The complex of the former Military Hospital, in the historical center of Florence, is configured as a small closed world, to protect life, all internal, first conventual and then military, behind the long wall on via Cavour and the curtain walls on via San Gallo.

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The project proposal, in the competition to define the urban concept based on which to draw up the detailed plan for the recovery of the area, sought a balance between this introverted and protected character and the vocation of the area to greater permeability, compared to the city ​​life.

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In this perspective, the project sought possible openings and structured some open spaces, maintaining the recognisability of the relationships between the inside and the outside, but configuring a composite urban landscape, dense with visuals, distances, lively environments and protected places. .

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The study of a possible mix of new urban functions has been accompanied by a careful analysis of the historical-architectural values ​​of the existing structures, in order to enhance the characteristics of the place, giving it a new architectural and urban quality.

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The aspects of sustainability have been equally decisive in indicating approaches and selection criteria related to orientation of the fronts, creation of shaded areas, facilitation of natural ventilation.