Detail english 2015-11-12

∂ 2015 ¥ 6
Warm and welcoming environment for the young
The Pietra Porzia kindergarten, above, in the
town of Frascati, near Rome, has been designed
according to advanced educational
criteria to provide an environment which
arouses the children’s curiosity and stimulates
them to be active. Featuring three ‘laboratories’
as well as common areas to play
and meet, the kindergarten is built around
an open space with a patio overlooking the
garden. The colours are arranged in a minimal
way to define the spaces without oversaturating
them.
For this simple albeit varied concept the architects
specified rubber flooring to create
continuous surfaces that are warm and nonslip,
and chose Kayar from Artigo. The natural
fibres interspersed in it give a hint of intrinsic
material character, and the neutral
colour used in the common areas acts as a
background to the strong colours brought
into the picture by the children, by their
drawings, games and equipment. In the laboratories
for special activities a warm grey
shade was used.
Kayar is Greenguard Gold certified for improved
indoor air quality, and has a certified
EPD: the Environmental Product Declaration,
which encourages the use of products
and materials for which life-cycle information
is available and that have environmentally,
economically and socially preferable lifecycle
impacts.
Artigo has also been specified for the Forli
University campus in Italy, below, which was
converted from an early 20th century hospital
and inaugurated in 2007. The second
phase comprises four new elements △ the
three teaching bodies and the connecting
architectonic system known as the trefolo
(the strand), the pedestrian path that serves
the three blocks and which is the backbone
of the new university.
With environmental and sustainable issues
in mind, a mix of Granito 2 mm and Granito
Elastic 4 mm flooring was chosen for traffic
areas, study rooms, lecture halls and stairways.
The choice of an ‘acoustic’ product, in
the form of Granito Elastic, is said to be of
particular benefit in this application where it
was decided to mix the transit areas of the
building with open study areas. The product
is claimed to contribute to a reduction in impact
noise of up to 20 dB.
¥ Artigo S.p.A.
Italy
+39 02907 86 415
www.artigo.com
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