Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center

António Portugal e Manuel Maria Reis

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
António Portugal, Manuel Maria Reis

MODEL
Álvaro Negrello

LANDSCAPE
Alçada Baptista Arquitectura Paisagista Lda

DESIGN TEAM
Cláudia Freitas, Elisabete Queirós, Nelson Miranda, Pedro Pita

ENGINEERS
Poliedro, Gestão De Energia Térmica, Rodrigues Gomes & Associados, Sa Prof. Eng. Vasco Peixoto De Freitas, Az76, Consultores De Investimentos E Engenharia, Xz Consultores,

AREA
3100 M²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Gafanha Da Boa Hora, Portugal

CATEGORY
Schools

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves

Text description provided by architect.

The School Centre is part of a transitional area between the agricultural plan developed on the banks of the Ria de Aveiro (found here at its southern end) and the pine forest that grows extensively and fixes this whole area of ancient sand dunes.

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves

The building defines three parallel volumes separated by outdoor leisure areas, where the programme is clearly distributed from a central element of distribution, with teaching spaces in the East and common areas in the West.

The teaching spaces are distributed among two main volumes, with the set of rooms of Preschool Education on the first floor (with one floor) and the classrooms of the Elementary School in the second volume, on two floors. The third volume includes the gym.

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves

Its image results from the desired functional and constructive clarity: the projection of the paving slabs and the roof (on the South side) guarantees the energy efficiency of the building and reinforces the horizontality that underlines the small undulation of the terrain, contrasts with the vertical feature of the trees enhance the character of the surroundings; accompanying the rhythm of these same trees, the elevations between the slabs are defined by transparent fixed elements (glass) and opaque elements (modified pine wood) that create the different solutions of the wall, ventilation and access.

Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves


Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves
Gafanha da Boa Hora School Center
© Luis Ferreira Alves


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