The project reflects a vision for a more accessible, efficient, and environmentally conscious city, with a strong emphasis on the quality of public space and the enhancement of the areas it traverses.

One of the project’s most distinctive architectural elements is the series of canopies, inspired by Florentine Rationalist architecture and the great 20th-century railway stations, such as Michelucci’s Santa Maria Novella. Light and transparent, the canopies are defined by an iron and glass structure with central supports that evoke the shape of a tree and also recall the glass greenhouse of Giacomo Roster’s Tepidarium. The glazed soffit – smooth, transparent, and seemingly suspended from above by extradosed beams – gives the canopies a contemporary and functional appearance, in dialogue with the city’s historical and botanical landscape.

The project places particular focus on the redevelopment of historic squares, such as Piazza Beccaria and Piazza San Marco. In Piazza Beccaria, the design enhances the Porta alla Croce as a visual focal point, transforming the roundabout into a true scenic square with a double row of trees, ground-level fountains, and stone paving in pietra forte fiorentina and Trani stone, emphasizing the historic axes and the centrality of the monument.

In Piazza San Marco, the new tram stop is integrated in a way that improves accessibility and strengthens the connection to the historic center. The intervention restores a unified and orderly character to the square, with continuous paving and reorganized green areas.

With the new Tramway Line 321, Florence adopts a model of urban infrastructure that blends technological innovation, architectural quality, and respect for the city’s history and landscape. The project not only enhances mobility and reduces environmental impact, but also redefines the identity of the places it crosses – offering more livable, accessible, and recognizable public spaces for the community.