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1978
VIA CIALDINI NURSERY SCHOOL
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project start date |
1977 |
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construction |
1978-1980 |
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location |
via Cialdini -Prato
, Italy |
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client |
Prato City Council |
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architect |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect |
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construction
supervision |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect |
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publications |
- DOMUS No.624
Gennaio 1982 pp.
30-31 |
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- Project displayed
at the School of
Architecture,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York |
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- LA PROGETTAZIONE
ARCHITETTONICA E LE
PUBBLICHE
AMMINISTRAZIONI -
Quaderni di
professione
architetto' - A
Linea Editrice -
Firenze -
gennaio1993
pp.64-65 |
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- LABORATORIO
COMUNE Idee ed
architetture del
Settore edilizia
Pubblica del Comune
di Prato -
2000 Electa -
Milano pp.18-25 |
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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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www.archi-europe.com/project2.php?id=706613
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Due to a lack of available
building sites in this very
dense, saturated part of the
city ( an area characterized
by a mix of both residential
and industrial building
types) the City of Prato was
forced to acquire a building
that had previously been a
private residence as the
site for this new nursery
school. As a philosophical
device to distinguish the
new portions of the building
from the existing, the older
part of the building was
left in its historical form,
while the new portion
explored the use of
alternate, non-traditional
geometries and materials.
Conceptually, this building
explores the relationship
between the child and the
space with which he
interacts, learns, creates,
thinks and plays. The
building is intended to
resemble an assemblage of
toy blocks composed of
simple geometries, easily
recognized in both form and
color. On the ground floor,
a rectangular box becomes
the new kitchen. The second
floor becomes an elongated
cylinder/lozenge housing the
new toilets. At the roof
level, a red sky-lit prism
embraces the elevator and
finally a large triangle
descends to earth forming
the exterior emergency
egress stair. |