The first Metropolitan Urban Center of Rome is born in the Capital City, in Viale Manzoni, 34, in the building that houses the Galileo Galilei Industrial Technical School Institute. The main mission of the Urban Center will be to inform and involve citizens in urban planning and public policies of the Metropolitan City of Roma Capitale. It will host multi-purpose spaces, meeting rooms and laboratories, offices, a reception desk, a space for permanent and temporary exhibitions, interactive and immersive multimedia spaces.

The group led by Architect Lorenzo Maggio won the design competition for the setting up of the headquarters: 1,075 sqm on 4 floors in addition to 462 sqm outside. The project also includes a space entirely dedicated to the city and its territory that, in a language understandable to all, will tell the urban transformations — both current and future ones — and interactions with the natural landscape.

The installation will be carried out in synergy with the Metropolitan City and in collaboration with the Special Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Rome, as it is a protected asset. The goal is to inaugurate the Urban Center by the end of 2024.