Public Elementary School | Marina Gomes

The Project of the school is located in Colombo’s glebe, near 116 road. The site has an unevenness of 17 meters, providing the sectorization of the building as follow: the sport blocks are located in the top of the site facing North to get heatstroke during the year. The administrative area is found on the first floor, as well as the auditorium for 500 people located in the volume in front of the building. The classrooms are located at the second and third floors and have two access, the walkway that connects the classrooms with the sports block and the vertical circulation. The minimalist style project provides integration between education and culture with places for exposition in covered events and outdoors. There are also contemplation spaces outside the building where the vegetation and furnishings provide harmony to the educational environment. The unevenness of the site next to the playground include areas for planting vegetable gardens and plant species. The remain uneven were modeled to suit the school ground, used as an advantage in developing the project.