"E. Chini" Middle School
Mezzocorona (TN)
Officially inaugurated for the 2019-2020 school year, the lower secondary school of the E. Chini Comprehensive Institute is located at the foot of Monte di Mezzocorona, in a green triangle bordered by the Noce stream and the Adige river. The shapes of the school and the external arrangements were designed taking into account the territorial context and were developed according to a comb typology, giving rise to 7 buildings that house the educational environments.
Definitive and Executive Design
Service
, CSP and CSE,
Works Management
Location
Mezzocorona (TN)
Client
Municipality of Mezzocorona (TN)
Surface area
14,257 m2
Typology of
School Building
Status
Accomplished
All functions have been organized on two levels so that the user can easily perceive the spaces. Only the building intended for the canteen and gym was renovated, adapting it to the regulations on systems and anti-seismic regulations. The volumes of the school, built with X-lam construction technology, are well oriented with respect to the cardinal points and have large windowed surfaces on the south-east side and a little more modest towards the north and west, so that from the vertical glass spaces and from any typical conventional height, the pupil and the adult can have a direct view of the outside.
To make the most of the solar energy supplies in the winter period, the rooms have been equipped with external adjustable sunshades. Movable soundproof panels have been installed inside the spaces to define surfaces necessary for specific educational activities to be carried out. The entire building is protected from water and capillary humidity by a channel that runs around the perimeter of the entire building and which collects the water, which is then conveyed into the reserves to be reused in the toilets and in the irrigation of the greenery.
A GOLDEN SCHOOL
The “E. Chini” of Mezzocorona has obtained the joint LEED for K-12 Schools and ARCA certification, Gold and Gold levels, applied simultaneously for the first time in Italy in a school.
The materials used for the finishes are characterized by low VOC (Volatile Organic Components) values and present interesting aesthetic and tactile qualities, important aspects in a building, where children develop their first contacts with the outside world. The structure of the school complex was built on reinforced concrete beam foundations with spruce X-lam panel technology, class C24 – S10, guaranteeing high levels of safety, excellent fire protection, and possessing excellent thermal transmittance which varies depending on the thickness of the panel.
The gym stands out compared to the main structure of the school as the structural typology adopted is of the three-dimensional frame type with infills made of perforated brick blocks; the roof is made of laminated wood beams. The wooden structure, together with the low-emissivity materials used for the finishes (with minimum VOC values), ensures very high thermo-hygrometric, respiratory and acoustic comfort inside the classrooms. The wood used, approximately 3000 m3, comes from forests managed correctly and responsibly according to rigorous environmental and economic standards and is FSC certified with Chain of Custody (COC).
Added to this are far-sighted technological choices: photovoltaic system combined with the heat pump for heating, controlled mechanical ventilation system for constant air purification, all connected to a centralized control and management system designed to monitor and optimize the consumption of the entire complex.
The result is therefore a school center of excellence in construction terms, which aims to support the educational project of the institute by guaranteeing children a healthy and welcoming environment, in which they can grow and learn in complete safety, experiencing daily well-being.
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