teramo-based ccdstudio has completed the 'new center for childhood' located in ozzano dell'emilia, italy.
the project was financed between the local municipality and the consorzio karabak sette. these two subjects are joined together to provide new spaces
for the public facilities that were represented previously by two buildings: the center school district and the offices for the local administrative authorities.
the proposal has different architectural scales seen through the program and with the site constraints.
the development draws from the urban setting to mark the two different buildings with specific signage to indicate the interior programs.
first, the school is a single storey structure that hosts a kindergarten, nursery and a daycare center. while, the offices are located in the adjacent
three level complex which contains the archive and garages on ground floor, public reception and offices on the upper two.formal research about the sense of architectural unity involve contrast and complementing elements like a leitmotiv for the entire project.
episodic holes create linear filaments that dig into the massive facades allowing deep punctures of glass transparency that mark the volumes.
modular lighting in the form of terracotta strips is located at the front of the two buildings. the horizontal lines enhance the urban planning
of the site. this symbol announces a linking and union to a collective identity in the city of Ozzano.