Educar II SESC-CE School

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Educar II SESC-CE School

Rede Arquitetos

ARCHITECTS
Rede Arquitetos

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Bruno Braga, Bruno Perdigão, Igor Ribeiro, Luiz Cattony

ARCHITECT
Raquel Leite

VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Nativo Estúdio de Design

MANUFACTURERS
Sherwin-Williams, Deca, Docol, Neocom, Vão Livre Estruturas Metálicas

LANDSCAPE
Gerson Amaral

BUILDING INSTALLATIONS
Transitar Engenharia e Consultoria

AIR CONDITIONING
Comaru Engenharia do Ar

METALLIC STRUCTURE
Holanda Engenharia

CONCRETE STRUCTURES
E3 Engenharia Estrutural

CONSTRUCTION
WR Engenharia

INTERN
Frederico Leite, Julia Brito, Maiara Lacerda

BUDGET
Ari Holanda Júnior Engenharia Diagnóstica

ACOUSTICS
Harmonia

PHOTOGRAPHS
Igor Ribeiro

AREA
14000 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Brazil

CATEGORY
Elementary & Middle School

The Educar II School SESC-CE project is located in the Damas neighborhood, in Fortaleza, on a longitudinal east-west site, with approximate dimensions of 350.00m by 50.00m, with two fronts for the main roads and also three transverse accesses in its southern portion.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

In addition to these conditions, the project also dealt with some pre-existing conditions: a chapel that serves the local community; a gymnasium to be renovated and incorporated into the school's project; and an old building where part of the school already operated but which should be demolished for the construction of the new building.

The requested program consisted of didactic blocks for kindergarten, fundamental I and II, an auditorium, a block for extracurricular activities, a cafeteria, and the renovation of the pre-existing gymnasium.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Thus, to enable implementation on the site with its pre-existing conditions, the requested program, and the planned schedule, the project was designed within a logic of rationalization, modular coordination, and industrialization of construction, from the structure to the windows, facilitating the work process and reducing execution deadlines, in addition to enabling the execution of the project in phases.

Phase 1, already built, was implemented in the emptiest part of the land, on its western portion, with access through the main road on this side and in one of the transversal ones, and has the didactic block of elementary school II, the block for extracurricular activities, cafeteria, gym renovation and connecting walkways.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Phase 2, still in the design phase, incorporates the eastern portion and its access road, in addition to the demolition of the pre-existing structure, which could remain in operation while the first part of the work was built.

Phase 1 buildings are distributed not as isolated blocks, but as a system governed by constructive logic and a programmatic distribution.

Its implementation occupies the voids of the existing structures on the land, distributing the program, connecting with the accesses, and directing the flows.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

With a larger area, the didactic block occupies the main access to the west and marks the entrance.

From there, the internal flow is distributed to the other parts of the program, with service access taking place further south from one of the secondary accesses.

This occupation of the site takes place in a porous way, creating voids that generate internal patios and marking accesses with angles that break the rigidity of the structural mesh. 

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Meeting places emerge as a condition and guide for the distribution of the program.

It is worth noting that, just as important as the built spaces are the voids created, responsible for these socializing spaces, such as the internal patio where the ramp is located, or the extensive linear park in the northern portion of the site, which unites the different sectors of the school complex.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

In this sense, color also enters as a central element, helping to mark the accesses, and vertical circulations and differentiating the different parts of the program, acting as a guide within the neutrality of white that predominates in the built volume and in its apparent structure, in a space that suggests a very integrated process between architecture and visual identity.

The metal structure, adapted to the limitations of the project, was designed from the 1.20m modulation and overcomes large spans, and overlapping parts for the assembly of the internal spaces, with steel deck slabs on metallic beams and honeycomb ceilings, in addition to the second skins of horizontal sunshades that protect the internal environments from direct sunlight and create a pattern for the building envelope.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Several strategies provided environmental comfort. The first is the possibility of natural ventilation in environments with vertical and horizontal circulation. 

In addition, the patios created brought vegetation into the building, improving air humidity, and the windows were protected by horizontal fixed metallic sunshades.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro

Thus, the well-being of students, faculty, and staff are guaranteed by ergonomically comfortable spaces, with abundant natural light and ventilation, and reinforced by the close relationship between built spaces and green areas for socializing.

The classrooms have windows on opposite walls, allowing cross ventilation and preventing the accumulation of CO2 in their internal environments.

Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro


Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro
Educar II SESC-CE School
© Igor Ribeiro


Educar II SESC-CE School
Plan - Site
Educar II SESC-CE School
Plan - Ground floor
Educar II SESC-CE School
Plan - First floor
Educar II SESC-CE School
Plan - Second floor


Educar II SESC-CE School
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Educar II SESC-CE School
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Section - CC
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Educar II SESC-CE School
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Educar II SESC-CE School
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