NOT A SCHOOL

Turin, Italy 2020

In collaboration with: M. Barrero, G. Angeletopoulos, S. Sanati, S. Sanei

NOT A SCHOOL, as its name indicates, aims to fight the traditional conception of what a school should be.

With a distrupting design, this new approach of what education can be, becomes into various flexible spaces for users beyond teen students. It opens up to the neighborhood physically and programmatically. It emphasizes and prioritizes the school’s goal: creative and experimental pedagogical programs. And creates outdoor learning spaces and performance structures for more dynamic ways of learning.

School Connects With City By Program

We introduce a Youth Center for people with more progressed knowledge or interest in arts, for inspiration, collectiveness and curiosity. There’s public access to the school’s facilities (labs and library) after school hours. New outdoor structures host public associations’ initiatives and also just be used by the public. We turn the gym in a multifunctional space for exhibitions, performative activities and sports.

School Connects With City Physically

The fence is off. We eliminate the old central building and create a ramp that connects the street to the basement of the building and a large corridor up to the back of the site. Our intention is to break the linear barrier, allowing a more inclusive semi-public space to be visible and inviting. This also uncovers the atrium of the school, an element that multiplies itself and fortifies the identity of the complex.

Constructive detail

With specialized programs like Climate Consultant, Parasol, Shadow analyzer and more, we were able to adapt the current building’s conditions into sustainable passive mechanisms to ensure ambiance comfort without compromising energy and water usage nor the budget for remodeling.

Climate comfort performance section