LA SFACCIATA
The headquarter of the Targetti Foundation, Villa La Sfacciata is a fifteenth century villa near the Certosa monastery and just opposite Villa del Gioiello at Arcetri, the home of the great scientist Galileo Galilei. It was a country residence of the famous Florentine Vespucci family who had several famous members, but certainly the most outstanding of all was Amerigo, the enterprising Florentine navigator whose discoveries gave the New World its name – America. La Sfacciata is equipped with:100 seat multimedia auditorium; 24 seat classroom; lighting technology laboratory and computer room with stations for calculations and simulations; meeting room and library. It is the permanent home of the Targetti Light Art Collection.

TARGETTI FOUNDATION
www.fondazionetargetti.org
established and sponsored by Targetti Sankey Spa to promote, support and develop the culture of light, art and architecture, is a point of meeting, integration, and cultural exchange for specific skills, in order to share the knowledge from individual research channels and establish a network of excellence capable of offering a precious opportunity for professional enrichment.
The Foundation is headquartered at Villa La Sfacciata and it conducts its work through distinct programs: the Lighting Academy educational program, the Portal of light www.lightingacademy.org, the Osservatorio sull’Architettura and the Targetti Light Art Collection.

LIGHTING ACADEMY
an international reference point for disseminating and promoting the Culture of light, it is an educational program created to further studies, research, debates, publishing, training, cultural advancements and creative experimentation in all the areas of the world of light and lighting. Courses, workshops, meetings, seminars and conferences are organized in cooperation with the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Universities, members of the major lighting design associations, and professionals from Italian and international lighting companies and are dedicated to all those who want to acquire specific knowledge for a more correct and effective use of light in their projects.

THE PORTAL OF LIGHT
www.lightingacademy.org
The first international portal entirely dedicated to the world of lighting design, that wants to disseminate the Culture of light and promote the professionals who are indispensable for the proper illumination of indoor and outdoor settings.
With millions of images and information that is updated daily, it offers architects, lighting designers, clients, researchers, students, manufacturers, interior designers, journalists and all those who are seeking inspiration, ideas and sophisticate solution, an overview of the best architects lighting projects from the past, present and for the future. Curiosities, news and scientific articles are presented in a digital magazine that is a delight to read and a pleasure to access.

OSSERVATORIO SULL’ARCHITETTURA
was born as a series of meetings for monitoring, surveying and analysing the processes connected to the intricacies of contemporary architecture and the related complex urban phenomena. Architecture, as all the arts and sciences, has always been involved by social changes and at best or at worst it has always been an expression of its time Opportunities for considerations on the health of cities and architecture, as well as a tool for studying the continuous interplay and interactions between architecture and science, technology, the arts, philosophy, sociology, human sciences, economics and politics through the theoretical and design by some of the most important contemporary architects.

TARGETTI LIGHT ART COLLECTION
a collection of contemporary artworks that springs from the awareness that light is such a fascinating element that it cannot be limited by its technical-functional roles. Amnon Barzel, the artistic director – and former curator of important European museums – has selected some of the major artists on the international scene and commissioned them to create “light pictures.” These are installations that share a common denominator, artificial light, and they have been created in the most varied of ways. The Collection, that is based at La Sfacciata, has been exhibited in Florence, Milan, Ljubljana, Rome, Buenos Aires, Ferrara, Lyon, Warsaw, New York and Vienna. The activities of the Collection includes a competition for young artists that is held every two years.