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Architects: ONL Arquitectura
- Area: 2796 m²
- Year: 2009
![La Candela / ONL Arquitectura - Stairs, Facade, Column, Handrail, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50b8/2d9c/b3fc/4b23/9a00/0282/medium_jpg/ONL__LA_CANDELA_(8).jpg?1414049446)
Text description provided by the architects. The main renovation work for La Candela nursery and primary school, built by the architect Josep Maria Vives in 1931, was to erect a separate staircase and lift by the central axis of the building, and also to carry out extensive interior remodelling.
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The new nursery and primary school is divided into three parts: the central part will house the large areas, such as the hall, the sports hall, and the library, while the two side wings will house the classrooms and services.
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The new staircase will be made out of materials such as coloured expanded steel to produce a sensation of lightness and interplay of transparencies and superimpositions, to contrast with the tectonics and symmetry of the original building.
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