School Centre, Calvão | CVDB ARQUITECTOS

International public competition – 1st prize, 2008 Vagos / Portugal / 2008

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The school is organised in three parts. The central and most public area contains the main entrance, the library, gymnasium, refectory, activities and workshop areas, multi-purpose room, school administration and covered playground. These spaces are organised so that they can be used independently by the local community. The library is at the core of the school common areas, connecting the school entrance to the building and to the main playground. The kindergarten and it’s more quiet courtyard are located in the northern part of the site and the primary school classrooms in the southern part of the site. These are connected to the common areas through a continuous ramp that wraps the gymnasium with timber columns and that also adjusts the project to the site topography of the dunes, allowing therefore for the classrooms to have direct access to the playground areas where the existing pine trees are located.
These trees protect the classrooms from the wind and direct sun exposure. The classrooms are organised in rather flexible way, allowing for teaching/learning to be quite informal. The kindergarten classrooms are all directly connected to their courtyard.
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    The school is organised in three parts. The central and most public area contains the main entrance, the library, gymnasium, refectory, activities and workshop areas, multi-purpose room, school administration and covered playground. These spaces are organised so that they can be used independently by the local community. The library is at the core of the school common areas, connecting the school entrance to the building and to the main playground. The kindergarten and it’s more quiet courtyard...

    Project details
    • Year 2008
    • Client Câmara Municipal de Vagos
    • Status Current works
    • Type Schools/Institutes
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