Nautilus Nursery and Kindergarten
Bassano

Nautilus, AMFSnaps corporate nursery and kindergartenBassano, Vicenza A building adjacent to the southwest corner of the new production plant complex is dedicated to the AmfSnaps children’s corporate facility. The two-story volume is made of wood structure. The two floors are closely related, visually and functionally, inside and out. At the entrance, the main staircase is […]

Outdoor Educational Workshops
Rome

New outdoor educational workshops at Marymount Institute Rome The project, dedicated to primary school and kindergarten children, was created in collaboration with pedagogist and anthropologist Lidia Tavani. Two areas of the garden are transformed into workshop spaces suitable for experimenting with original practices of outdoor education.The entire surface is a composition of very different materials: […]

Design for GAM

Design for GAM The long and still ongoing relationship with GAM Gonzaga Arredi Montessori concerns the design of dozens of objects and of furniture for early childhood care facilities and schools.Each project is based on the observation of children and of their daily life in educational centres, and is further supported by dialogue with educators […]

Istituto degli Innocenti Garden
Florence

Istituto degli Innocenti Garden, Florence With its six centuries of history, the Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence is the most ancient institution dedicated to child welfare. The structure hosting it, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, expresses the founding aims of Renaissance architecture.Behind the buildings of the complex is the Giardino Grande, a public park space of […]

Urban Playground
Guimaraes, Portugal

Urban Playground, Guimaraes, Portugal Ideas competition Performance Architecture The project was a contestant in the competition launched on the occasion of the Guimaraes 2012 European Capital of Culture.The proposal was to utilize as public space the surface of the vats of the old Couros tanneries, a truly inspiring and materic location close to the city’s […]