Casavatore: work begins on Benedetto Croce, the school of the future

Work begins at Benedetto Croce: the school of the future begins. Councilor Elsa Picaro: "Thanks to all those who made all this possible". La Croce is among the 200 schools financed with approximately 7 million euros by the PNRR for demolition and reconstruction. Explaining step by step the path traced, together with the mayor Luigi Maglione, Councilor Picaro of the Democratic Party who, highlighted how only 70 Municipalities have started the work and among these Casavatore.

The new school building “Benedetto Croce”, which will replace the existing one - lacking equipment and services and inadequate from a plant and structural point of view - aims to satisfy current and future educational needs both from a physical and spatial point of view, ensuring adequate architectural solutions, which in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact, in order to obtain a safe, inclusive school, capable of promoting the reduction of consumption and emissions, offering safety from earthquakes and intrusions, greater implementation of green areas at the service of the school and of the entire city so as to impact the sustainable development of the territory and increase the provision of services, aimed at enhancing the life of the community that resides in the surrounding areas.

It all started following the two-phase design competition – Scuola Futura – promoted by the Ministry of Education and Merit in 2022. The main issue that guided the design choices was the desire to create the new school complex as a real civic and reference center for the community of children and their families. The design group was coordinated by the architect Luigiemanuele Amabile (in RTP with Archliving srl, arch. Salvatore Pesarino, Dr. Giuseppe Porzio, Dr. Gennaro De Fabbio) with the scientific consultancy of the architect Alberto Calderoni (researcher in architectural and urban composition at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples “Federico II”).

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The building is organized around two open courtyards, and includes classrooms and spaces intended for a school community of approximately 375 pupils (150 in the nursery school, 225 in the primary school). The new structure will be developed around a green courtyard while the primary school – on two floors – relates to a large paved courtyard designed to host events, sports and recreational activities in close relation with the body of the building intended for the gym.

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