Article source: GDA officina di architettura 

The project area is located in the outskirts of Villafranca and Verona, between the urban core and the agricultural land.

The more distinctive presence is  the “strada della Rizza” around which is structured the small village Rizza,  that’s  a quite busy output axis of Verona.

The new building is designed as a reconstruction and expansion of a previously existing one  lying parallel to the “strada della Rizza”  and looks like an inhabited wall that protects the school from the nearby road. For this reason, it present a 3,5m high basement in concrete without any window that look like an infrastructure’s construction.

Image Courtesy © Nicolo Galeazzi

• Architects: GDA officina di architettura
• Project: Giacomo Zanella Primary School
• Location: Villafranca (VR), Italy
• Photography: Nicolo Galeazzi
• Architectural Design, Coordination, Construction Supervision: arch. Giulia de Appolonia
• Infrastructure – Safety: Tesis srl/ Planex srl
• Structural design: H&B srl/ ing.F. Palmieri
• Costs: 2.200.000 €
• Dimension: 2100 mq ( 1200m² renovation  – 900m² expansion)
• Schedule: Project 2014-2015 – Construction 2014-2016

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