Stabilimento Ferrari e Pista di Fiorano

Maranello's Ferrari works is both an industrial site and an architectural complex, with buildings by Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Nouvel and other designers.

Why it matters

The Ferrari works has occupied the same ground since the 1940s, and its historic entrance hall dates to 1947. The campus grew into a collection of contemporary industrial architecture: Renzo Piano designed the Galleria del Vento, where technicians test racing-car aerodynamics; Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Nouvel, Marco Visconti and Luigi Sturchio contributed further buildings; and Mario Cucinella's e-building, inaugurated in 2024, brought energy production onto the site. Nearby, the Fiorano circuit is a private test track created by Enzo Ferrari for the development of competition and road cars.

What to notice

The Galleria del Vento, designed by Renzo Piano, represents the factory's technical architecture. Other contributions by Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Nouvel, Marco Visconti and Luigi Sturchio extend the campus's architectural history. At the Fiorano circuit entrance, a statue commemorates driver Gilles Villeneuve, who died in 1982, the same year Enzo Ferrari received honorary citizenship of Fiorano.

Context and history

Enzo Ferrari established the Fiorano test track in 1972 on land in Fiorano Modenese bordering Maranello. The circuit measures more than three kilometres and includes fourteen curves and a chicane, with a layout designed to reproduce features of European racing circuits. Ferrari equipped it with telemetry, a television system of ten fixed cameras and an irrigation network capable of wetting the surface while recovering much of the water. Since 1972 the circuit has served as a testing ground for competition and road cars.