The Airport Nest - a kindergarten one step from Bari Airport

Picture © Laboratorio Permanente

The unexpected placement of a kindergarten inside an airport becomes an opportunity to investigate a possible inversion between earth and sky. The project focuses on the juxtaposition of opposites scale and materials: the intimate nature of a nursery school and the monumental scale of an airport, the natural colours of the ground and of the sky in the transparent walls.

Photo © Riccardo Campanale
Photo © Riccardo Campanale
© Riccardo Campanale
Architects
Laboratorio Permanente
Year
2011
Project Status
Built
Client
Private
Team
Nicola Russi, Angelica Sylos Labini, Sylos Labini Ingegneri Associati
Structural Engineer
Sylos Labini Ingegneri Associati
MEP
Studio Magnanimo
Site Supervision
Sylos Labini Ingegneri Associati

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