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MCA project won the Architectural Competition held in February 2014 for the design and build of the new School in Guastalla District (Reggio Emilia, Italy). The new building will replace two existed schools damaged by the earthquake which stuck the territory in May 2012 and will host up to 120 boys and girls between 0 and 3 years old.
Courtesy of Mario Cucinella Architects – Photographs : Moreno Maggi
MCA project is thought to stimulate the child’s interaction with the surrounding space according to a vision of “teaching” in which nothing is left to chance, from the distribution of educational areas to the choice of materials of construction, up to the integration between indoor and outside space. Courtesy of Mario Cucinella Architects – Photographs : Moreno Maggi
Architectural elements of the new kindergarten by MCA – like the shape of the interior, their organization, the choice of materials, all the sensory perceptions related to the light, the colors, the sounds, the tactile suggestions – are designed taking into account of the pedagogical and educational related to the growth of the child.
Courtesy of Mario Cucinella Architects – Photographs : Moreno Maggi
The structure involves the use of natural materials with low environmental impact. In particular, the supporting structure is made ??up of wooden frame: a safe and ideal material to keep the thermal insulation ...