Reggio Emilia Approach:
Links
FAQ
About us
Credits
|
The
Environment
|
In the infant-toddler centers and
preschools, the physical environment and spaces
are organized and designed from the architectural
and functional point of view to support the
interweaving of relationships and encounters
between adults and children, among the children,
and among the adults. The environment is
conceived and lived as an educational
interlocutor, as a kind of "third
teacher", offering opportunities
and structured spaces that provide each child and
the group of children with stimuli for play,
discovery, and research.
Afetr a critical analysis of the cumulative
experience of the municipal early childhood
system of Reggio Emilia, some possible scenarios
were formulated, in the attempt to identify the
desirable characteristcics of a space for young
children, in particular about the
distribution of space and the "soft
qualities" (light, color, materials, smell,
sound, microclimate). This provided
practical indications for both the interior and
the exterior design of infant- toddler centers
and schools for young children. These
indications will be very useful for the
production of our project. |
|
Read more
about
the ENVIRONMENT (II)
See some PICTURES
from schools around the world
|
| |
 Over the years, the
municipal infant-toddler centers and preschools
of Reggio Emilia have developed a valuable
experience of collaboration between educators and
architects in the construction of schools for
young children.
This experience
has led to a number of guidelines and
points of reference related to both the
distribution and the planning of
the spaces, providing indications for
constructing environments according to criteria
with a strong theoretical and pedagogical
connotation.
The entire
school is viewed as a workshop for children's
learning.
|
Another
important element is the strong
relationship between the inside and outside of
the school building. A school  should be a place that
"senses" what is happening outside -
from the weather to seasonal changes, fron the
time of day to the rhythms of the town - because
it exists in a specific place and time.There are a number of
elements that foster this inside-outside
relationship:
- -
"filter" spaces (porches,
verandahs)
- - interior
courtyards (open or covered) with plants
and other natural elements
- - the
particular use of the outdoor spaces:
play equipment, pathways, etc.
- installations
for making visible the behaviour of
physical forces (wind, water, etc.)
http://zerosei.comune.re.it/inter/nidiescuole.htm
|
| Other
important features are:
Read
MORE
|
Links
to external sites or books
|
|
