Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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ALIANZA FRANCESA JEAN MERMOZ SCHOOL

Guillermo Hevia García + Nicolás Urzúa Soler

ARCHTECTS
Guillermo Hevia García , Nicolás Urzúa Soler

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School, Extension

AREA
1660 m²

LOCATON
Curico, Chile

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nico Saieh

CONSTRUCTION
Luis Farías

SANITARY PROJECT
Luis Farías

MANUFACTURERS
Armstrong Flooring, Hunter Douglas

YEAR
2012

ELECTRIC PROJECT
Luis Farías

TIME OF CONSTRUCTION
75 Días

PLOT SURFACE
34800 m2

NEW PAVILION
210 M2

REMODELATION
1450 2

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
ALPA Ingeniería (Ing. Alfonso Pacheco)

CLIENT
Corporación Educacional Alianza Francesa

The project consists in the remodeling of an existing school and the construction of new programs, with the objective of modernizing its infrastructure and give it a new face.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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The existing school is a set of two-watered pavilions, where it’s main characteristic are the patios that are formed in between, its height, and the generosity of its eaves.

The project will have 3 action scales based upon different elements.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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The first aims at giving the school an order based upon the 4 patios, projecting them as 4 fundamental and different moments of the project.

There will be 4 different places, each with its own atmosphere, according to its users and the activities that they do.

Games for children, a sports field for the first cycle, common conversation spaces for the second cycle, and an open park for the third cycle.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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The second scale has to do with the pavilions themselves.It is conceived upon 2 elements, one new surrounding, based upon continuous plates of perforated metal (where the design is obtained from French motives) and the insertion of skylights on the coverings, in order to give the room a new space, color, light, and natural light, and in the same time, generating a new recognizable face for the school.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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The third scale will consist in the elements that are related to the human body and its proximity.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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A new system of access to classrooms, with colored and graphic doors, an order of lattices in front of the windows in order to generate privacy in the rooms without losing sights or luminosity, and new colored floors, in order to generate warmth and differentiation in the interior.

The new construction will be a pavilion for kids to realize activities and games in an indoor space.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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The pavilion is defined by its structure, an habitable bridge beam of fast mounting that opens towards the games patio.

Its interior is made of a wooden cover that generates a big bench in all of its extension, generating warmth and a new scale for children.

Alianza Francesa Jean Mermoz School
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Planta Contexto
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Planta General
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Planta y Elevaciones Pabellón
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Planta Pabellón
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Planta Colegio
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Cortes y Elevación Colegio
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Axonométrica Estructura Colegio
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Axonométrica General
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Axonométrica Conjunto
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Detalles Pabellón
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