BENETTON NURSERY, TREVISO (ITALY) 2007
A BOX OPEN TO THE SKY
We built a square box composed of nine smaller squares. The center square emerges to
bring light from the heights of the vestibule. The classrooms are arranged in the surrounding
squares.
This square structure is inscribed within a larger, circular enclosure made up of double
circular walls. Open to the sky, four courtyards are created that suggest the four elements:
air, earth, fire and water.
The space between the perimeter walls serves as a “secret” place for the children. The
courtyard spaces, tensed between the curved and the straight walls, are particularly
remarkable.
The central space, the highest and with light from above, recalls a hamman in the way it
gathers sunlight through nine perforations in the ceiling and three more on each of its four
façades.
The children have understood the building well, and a book has even been published of their
impressions. They are happy there.
SKETCH
A BOX OPEN TO THE SKY
We built a square box composed of nine smaller squares. The center square emerges to
bring light from the heights of the vestibule. The classrooms are arranged in the surrounding
squares.
This square structure is inscribed within a larger, circular enclosure made up of double
circular walls. Open to the sky, four courtyards are created that suggest the four elements:
air, earth, fire and water.
The space between the perimeter walls serves as a “secret” place for the children. The
courtyard spaces, tensed between the curved and the straight walls, are particularly
remarkable.
The central space, the highest and with light from above, recalls a hamman in the way it
gathers sunlight through nine perforations in the ceiling and three more on each of its four
façades.
The children have understood the building well, and a book has even been published of their
impressions. They are happy there.
SKETCH
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