Day Care Center for Benetton
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
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.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
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.
© Hisao Suzuki . Published on January 15, 2008.
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.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
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.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
The children have understood the building well, and a book has even been published of their impressions. They are happy there.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
© Marco Zanta . Published on January 15, 2008.
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© Marco Zanta . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Marco Zanta . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on January 15, 2008.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on January 15, 2008.
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© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on October 07, 2009.
© Alberto Campo Baeza . Published on October 07, 2009.
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