Fonte de Angeão School
FONTE DE ANGEÃO SCHOOL
Miguel Marcelino
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Fc Arquitectura Paisagista
COLLABORATORS
Pedro Dourado, José Figueiredo, António Portugal, Andreia Florentino
PLUMBING ENGINEERING
Ana Luísa Ferreira
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Fernando Carvalho Araújo
SITE AREA
15.678 M2
PHASES
2008 (open Competition, 1st Prize), 2009-2010 (project), 2011-2014 (construction)
GROSS VOLUME
10.963 M3
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
2.885 M2
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
António Lopes Do Rego
CLIENT
Municipality Of Vagos
CITY
Fonte De Angeão
CATEGORY
Schools Fonte De Angeão, Portugal
The school setting allows a close relationship with nature, located in the countryside, the new primary school + kindergarten is surrounded by beautiful adult trees.
The proposal explores the relations between inside and outside through two systems that will define the spatial organization of the school: in the classrooms, an atmosphere of concentration is sought, so the large windows open to gaps, like private courtyards, providing controlled natural light and diagonal views to the surroundings.
In the common zones the opposite happens: direct and frontal views, large perspective fields in all directions as well as plenty of natural light in the corridors.
There is no separation between structure, architecture and building services. The structure is at once architecture and its material is the actual finish. Pipes and cable trays are not hidden and most of ventilation and cooling is done through semi-passive systems.
