Group leader:
architect Vittorio Pierini
Principals:
architect Elisabetta Lot, architect Ivo Boscariol, architect Fabio Santarossa, architect Marco Salamon
collaborator:
architect Alessio Grava
A trapezoidal volume, developed on two floors above ground, is articulated within the site where the demolition of the existing building is planned. On the ground floor, a projecting canopy highlights the location of the main entrance from Via Piave; the entrance hall, thanks to large windows to the north and south, connects the public entrance to the internal garden of the school, also visually.
On the ground floor, a large collective space opens up, visually and functionally connected to the garden to the south. The classrooms of the first cycle (first and second classes) with the related services to the west, the special classrooms and the library to the north, as indirect light is more appropriate in these cases; the school cleaners and the teachers’ rooms and bathrooms to the east, the BES classrooms and an additional stairwell near the connection with the canteen connective tissue. On the ground floor, the classrooms have a direct relationship with the external space.
The first floor hosts classrooms for the third and fourth year to the west and, interspersed with bathrooms, for the fifth year in addition to the music room to the south. To the north, as on the lower floor, are located the special activities, with the BES classrooms and the school cleaners in between. The additional three classrooms required by the tender were also created on this floor. The teaching spaces have large partially openable windows, which overlook the existing and projected external trees; they are equipped with elements for managing both natural and artificial lighting, which are essential considering that teaching is mainly carried out using IWBs and PCs.
The distribution space becomes a meeting place during recreational hours but also for small school exhibitions and is connected to the existing gym. A large skylight diffuses indirect light onto the staircase and the collective space below.
