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Some of the furniture of the Learning Center was made by teenagers engaged by a body called Cometa. Cometa explores the challenges of working lives, weighing up its meaning and value in an educational context. It experimenting with new ways for adults and entrepreneurs to build beautiful and unique objects in partnership with young people.
The students learn traditional crafts in a practical way under the guidance of master craftsmen and the interior designer Erasmo Figini.
Source: www.puntocometa.org
The Learning Center is located at the heart of the complex in exactly the same way that continuous learning, personal growth and improvement lie at the core of the firm's corporate values and provide the connection between the business and the city that is its home.
It consists of 8 main classrooms overlooking a common area formed by a series of piazzas of different sizes, all visually connected through the training area.
The spaces inside the classrooms are dynamic and flexible thanks to the use of spe- cial partitions and furnitures systems that can adapt in just a few minutes depending on the forms of learning needed by the people using them.
Many parts of the furniture system have been created by a cooperative of local arti- sans and craftspeople with the twin aim of reviving the rich heritage of craft skills in the area and opening up new career opportunities for the next generation. Vodafone, in association with Cometa, a not-for-profit association engaged in youth education, contracted the “Contrada degli Artigiani” to design and create the furniture for the center. In particular they have created informal thematic spaces, that recall the am- bience of a holiday by the sea or in the mountains to foster relaxation or to drive creativity.
Vodafone’s decision to entrust the creation of the furniture for the Learning Centre to an association committed to providing opportunities for young people, demon- strates the company's focus on social issues, while providing a different feel for the most visited areas of the center.
