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Beyond the school perimeter involving the neighbourhood
No full textIn a period of rapid change, the central role of school and educational training
in civil society has led to the renewal of the complex school sphere.
The possibilities of regeneration of the considerable building heritage involved
are explored through the close link between places, spaces and life experiences,
the practices conducted and the teaching methods that characterise them.
Responding to needs beyond functionality, regulations and standards with a
sensitive and open attitude towards the humanistic and social components is also a prerequisite for the NEB - New European Bauhaus, the European Commission. NEB is an interdisciplinary project around the terms «beautiful» for our eyes, mind, and soul, «sustainable» to regain harmony with nature, the environment and the Planet, and «inclusive» to encourage a dialogue between cultures, disciplines, genders and ages
The state of the Italian school buildings: an overview
No full textIn Italy. An intervention that becomes more complex if we are dealing with a
restricted asset pursuant to the Cultural Heritage law of 2004 (and its upgrades).
This, in fact, means adding a further constraint to those to which buildings, in
general, and school buildings, as particular subject of this paper, are subjected.
All this in the light of the need for a functional adaptation, in particular with
regard to the new pedagogical and, therefore, didactic needs, to which the
existing buildings do not seem to offer an adequate response.
The “reform” of school buildings in Italy has been a binding issue since the
unification of the country, i.e. from the second half of the 19th century to
nowadays.
Making a very summary distinction, the theme of the school building was, until
the 1970s, mainly linked to pedagogical, learning, education and training criteria.
From the 1970s onwards, attention to the school building took into account not
only the necessary criteria for good planning, considering teaching and shared
spaces, leisure and refreshment areas, but also the maintenance of the structures
of existing ones
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