School in Appiano
School in Appiano
The project is based on the idea of making minimal interventions on the existing structures to be preserved and to limit land consumption as much as possible by recreating an expansion of the school within the footprint occupied by the existing building. Industrialisation is at the basis of the project idea, both for the construction system and the façade.
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The project proposes a compact volume with a pitched roof shaped to connect and integrate with the eaves lines of the west wing. A building that encloses school and after-school activities with some spaces accessible to external users such as the library and the multi-purpose hall.
For the vertical and horizontal structures, a prefabricated solution made of X-LAM cross-laminated solid wood. The envelope of the new building was designed with a modular ventilated façade made off-site of non-anodised aluminium panels with a great advantage in speed of installation. The interior, made of exposed wood, will provide the necessary warmth to make the classrooms and laboratories feel like domestic places.
