SPECIFICATIONS

year	2007
place	ROME
program	KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PARKING AND GREEN AREA IN PONTINA.
surface	19.000 sm
cost	3.763.972,00 euro
client	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF ROMA
architects	SIMONE CAPRA WITH GIANLUCA ANDREOLETTI (group leader), CLAUDIO VALENTINO, ATELIER EBNER+ULLMANN, AUGUSTO SCHIAVI.
team	CLAUDIO MALASPINA
landscape	KERSTIN WAGENSCHWANZ
facilities	MASSIMILIANO FAINA
structure	RENATO VITA
	FIRST PRIZE
design phase	UNDER FINAL DESIGN

"The project seeks the interaction with the natural environment, through a geographical approach that aims to overcome the separation between natural and artificial elements: it produce a new landscape that simultaneously aims to offer the best hospitality for educational activities and a rich opportunity of uses for free time. The building is distributed along the north-south direction, with a connective tissue to perform the individual sections, whose complex geometry does not compromise the functional articulation. This pattern also supports a continuous and complex relation between protected areas and open spaces around."
extract from the verdict of the jury.