Augeo Art Space

Augeo Art Space is a set of spaces for contemporary art and wellness in the historical centre of Rimini. The building which hosts Augeo is Palazzo Spina, a noble 1600 private residence built on pre-existing remains and is located on the main street of the city running on the ancient decumanum maximum of the roman settlement. The Augeo 's objective is to bring modern life into the antique storerooms and workshops on the ground and underground floors of the palace: a dynamic space, changeable and mutant, prepared to host temporary exhibitions and installations, to create a relationship with the architecture of the past and the authentic spirit of the city, projecting them in an international cultural context. The internal design project is the work of a cooperation between the designer Yasmine Mahmoudieh from London and Cumo Mori Roversi Architects, who made also the restoration and consolidation of the structures. The design was inspired by the total respect for the historic building and by the highlighting of the new functions of the spaces. All the new interventions are easy to recognize and express a contemporary language which dialogues with the severe and bare plasters, the medieval arches and the vaults of the old underground storerooms, adding a renewed personality: the use of contemporary finishing materials such as the HI-MACS® for the translucent desk-seating, characterizes the lounge bar and the exhibition spaces. Viabizzuno was the supplier of all the lightings, tailored made for the scope.