The "l'orto dei pulcini" agricultural-nursery school will be built using bio-construction techniques

This coming autumn, the agricultural business "Lupini" will be opening its agricultural-nursery school "L'orto dei pulcini" in Ostra (AN) and our company has been assigned the task of building it with a safe, ecological wooden support structure, ensuring an excellent internal micro-climate, great comfort and anti-seismic result.
The “Agrinido di Qualità della Regione Marche” (Marche Region Quality Agricultural-Nursery school) is a social agricultural project financed by the Region Marche using regional funding, to give the agricultural sector the opportunity to provide the social services required by the territory. It has in fact now been proven that agriculture can make an important contribution to social issues and situations of difficulty and discomfort.
This project seeks to provide a response to the demand for nursery schools expressed by our territory and, above all, offer children aged from 1 to 3 years old, and their families, a high quality service, ensuring that they benefit from physical and psychological well-being.
The agricultural-nursery school is a proper nursery school to all intents and purposes, entirely incorporating the Regional Law on Services for Infants (Regional Law no. 9/2003 and Regional Regulation no. 13/2004), guaranteeing that all requirements laid down are met, including, for example, the qualification of the educators, the square metres per child, the ratio of educator/number of children, etc.; it also, however, has an essential added value for the quality of service, determined by the type of experience offered to the child.
The agricultural-nursery school is an "open-air nursery school" at which children spend a great deal of time outdoors, in contact with nature, the animals and the general life of the farm, immersed in the everyday activities.
They can enjoy constant contact with nature and try out the farm's works in complete safety: the vegetable garden, the garden, looking after the animals, harvesting the fruits of the earth and using them to make food, handling natural materials, playing outdoors in a safe, protected setting, at the same time encountering minor difficulties, the challenges of which will help increase the children's faith in themselves.
Moreover, it is also important to remember that it has now been proven that children who spend a great deal of time outdoors, in a healthy environment, stay healthier, as viruses and bacteria tend to propagate far more in closed environments.
The pedagogic method used is the Montessori method, which guarantees greater independence in the child and is ideal for application in a natural context.
Finally, the children will have the chance to eat the farm's produce, or that of other local businesses, which is all certified "organic farming".
The "Lupini" agricultural business has been run according to certified organic methods for almost ten years now, offering a vast, healthy natural environment because it is situated in a peaceful area, right in the heart of the countryside, along a quiet road. At the same time, in addition to a large woodlands area, it also has a vast variety of agricultural activities, which range from a vineyard to a vegetable garden, olive grove and fruit trees, as well as farmyard animals, sheep and bees.

Designers:
Arch Silvia Lupini www.loopdesign.eu
Arch. Antonella Semeghini
Geom. Gianfranco Barchiesi

Contact Azienda Agricola “Lupini Larisa”
Agrinido “L’orto dei pulcini”
Via Loretello, 8 – 60010 OSTRA (AN)
Mob. +39 338 7230537 – Tel. and fax +39 071 68407
E-mail: larisa.lupini@gmail.com

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