Matilde Rosa Araújo Elementary and Secondary School Laboratories
MATILDE ROSA ARAÚJO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL LABORATORIES
GGLL atelier
ARCHITECTS
GGLL atelier
MANUFACTURERS
Adobe Systems Incorporated, AutoCAD, Laborial
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Gabriela Gonçalves, Leonel Lopes
COLLABORATORS
Matilde Arestsa Branco, Margarida Condeixa
ENGINEERING
Engº Carlos Saraiva, Engº Rui Nave
AREA
1991 ft²
PHOTOGRAPHS
JM Figueiredo
LOCATION
Portugal
YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Research Center, Schools
Text description provided by the architects.
The laboratory construction is located in an over-elevated landscape area, within the school limits, which consists in a set of pavilions organized according to a rectilinear structure.
The two laboratory modules were raised on an existing concrete wall, the first aligns with the classroom pavilions and the second moves forward, allowing to create an access ramp to a third volume, where the entrance is located and where the preparation room was designed.
While the entire building façades were lined with hexagonal concrete tiles that remind the structure of carbon molecules, their absence creates a second, deeper plane that represents the artistic molecular formulas and allows the natural light to enter the classrooms.
The windows sit behind these gaps, providing distance and privacy to the inner user.
