Alberto Campo Baeza, Arquitecto

Benetton Nursery

Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki

BENETTON NURSERY

Alberto Campo Baeza

LOCATION
Ponzano Veneto, Italy

CATEGORY
Other Facilities

AREA
1868.0 m²

YEAR
2006

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hisao Suzuki

Text description provided by architect.

We built a square box composed of nine smaller squares. The center square emerges to bring light from the heights of the vestibule.

Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki

The classrooms are arranged in the surrounding squares.

This square structure is inscribed within a larger, circular enclosure made up of double circular walls.

Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki

Open to the sky, four courtyards are created that suggest the four elements: air, earth, fire and water.

The space between the perimeter walls serves as a “secret” place for the children.

The courtyard spaces, tensed between the curved and the straight walls, are particularly remarkable.

The central space, the highest and with light from above, recalls a hamman in the way it gathers sunlight through nine perforations in the ceiling and three more on each of its four façades.

Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki

The children have understood the building well, and a book has even been published of their impressions. They are happy there.


Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki
Benetton Nursery
© Hisao Suzuki


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Alberto Campo Baeza, Arquitecto
T +34 917 010695 T +34 915 217061
Alberto Campo Baeza, Arquitecto
Calle del Almirante, 4, 5B, Centro, 28004 Madrid, Spain