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El Huabo Primary And Secondary School

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

El Huabo Primary and Secondary School

Semillas

ARCHITECTS
Semillas

FINANCIAMIENTO
Costa Foundation Y Municipalidad De San Ignacio.

GESTIÓN DEL PROYECTO
Raúl Arancibia, Solange Leila Sarrin Lozada.

ENGINEERING
Carlos Barreda, Vital Ingenieros

MANUFACTURERS
Asociación De Productores Bambú, Rio Marañon, Hidrotek Latino S.a.c, Classic Duo

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
Lili Nuñez

ARCHITECTURE
Marta Maccaglia, Susanna Olivieri, Marilisa Galisai

CONSTRUCCIÓN
Municipalidad De San Ignacio, Ingeniero Tullio Olano

PHOTOGRAPHS
© Eleazar Cuadros 

COOPERATION
Comunidad D El Huabo, Apafa, Institución Educativa N°16671, Volcafe Perú, Agencia Agraria San Ignacio, Dirección Regional Agricultura Cajamarca, Administrac Ión Técnica Forestal Y Fauna Silvestre Sede San Ignacio - Serfor, Ejército Peruano Sede San Ignacio, Vivero San Ignacio Y Servicios Generales.

PROMOTOR
Volcafe Speciality Peru (Vsp) Generaciones.

AREA
980 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Peru

TYPE
Elementary & Middle School, Restoration

The project is located in the jungle of northern Peru, bordering Ecuador, and consists of the reconstruction of a primary and secondary school that receives more than 150 students from the rural area in the province of San Ignacio.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School

The school was founded in 1973 by the community; the first classrooms were built from wood and adobe thanks to the work of parents who year after year have improved the infrastructure with the means they had at hand.

The school suffered several earthquakes over the years and in 2019 it was under demolition order without the possibility of rebuilding.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

That’s how the project of the new primary and secondary school for the small village of El Huabo was born, a project carried out from 2019 to 2022.

The proposal consists of two blocks of classrooms and one multipurpose room. The first block contains 3 classrooms for the primary school, a teachers' room, and toilets; the second consists of 5 classrooms.

The proposed classroom model is connected to the outdoor spaces by large screens.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

The corridors are implemented with benches and exhibition walls to encourage their use and meetings.

The multipurpose module is located between the two blocks of classrooms and its fully opening doors connect the interior space with the pedagogical gardens.

The project results in a system of blocks between gardens. In addition, an educational farm has been implemented in the outdoor space, a space for learning about coffee cultivation.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

The blocks are made of reinforced concrete and cement bricks, and the roof is metal and ecological calamine (Corrugated plates of 100% waterproof vegetable fiber).

The corridors are accompanied by panels with metal structures and bamboo reeds. The doors and furniture are made of wood.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

The design and construction process has been carried out by promoting community and student participation. 

In the old school, a carpentry workshop has been equipped in which the students, during the hours of EPT (Education for Work), a course already present in the school curriculum, built the school furniture.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros

Thanks to the cooperation of La Agencia Agraria de San Ignacio, landscaping workshops have been developed, creating the gardens. Finally, the educational coffee farm has been provided thanks to the cooperation of the company Volcafe (a company dedicated to technical training in coffee crops and marketing).

All these steps have made it possible for educational projects to occur simultaneously with the construction of the school. It is a "living school;" one whose beneficiaries were also its creators.

El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
© © Eleazar Cuadros


El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School
El Huabo Primary And Secondary School

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