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Architects: NAM Arquitectura
- Area: 4024 m²
- Year: 2012
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Photographs:José Hevia
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Structural Engineer: BOMA, José Ramón Solé
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Text description provided by the architects. The building sits on a triangular plot of reduced dimensions and in an environment characterized by direct contact with the railroad on one side and a set of residential buildings of brickwork on the other.
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This explains the implementation of the building on the edge of the sun itself and also the density in the main body of four floors, a strange height in such buildings . This body , which basically contains all the classroom program and services, is attached to it forming an " L" on another volume in which the two largest program spaces are located, the kitchen and gym. Besides these, we also find in the rest of pb general services such as reception , concierge , secretarial , management, staff rooms , offices , library and services. In the upper two floors p1 and p2 find elementary classrooms and classroom level -1 child (using the slope of the plot ) .
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In each of these plants , a central corridor separates the small service program aimed at the street 's largest classroom program that spill into the sun . This major route also relates in a linear section through staircase and a skylight that illuminates and gaps related to various different areas of the center.
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Separating the building in respect of railways is the indoor games, sports court and wooded recreation area to fluff the possible visual and acoustic contact. During the day, a series of outdoor porches also allow covered movement of students to library, dining room , gym and locker rooms .
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The whole building is constructed with concrete and formwork wooden tablet (vertical and horizontal). Once posed this simple and basic structure , the construction is completed by the use of glass as an enclosure in various sizes and finishes , and the vertical steel trusses of dark gray that allow entry and control of light in classrooms and other spaces .
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The interior, lined with white painted MDF , attempts to simplify and minimize any visual pollution focusing all the attention on creating a bright and neutral environment . A graphic system codes in the same gray tone indicates foreign teachers and students the different classrooms and spaces downtown.