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1976
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RENOVATION
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project start date |
1975 |
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completed |
1976 |
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location |
Cafaggio -Prato,
Italy |
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client |
Prato City Council
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architect |
Marco Meozzi,
Architect |
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area |
570 square meters |
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volume |
1,900 cubic meters |
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cost |
50,000,000 Lire |
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publications |
- DOMUS No. 567,
Febbraio 1977- Segni
colorati pp.14-16 |
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- LA PROGETTAZIONE
ARCHITETTONICA E LE
PUBBLICHE
AMMINISTRAZIONI -
Quaderni di
professione
architetto - A
Linea editrice -
Firenze -
Gennaio1993 pp.
68-69 |
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photo |
Aurelio Amendola
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The emphasis for this
project was to renovate an
old school quickly and
economically. The
architect’s intent was to
provide a new image for a
school with a ‘T-shaped’
plan, representative of a
standard design built on a
national scale in the 1930s.
To achieve this end, he used
a wave of color, passing
over everything, in an
attempt to decodify the
columns, the central plan
and the architecture.
Another wave of color flows
into the interior so as to
provide the perception of
lowering the ceiling
heights. The flooring was
redesigned with geometric
patterns intended to
encourage the teachers to
lecture from the center of
the classrooms. A dashed
line in the pavement leads
the students to the
cafeteria. |