This has led to the creation of versatile and open environments, where each module is related to the others, and both the classrooms, as well as the circulation spaces, the patios and the outdoor space, are designed to respond to the diversity and complexity of the activities.
Description of project by El Equipo Mazzanti
The project states the construction of a complex that allows the emergence of thematical spaces in its interior. It is defined by a big shadowed perimeter that embraces the educational program and defines the relationship areas with its context, as well as an interior patio with different rooms and big vegetation for sun control.
Being a kindergarten each element should answer to the kids dimensions, this way they will feel comfortable in the educational environment. This is a space in which the kids spends three quarters of their lives, the aim is to turn the building in a cozy and friendly place. The general concept is to produce an ambience of dialogue, coexistence and quality learning.
We look forward for a perimeter configuration that can define interior places for human and environmental activities. The space can have activities and places that sometimes sound contradictory to the traditional buildings, like a kitchen next to the music room, or the photography studio next to the gardening area. The building floats allowing the central area to be as clear and permeable as possible, as well as the growing of different plant species inside of it.
We highlight the capacity of the spaces to be exchangeable in time, the void as a strategy to learn about the space. This approach brings the creation of pedagogical ambiences instead of only buildings. The architecture we produce is the result of the study of different pedagogical approaches of each institution. The place should always answer to him aim. The architectonical model should value the totality of the space as place of learning and social relationships. In this sense the classrooms, the circulation areas, patios and exterior spaces should be designed to answer to the diversity and complexity of the activities and events typical of the educational process of each institution.
Educational architecture should be thought as an organism able to change and adapt to new teaching ways between kids, teachers, families and all the community.
