School in A Veigadaña

School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

SCHOOL IN A VEIGADAÑA

Encaixe Arquitectura, Prieto + Patiño

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School

AREA
756 m²

MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Europerfil, Firestone Building Products, Acira Metal, Cypecad, Ecoforest, Sutega

DESIGN TEAM
Juan Ignacio Prieto López, Faustino Patiño Cambeiro, Estefanía Grandal Leirós

YEAR
2018

COLLABORATORS
Sancho Páramo Cerqueira, Xiana Alonso, Beatriz Queijo

ENGINEERING
Joaquín Pampillón

CLIENTS
Consorcio Galego de Servizios de Igualdade e Benestar, Concello de Mos

Text description provided by architect.

In a complex and irregular plot a circle imposes its pure geometry.

School in A Veigadaña
© Estudio P
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

The nursery school is placed inside the circle, while two parallelepipeds determine the entrances.

This recognizable geometry tries to dialogue with an environment full of contrasts.

School in A Veigadaña
© Manuel González
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

Industrial estate, rural constructions, crops and pilgrims walking through the Camino de Santiago.

The school faces south in a sequence of large windows and skylights protected from direct radiation in the summer by wide cantilevers and, simultaneously, allowing it in the colder months.

School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

Responding to the high groundwater level of the plot, the building is raised, leaving a shadow fissure in contact with the ground.

The proximity of the industrial estate led us to explore the language and materials of the nearby industrial buildings to propose a piece that could be able to dialogue and, simultaneously, indicate itself as a unique element and public equipment.

School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

The low budget and the shorter execution time available led us to opt for a screwed metal structure, ribbed metal profiles and a light deck.

The façade is made up of metal sheets that are micro-perforated in the patio and before the windows that open onto the surrounding landscape, allowing the view from the inside, but guaranteeing comfort, privacy and security in all kinds of circumstances.

School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez

The project uses materials and systems of industrial architecture and orientates windows and skylights to the south but protected by wide cantilevers.

A project tries to understand and organize the different realities than come together in its environment.


School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez
School in A Veigadaña
© Héctor Santos-Díez


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