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Architects: Amelia Tavella
- Area: 2300 m²
- Year: 2023
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Photographs:Audric Verdier, Thibaut Dini
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Manufacturers: DESIGN PARQUET, Kone, Leprieuré, Luce Lighting, ROCKWOOL, Regent, Sablière De Balagne, Schuco, Sedap
Text description provided by the architects. Nature and Knowledge: Amelia Tavella's New School Opens to the Mediterranean Horizon - After the completion of the award-winning École A Strega, Amelia Tavella has once again created a school on her native island: the Edmond Simeoni School and Cultural Space, nestled at the foot of the village of Lumio. This architectural competition presented a complex equation. Amelia Tavella's response is simple: « LUMIO is about building within the folds of a heart, adapting to its rhythms, strengths, and rough edges. I understand the complexity of the grand landscape. My Corsica is wild and romantic. Wild, because it demands the best of us; we must never change it but rather respond to its desires—desires for beauty and continuity. The architectural gesture must blend in, and integrate; the reverse is not an option. Romantic, because one must give oneself wholly to it, body and soul. Corsica is like a summer wedding. »
