The project is for new High School campus at The John F. Kennedy School, The American School Queretaro. Our competition winning scheme comprises 170,000 sqft academic building, along with 110,000 sqft of external sports facilities and landscaped areas.
Our concept is based on the idea of a PORTICO as a veil mediating between scales of public space.
In this way, the proposed 4-storey pre-cast concrete building is planned around a PATIO, which organises and visually connects the larger elements of the programme at Ground Level: a 400-seat theatre, a 500-seat sports arena, science & technology labs, an arts atelier, multi-purpose rooms and a large cafeteria. Classrooms and academic/ administrative offices are also organized around the patio in uppers levels. The consolidation of all outdoor sports facilities in front of the building allows for an external pedestrian corridor to be created, forming a much needed connection with the rest of the Campus. We propose a 140-meter-long faceted portico along this landscaped walkway, providing shelter whilst visually mediating between the openness of the extensive sports facilities and the intimate scale of the patio.
Emergent Design Studios + RVDG were shortlisted alongside 8 distinguished Mexican firms for this project, and were awarded 1st prize and the project commission in March 2016.