The new Montessori primary school – Rimini

“To teach details is to bring confusion; To establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge”

These are the words of Maria Montessori, the woman who revolutionised pre-school teaching and education. She has given her name to a new school in Rimini, where works are to begin next week.

The new Montessori school will be built around 400 m in front of the original, which is to be demolished.

The new school will be built in wood, one of the natural materials (the others being fabric, paper, glass and metals) used in the Montessori method, offering the child all-round sensory experiences and daily opportunities to learn by play.

The building will be built on two levels over around 1800 m² (10 classrooms, library, teacher common room, toilets and internal garden) and will offer healthy and sustainable environment made of renewable materials and furnishings for helping to shape future citizens who respect nature and are aware of protecting the environment.

In architectural terms, the design is based entirely on a balanced and harmonious relationship of the materials used and the distribution of space, in full awareness that the building stands amongst the surrounding greenery.

A “passive”, white-plastered wall will form the north-west front,  clad in autoclave-treated larch boards.

 The south-west front, where you will find the classrooms, will be ventilated to increase comfort in summer.

As well as being anti-seismic, the building will be a nearly zero energy building, meaning with very low consumption. There will be no fossil fuel heating; the school will be entirely electric, running on solar panels.

 

 

 

Client: Municipality of Rimini

Project Manager: Arch. Federico Pozzi

Architectonic designer: Ing. Silvia Pesaresi

Systems design: Ing. Monia Colonna

Fire prevention system: Ing. Giulia Barbieri

Structural design: Ing. Fabio Campedelli

Safety coordinator during planning phase: Geom. Fabio Canducci

Safety coordinator during execution phase: Geom. Cristiano Vitali

 

Works Director: Ing. Silvia Pesaresi

 

 

WORKS MANAGEMENT OFFICE:

 

Director of general and building works: Arch. Laura Berardi

Structural operations director: Ing. Anna Paola Oliva

Systems operations director: Ing. Monia Colonna

Safety coordinator during execution phase: Geom. Cristiano Vitali

Site safety inspector: Geom. Fabio Canducci

Site building works inspector: Geom. Stefano Bastianini

Site systems works inspector: Ing. Chiara Semprini/Ing. Giulia Barbieri

 

Design improvements

Architectonic design: Dr. Arch. Phd Silvia Lupini

                                          Dr. Arch. Pierfrancesco Paradisi

                                          Dr. Ing. Massimo Gradoni – Subissati Srl Technical office

                                          Dr. Ing. Gaetano Curzi – Subissati Srl Technical office

                                          Art – Archaeology and restoration – Archeol. Chiara Cesaretti

 

Structural design:      Studio tecnico S.T.A. di Landi – Ortolani – Santinelli

                                         Dr. Ing. Andrea Montagna

                                         Subissati S.r.l. Technical office

 

Systems design:          Serpilli Srl Società di Ingegneria [Engineering Company] – Dr Ing. Gianluca Serpilli (engineer)

 

Site director: Dr. Ing. Massimo Gradoni

Site assistant manager: Geom. Luciano Abbondanzieri

A.T.I.: Subissati S.r.l. – CAT Impianti S.r.l. – Gasparoni Costruzioni S.r.l.

 

 

 

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