OCA Oasy Contemporary Art & Architecture
The artistic project is contained in the Oasi Dynamo, the WWF nature reserve
OCA Oasy Contemporary Art & Architecture has two souls that are evident in its name: that of the nature reserve and that of the space for contemporary art and architecture.
The place containing this artistic project is Oasi Dynamo, a WWF affiliated nature reserve, located in the heart of Tuscany, in the municipality of San Marcello Piteglio. Over 1000 hectares overlooking the Pistoia Apennines, an ideal place for rare plants and wild animals to grow and live in complete freedom. As well as the environmental recovery and conservation activities in the area, over the years Oasi Dynamo has also opened up to hospitality, eco-tourism, spreading of sustainable environmental culture and now also to art with the OCA project.
Oasy Contemporary Art and Architecture contains an art itinerary, surrounded by nature, at a height of 900 meters, with site-specific works and installations, created by some of the world’s most important artists and architects. Inaugurated in 2023, under the artistic direction of Emanuele Montibeller, it has been enriched each season with new international contributions. It currently features artworks by Alejandro Aravena, Mariangela Gualtieri and Michele De Lucchi, Kengo Kuma, Davide Quayola, Arne Quinze, David Svensson, Pascale Marthine Tayou and Matteo Thun, and will soon welcome new additions from the fuse* collective and Stefano Boeri. Each season, a new exhibition has reinforced the underlying theme of the relationship between man and nature, alongside the permanent installations: in 2023 artist Massimo Vitali was featured, followed by Pascale Marthine Tayou in 2024, the Fondazione Arte Dynamo in 2025 and Arne Quinze in 2026.
OCA offers visitors a new world, waiting to be discovered and experienced together, in which man and what he creates - be it an artistic or architectural product - live together with the environment and nature and, in fact, constantly interact with them. In addition: each installation enters into a dialog with the others, revisiting the central theme and exploring it through the sensitivity, cultural background and human and professional experience of each artist involved in the project. All the installations generate more questions than answers, providing examples or prototypes of a possible reorganization of our "being in the world". They represent the stages of an open, engaging and ever-evolving narrative.
To visit OCA Oasy Contemporary Art inside the Oasi Dynamo reserve, leave your car at the Croce di Piteglio car park and cross the woods on a pleasant 3-kilometer walk that will mark the beginning of your immersive experience. Once you reach the clearing, you will find the circular path with the site-specific outdoor works and the exhibition space with the temporary exhibitions. Admission to the exhibition is free, while the art itinerary can only be visited by joining one of the daily guided tours.
At the reserve’s Visitor Center, there is also the “Casa Luigi” restaurant, where visitors can stop for lunch and enjoy the always-available café service.
