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Other Projects by Alessandro Calvi Rollino Architetto
The Rainbow School
PROJECT FOR A KINDERGARTEN IN PRATO, ITALY.
AWARDS:
World Architecture Community Awards, Third Cycle, 2009, winning project.
PUBLICATIONS:
Eden for Boys & Girls (HongKong: Designerbooks), 2012. Architecture+Conception (Shanghai: IfengSpace), 2011.
FEATURED PROJECT:
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> DESIGN TEAM:
Alessandro Rollino, architect
Micaela Tolio, collaborator
> Sense of Place, Sustainable Architecture, Architecture & Pedagogy
The requirement for this project was to build a 6-classrooms kindergarten, to be completed in two
phases, giving prominence to the existing natural landscape, to the environmental impact, to sustainable building solutions and pedagogical
issues. The project is strictly influenced by the surrounding landscape; the entire building with its main glass façade is oriented toward the South because of bioclimatic reasons ( radiant heating and solar photovoltaic modules ); the space between the façade and an opposite green artificial hill, creates a corridor which frames the background agricultural landscape. The Outdoor space flowing into the school has a psycho-pedagogical function since children feel comfortable with the view of a familiar landscape: Learning is made easier. The school is a symbolic center for the life of the children and it becomes a landmark because of the Rainbow
Façade, an element for playing and a stimulus for fantasy. Materials and colors have
some pedagogical purposes with particular interest to visual, acoustic, haptic, olfactory and ecological qualities. The activity rooms are set into a higher
glass curving volume; their structure is made of timber while the envelope is made of rough lime plaster and the finishing floor is linoleum; common floor spaces are covered with solid Oak (indoor) and Ipè (outdoor); cladding for the facility spaces is made of reddish-brown copper. Each activity inside the
school has its own peculiar space for color and materials so that the children easily understand differences and hierarchies among the spaces.
The building develops horizontally throughout the allotment: the high glass volume acts as a plaza
for the common activities while the classrooms and the facility spaces (service department, teachers' office, parents' room and storage) are set into it.
AWARDS:
World Architecture Community Awards, Third Cycle, 2009, winning project.
PUBLICATIONS:
Eden for Boys & Girls (HongKong: Designerbooks), 2012. Architecture+Conception (Shanghai: IfengSpace), 2011.
FEATURED PROJECT:
architypesource.com
> DESIGN TEAM:
Alessandro Rollino, architect
Micaela Tolio, collaborator
> Sense of Place, Sustainable Architecture, Architecture & Pedagogy
The requirement for this project was to build a 6-classrooms kindergarten, to be completed in two
phases, giving prominence to the existing natural landscape, to the environmental impact, to sustainable building solutions and pedagogical
issues. The project is strictly influenced by the surrounding landscape; the entire building with its main glass façade is oriented toward the South because of bioclimatic reasons ( radiant heating and solar photovoltaic modules ); the space between the façade and an opposite green artificial hill, creates a corridor which frames the background agricultural landscape. The Outdoor space flowing into the school has a psycho-pedagogical function since children feel comfortable with the view of a familiar landscape: Learning is made easier. The school is a symbolic center for the life of the children and it becomes a landmark because of the Rainbow
Façade, an element for playing and a stimulus for fantasy. Materials and colors have
some pedagogical purposes with particular interest to visual, acoustic, haptic, olfactory and ecological qualities. The activity rooms are set into a higher
glass curving volume; their structure is made of timber while the envelope is made of rough lime plaster and the finishing floor is linoleum; common floor spaces are covered with solid Oak (indoor) and Ipè (outdoor); cladding for the facility spaces is made of reddish-brown copper. Each activity inside the
school has its own peculiar space for color and materials so that the children easily understand differences and hierarchies among the spaces.
The building develops horizontally throughout the allotment: the high glass volume acts as a plaza
for the common activities while the classrooms and the facility spaces (service department, teachers' office, parents' room and storage) are set into it.
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