Group leader:
Arch. Vittorio Pierini
Principals:
Arch. Elisabetta Lot, Arch. Ivo Boscariol, Arch. Jessica Macuz, Arch. Andrea Catto
The primary objective of the project was to build it in parts: in a first phase, the construction of the new school and, only at the end of this first phase, the demolition of the existing one and the new construction of the premises with “complementary” uses, gym and auditorium. A second objective concerned the multifunctionality of the school, therefore imagining a building that would not only host school activities, but that would above all be at the service of the community of the Torre neighborhood.
The idea of opening the school to the community, thinking of it as a public building attentive to relations with the urban fabric and supporting the civic activities of the community was fundamental to defining the priorities of the architectural composition.
To achieve this second objective, we thought that a new quality public space was necessary and that all the functions with autonomous use and management should “overlook” this: the school, the gym, and the auditorium.
The school complex is therefore conceived as a set of independent but contiguous modules with all the “public” functions located on the ground floor, in close correlation with the external space and with the urban flows, with pedestrian crossings and a system of vehicular access.
The three volumes that make up the project have different heights; the school is built on three floors to accommodate all the required functions while trying to contain the size in plan, it has a height of about 12 m, the gym will have a height of about 8 meters internally and the auditorium about 7/8 meters, net of the crowning walls that determine its shape. If the base collects all the public functions as mentioned, on this figuratively rest the crownings of the gym and the auditorium and the two-story volume of the school where all the classrooms overlook the longer sides to the north and south but where even the heads of the building are “opened” to illuminate the corridors creating an intense relationship with the outside that links the square with the park.
