art. 651 Vertical screen in ocher yellow

Trevira cloth, with cord for roll-up.

120 x 300 cm

As is well known, mealtime has a very important symbolic and relational value in the lives of each one of us,

adults and children, as well as in a community, be it infant-toddler center or preschool, where children have

the opportunity to experience this moment with other children.

They learn how to feed themselves, but also and above all their palate is educated in relation to the ways in

which food is presented at mealtimes, and they learn what mealtime means in their local culture.

Lunch therefore does not simply mean satisfying physiological needs but is a multisensory context that

involves taste, smell, sight, the sensations of hot and cold, and the consistency and volume of foods. This

context is also made up of light, smells, sounds and noises, where eating becomes an important moment

of interacting with others.

Meals can be an opportunity for self-sufficiency, self-control, learning, pleasure, and friendship. It is therefore

necessary to create an environment where the furnishings, the lights, the proximities and distances are able

to support intentional exchanges and encourage self-sufficiency in a setting that is warm and responsive,

where the cultural meaning and the cognitive and emotional potential of lunchtime are made explicit

Partitions satisfy the need to occasionally

isolate or divide areas

of the school.

The lunchroom often requires

this sort of partitioning: to separate

the dining area itself from the

transit areas, or to divide it into

quieter sub-areas. Our partitions

all have certain characteristics

in common: they must be

temporary, they must not block

out light, and they must partition

without flattening the landscape

so that the perception of depth