The real center of this
building is a hole. We can call it a meadow or a playground. Classrooms surround
the meadow just like chairs on a picnic surround the food table. They are also
the space connecting the hypertrophied, shady hall with the sunny meadow. All
the rooms used by children are on the ground floor. The floor is slightly
descending from west to east facade by ramps all the way to the place where the
outside walls open towards olive groves. The façade openings brighten the
corridors, pointing out that the school does not want to be isolated from the
environment. Cordoba climate allows us to remove boundaries between classrooms
and outer space most of the year, so that outer and inside spaces become a
unique place for game and study. During
winter, the classrooms are
heated to standard temperature while the temperature in halls and gym are
around 10 degrees lower. In summer, by opening the closure between classrooms,
space can be naturally ventilated. Deep eaves around the atrium allow sun
protection, as well as the ventilated structure of the exterior walls and roof.
On the west side of the building entrance and parking zone are placed. Utility
and administration units are places in the basement, naturally lighten and
ventilated over the atrium on the north side. Architectural elements with which
we build are a part of everyday architecture. Façade and the roof are covered
by roughly processed stone from the nearest stone pit. We are using the
traditional elements and materials in a different way, respecting the time the
object is planned.
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