Reggiane Innovation Park has its roots in Santa Croce, a working-class neighborhood that throughout the 20th century welcomed the families of the factory workers. Here, the factory shaped the landscape and the community: alongside the railway, among workers' housing and warehouses, Reggio Emilia's industrial identity was built. It's not just a memory, but a living bond, rooted in a place that has always brought together work, daily life, and the future.

The geography speaks for itself: tracks on one side, the Campovolo aircraft testing ground on the other—now the RCF Arena, one of the largest open-air arenas in Europe. An area created to connect production and mobility, where trains literally entered the factory and airplanes took their first flights. During the Second World War, Officine and Santa Croce were targeted by bombing raids, leaving deep scars on the urban and social fabric.

In 2008, the historic production cycle finally came to an end: the sale from the Fantuzzi Group to Terex marked the end of an era and created a void the size of a portion of the city. From a work area to an abandoned space, the risk of decay was palpable. It was here that the vision of the Innovation Park took shape: to regenerate, mend, and restore meaning and function to the former Reggiane complex and the surrounding neighborhood.

Reconnection isn't just an idea: in 2022, the historic arm of Viale Ramazzini will reopen. The axis connects Piazzale Europa with Viale del Partigiano, reconnecting Santa Croce to the Innovation Park and the city. A new playground with basketball courts and a skate park, among the largest in Italy, will also be created in the same area, bringing life and daily activity back to the public spaces.

Today, Reggiane Innovation Park opens to the city and interacts with Campovolo/RCF Arena, projecting Santa Croce into the future of university research, business, culture, sports, and socializing. It's an ecosystem that generates opportunities and cohesion, recirculating the energy that has made this place great for decades.

This is the profound meaning of the project: to rediscover and renew the vocation of Reggiane and Santa Croce , a place capable of producing innovation and community, transforming an urban wound into an open, shared, contemporary laboratory.