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Located between the former industrial area of Lingotto and the Po River in the south-east area of Turin, Italy, Enrico Fermi Secondary School occupies a 1960s building complex which has been given a new lease of life by local architectural firm BDR bureau. The winning entry of an international competition, the project has transformed the former mundane modernist three-storey building into a neighbourhood landmark with two subtle yet game-changing gestures: by adding an inhabited envelope and the use of a single colour for the entire exterior. Representing more than just an architectural makeover however, the renovation reinforces the secondary school’s central role in the local community through integrating a series of services such as a gym and a library as an extension of the public space, thereby further brandishing the school’s social, cultural and pedagogical role.
The renovation’s pièce de résistance of course is the lightweight metal exoskeleton that extends the educational and recreational activities through terraces and outdoor gardens while revitalizing the staid cubic volumes of the original building. Featuring timber decking and a protective metal net that promotes visual permeability, the enveloping structure both shields the existing building and opens it up to the outside. “We wanted a project able to dialogue with the existing building and revolutionize its function at the same time”, explain architects Alberto Bottero and Simona Della Rocca. “New spatial elements, transparencies and additions reinterpret the original structure with the aim of opening the school to the city.” It is the enchanting blush hue which acts to unify the old and new building fabric throughout the exterior that instantly makes the school into a local landmark.With that being said, the use of a single colour doesn’t mean there is no variety in textures. Echoing the juxtaposition between the coarseness of the protective net and the glossiness of the new metal structure, the original building’s volumes feature alternating plaster finishes in both smooth and granular textures. 
Photo © Simone Bossi. 
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