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PONTE MONTESSORI CHARETTE 6 weeks - Fall 2022
The piazza connects the five classrooms, also utilizing light and elevation to designate the spaces and create rhythm. The entrance to the school is stepped down slightly and covered by a lowered roof to create a less intimidating space for the children to be dropped off and say their goodbyes. The teacher workstation overlooks the entrance and has an open air second floor so that teachers can work in privacy but can still hear what is happening in the piazza. The piazza concludes with a small amphitheater, slightly stepped down, for students of different ages to interact. Open skylights run between each classroom on the north-south axis to break up the space without cluttering the piazza. Each classroom connects to the piazza with a ground level porch as well as an elevated terrace that wraps from the greenhouse to the front of the classroom to overlook the piazza.
The entire school is set on the Ponte Amerigo Vespucci in Florence, Italy along with a market with a mirrored plan, shown in the site render.
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Ground Plan
Latitudinal Section
Longitudinal Section
