Albert Tidy Arquitectos

San Sebastián School

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

SAN SEBASTIÁN SCHOOL

Tidy Arquitectos

LOCATION
Melipilla, Chile

CATEGORY
Schools

YEAR
2007

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Ian Tidy, Albert Tidy, Cecilia Aldunate

AREA
3 m²

MATERIALITY
Reinforced coated concrete, steel lattices

CONSTRUCTION
Roessan

STRUCTURES
Claudio Hinojosa

TECHNICAL INSPECTION
COZ

PLUMBING
Kenneth Page

ELECTRICAL
Ana María Carrasco

PHOTOGRAPHS
Marcelo Cáceres

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

San Sebastian School in Melipilla is a private institution with fiscal support founded in 1997, and consists of pre-school, primary and secondary.

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

Currently, its facilities do not represent the level of academic excellence that the institution holds according to indicators from the Ministry of Education.

Adding to the precariousness of its infrastructure, there is the problem of the dispersion of venues, as the sports facilities, pre-school, primary, and secondary are physically separated.

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

The project for the new school facilities is located in an area of 7881 square meters in the east end of the city, which will unify all levels from pre-kinder to secondary school in a building of 3593.65 square meters distributed on two levels.

The school will be located in an area consisting of two lots, which will be allocated to classrooms, library, cafeteria, workshops, administrative area, courtyards and parking lot.

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

The sports area and locker rooms will be located on the adjacent lot. The program complements the school’s needs, but is not subject to municipal approval.

The school is laid out on a regular corridor 7,17 meters wide that extends in a zigzag on the ground. All north and east orientations are protected by circulations at both heights, while the south and east views provide direct light to the classrooms.

The structure is based on reinforced concrete load-bearing walls and slabs, coated and painted. The north and west enclosure is based on a vertical steel lattice that protects the semi-exterior enclosures from direct sunlight.

San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres

The views from the classrooms are framed by windows that display the central valley landscape. The apparent irregularity of the windows is achieved by alternating three different sizes of windows, that display a playful expression that identifies with the character of the school.


San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres
San Sebastián School
© Marcelo Cáceres


San Sebastián School
Floor Plan Level 1
San Sebastián School
Floor Plan Level 2
San Sebastián School
Roof Plan


San Sebastián School
Elevations


San Sebastián School
Sections


San Sebastián School
Concept
San Sebastián School
Isometric view

Albert Tidy Arquitectos
T +56 2 26325947
Albert Tidy Arquitectos
Merced 156, 8320131 Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile