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The environmental context where the new scholastic
complex is going to be settled in Francavilla, seems to have a very
complicated topography; topography is marked by the valley, the ridge, and
by cultivated terraces. In our project we tried to translate in shapes and
spaces what the territory has suggested to us. The
aim of our architectural approach was to reach the symbiosis with the natural
landscape. The form concept is "the tape"; The task is to join large dimensions
of Adriatic countryside landscape made of rural settlements diffused between
agricultural partiture, with the urban scale structure of Francavilla. Through
naturalistic ways and sport facilities the site has become an agricultural park
to use by collectivity . The
architecture works on the geo-morphological dimensions of the site. Apparently
the topography seems not to be changed: the landscape goes through the school
covering all the classrooms with cultivated fields and forming a continuum with
the surrounding rural territory. In the North side, along the street, a pattern
of trees and landmarks organizes the perception of paths and entrances in
the buildings. The
valley, agricultural fields and the vegetation create the natural context. The
"materialization" of two high levels defines the limits of the building as two
functional parts so to make possible to build the school in two different times.
(that was the task of the competition). In
the first Part, the medium school, common facilities are situated in the central
position, if the second part would be done. The
second part will be the high school in the next future. Our
project tries to propose a rational exploitation of surfaces and optimal
flexibility of functions. All the
classrooms can be compressed or enlarged if it is necessary. Each
place, offices, classrooms, library, canteen, has the same good space quality,
with panoramic views, natural lighting and the direct access from the garden. The
aim of our project is to give a strong and visible shape to the building from
the valley side but a discreet impact from the highest side where
the luminous stripe creates the skyline during the night. The
materials we use for our school are the ones the ground offers to us: The
south elevation is made by a wall of stones with big glass boxes as windows, while
the north elevation, in the part of medium school is made of concrete, and in
metallic grid where the wall of high school will grow up. Federico
DŽAscanio Francesco Giancola Cesare Rivera (capogruppo) Simona Stortone |
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