Banco Lotto N°10 Opens 'Spaces of Dignity' Store Near Rialto, Venice

Key facts

• Banco Lotto N°10 inaugurated the Spaces of Dignity store on 6 September 2026 near the Ponte di Rialto in Venice.
• The architecture was designed by Alfredo Brillembourg and Alessandro Famiglietti of Urban-Think Tank, winner of the Golden Lion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012.
• The tailoring workshop operates inside the Casa di Reclusione Femminile della Giudecca, a former convent that has been a prison since 1859.
• The project Banco Lotto N°10 was founded in 2003 by the social cooperative Il Cerchio Onlus, established in Venice in 1997.
• On 10 September 2026, the prison hosted La Valigia Fantasma, a fashion show with about twenty detainees wearing self-made garments.
• Under artistic director Margherita Uliana, the lab produces limited-edition and made-to-measure clothing inspired by 1950s styles.
• Fabrics include natural materials, partly from donated production surplus and partly purchased, such as silk shantung, cottons, and linens.
• The store address is Rio Terà S.Aponal, 1160, 30125 Venezia VE.