Nautilus Nursery and Kindergarten
Bassano del Grappa

Nautilus, AMF corporate nursery and kindergartenBassano del Grappa, Vicenza A building adjacent to the southwest corner of the new production plant complex is dedicated to the AMF 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 […]

Design for EduTech

Design for EduTech EduTech is a company that develops proposals for an educational approach to technology, primarily aimed at kindergartens and primary schools.i-Code and i-Theatre are products that support children’s creativity by connecting traditional expressive techniques with digital technologies.i-Code is a tablet application that uses 43 tiles to create programming sequences that move drawn characters. […]

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 […]

New Beleduc furniture

New Beleduc furniture line for nurseries and preschools Beleduc is part of the Hape group. The project for a new line of furniture for preschools was developed in China, for the global market, starting from South-East Asia and Oceania.The goal is to build serene and bright environments, suitable for welcoming children.Children are the center of […]

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: […]

Istituto degli Innocenti Garden
Florence

Istituto degli Innocenti GardenFlorence 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 great […]

Urban Playground
Guimaraes, Portugal

Urban PlaygroundGuimaraes, 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 downtown […]