SMILE, school building, San Vittore, Switzerland, competition, 2020Read less
The project maintains a strong relationship with the surrounding context, which is characterized by an existing embankment.The horizontal development of the building strengthens the visual relationship with the landscape behind, connecting the upper level with the green areas. The teaching areas are located along a regular-pitch structure defining a typological principle. The facade is punctuated by a rhythm of “blade” elements whose language recalls buttresses that support the thrust of the mountain terrain that is the main element of this territory.
WITH Ing. Mario Monotti COLLABORATORS Andrea Tregnago, Simone Fagini RENDERS Pietro Torricini