1998
NARNALI-GUADO-MALISETI
MIDDLE SCHOOL
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project start
date |
1998 |
|
construction |
2010 |
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location |
Prato - Maliseti,
Italy |
|
client |
Prato City
Council |
|
architect |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect |
|
structure |
Mario Ciatti,
Giampiero Ciatti,
Consulting
Engineers |
|
construction
supervision |
Marco
Meozzi,
Architect -
Massimo
Lastrucci,
Architect - Luca
Piantini,Architect |
|
area |
5,552 square
meters |
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volume |
29,785 cubic
meters |
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cost |
5,577,734 euros |
|
cost 1st phase
(2002) |
3,047,095 euros |
|
pubblications |
- LABORATORIO
COMUNE Idee ed
Architetture
del Settore
Edilizia
Pubblica del
Comune di Prato
-
2000 Electa -
Milano, pp.82-85 |
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- OTTAGONO
Rivista di
Design ed
Architettura No.
178 Marzo 2005 |
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- ARCHITETTURE
NEW ZEALAND No.
3 - 2007, pp.102
-104 & 106 |
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web |
www.comune.prato.it/architettura |
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http://archi-europe.com/architect-profile-22222292-Marco_Meozzi.html |
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http://www.maliseti.it/index.php?mod=03_Gallery/01_Fotodiario_scuola_media |
Centrally located
between three distinct
urban neighborhoods,
this 18 classroom Middle
School is designed to be
a unifying force within
those areas. The design
intent is to create a
building that can help
to integrate these
communities into a
larger whole and to
increase the interaction
among the inhabitants.
As such, the public
spaces within the
building are designed to
be utilized not only by
the students themselves
but by the populace at
large as well. The
dynamic shape of the
building is composed of
two opposing circular
arcs connected by a
public piazza formed by
the void between the two
arcs. Considering its
intended function as a
unifying element within
these neighborhoods and
its relation to the
environment, the school
is seen to assume the
role of a public garden
where light and
transparency are
extremely important. For
this reason, the
building has a light
metal structure with
large glazed openings
that allow for maximum
visibility both from the
inside out and from the
outside in. As such, it
is hoped this visual
link will provide a high
degree of connectivity
between the life of the
school and the life of
the surrounding
communities.
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