–design, art, architecture, theatre, graphic arts, photography and audiovisual material–that includes more than 300,000 works, objects, drawings, projects, photographs, letters and books. Cuore aims to trace the history of the institution’s heritage through its rich archival materials and collections, which for the first time will be displayed in all of their complexity on a rotating basis and made available for consultation.
Cuore is also a platform for valorisation and dissemination, which throughout the year hosts various funds and archives of public and private institutions, developing thematic paths of in-depth study. This third function aims to bring together around Triennale a network of entities that collaborate in the activities of preserving, promoting and studying archival heritages.