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Campinas School

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

CAMPINAS SCHOOL 

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ARCHITECTS
Bvy arquitetos: bvy arquitetos - Cássia Buitoni, Mariana Viégas + Luciana Yamamura

LOCATION
Sao Paulo, Brazil

AREA
9580.0 m2

YEAR
2008

CATEGORY
Schools

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bebete Viégas

Text description provided by architect.

This public school, for 6-10 years old students, is located at Residencial Parque São Bento, a social housing district built by Cohab, the Campinas City Housing Department.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

The district includes 551 detached houses of 45m2 each, and the school occupies the only public square in the neighborhood.

Parque São Bento is 15km away from the city centre of Campinas, the third biggest city of São Paulo State, with 1 million inhabitants.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

The building integrates a government school construction program using precast concrete, coordinated by FDE .

The precast structure ensures the quality and durability of the school building, and allows implementation in shorter periods compared to conventional building systems.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

The building design is based on a rigid logic, determined by the modulation of the prefabricated structure and by the economy of materials.

The design takes advantage of the structural logic by using concrete beams as shading elements for the classrooms and as part of the school’s visual identity.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

The school project – as established by the FDE – includes 15 classrooms, 3 multipurpose rooms, cafeteria, indoor sports area, restrooms and an administrative area with isolated access.

This program was organized, according to function, into two main blocks: one as a teaching area, the other as administrative and play areas.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

This separation allows for the independent use of play areas during the weekends, isolating the closed classrooms. It is important that the school be opened to the community, as it is the only public facility in the neighborhood.

The building has only two floors, the maximum height allowed in the region.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas
Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas

The existing topography defined the gap between the ground floor of the two blocks. A set of ramps was designed to connect the two buildings and enclose the central courtyard.

The use of ramps ensures universal accessibility to all rooms within the school and eliminates the need for elevators, reducing construction costs and maintenance.

Campinas School
© Bebete Viégas


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Campinas School
Plan 01
Campinas School
Plan 02
Campinas School
Situation Plan


Campinas School
Lower Level Plan
Campinas School
Upper Level Plan

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