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Secondary school in Sant Esteve Sesrovires
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Other Projects by Jordi Farrando, architect
Secondary school in Sant Esteve Sesrovires
Site description
The site is located at the junction of Avinguda Josep Llobet and the
road from Sant Esteve to Ca n?Amat. It presents a front of 241 m onto
the former and 140 m onto the latter. The first of the two was built
recently and runs southeast-northwest, whereas the second runs
southwest-northeast and leads out of the town centre towards Ca n?Amat.
The site?s geometry is irregular. From the northern edge of Avinguda
Josep Llobet to halfway along, it has an average width of 13 m,
widening to adopt a vaguely trapezoid geometry from this point to the Ca
n?Amat road.
The site is also uneven. The front along Avinguda Josep Llobet
varies 7.5 m in height between the two ends, and the frontage
overlooking the Ca n?Amat road differs in level by 17.5 m between the
two most distant points. The site also descends at the perpendicular
towards the avenue, producing a difference between the height of its
pavement on the north and that on the opposite side of 5 m, and 9 m on
the southern edge. At this point there is a further difference in level
of 9 m from the Ca n?Amat road.
The town centre lies southwest of the site in a considerably higher location.
Along Avinguda Josep Llobet, the site overlooks the town?s infants?
and primary school and sports centre. The school is located on the north
side of the street, across which it faces the sports centre. The site
is bordered by a stream that runs below it at a notably lower level,
marking out a meandering geometry. The Generalitat de Catalunya railway
station stands at the northern end of the avenue, and its southern end
is marked by a residential development of row houses.
Project description
Both the topography and the geometry of the site played a major role in
determining the implantation of the building. It was impossible to
locate it in the northern part of the plot, due to its scant 13-m width
and the 5-m difference in ground level between its two parallel sides.
The new school therefore stands on the corner of the avenue and the Ca
n?Amat road, where the plot is wider and, despite the difference in
level, there is a basic platform allowing the construction of the sports
courts near the building. This location also facilitates the school?s
relations with the single-family homes to the south and with the town
centre.
The building is laid out in an L-shape, with the classroom and office
block aligned with the avenue, and the service nucleus, containing the
gymnasium, changing rooms, catering bar and cafeteria, parallel to the
Ca n?Amat road. The entrance is situated at a height above sea level of
155.50 m in Avinguda Josep Llobet, right in front of and slightly below
the pedestrian crossing nearest to the roundabout. This entrance leads
to a porch that joins the two blocks.
The school?s L-shape concentrates access to the school, at the same
time allowing independent use of its component parts. The sports
facilities can be used outside school hours, independently of the main
volume that houses the classrooms and offices. It is also possible to
access the catering and installations areas during school hours without
interfering with the spaces used by the school?s staff. Thanks to this
spatial layout, the spaces containing meters and PTA meeting rooms are directly accessible from the outside.
The classroom block comprises a linear volume parallel to the avenue
and a series of perpendicular modules. The block houses both the
multipurpose and the specialist classrooms (music and languages, and
individual tuition), the latter being the same size or a subdivision of
the former. The specialist spaces are all located on the first floor,
and the general classrooms are distributed on the ground and first
floors. The modules accommodate administration, departments, storage
space and pupil toilets on the ground floor and computer rooms, library,
laboratory, toilets and workshop on the first floor. The space bordered
by the two perpendicular modules, the linear block and the avenue forms
a courtyard with entrance from the building?s ground floor, overlooked
by administration and the staff room, which are located in its two
shorter sides. The gradient of Avinguda Josep Llobet allows direct
access from the outside to the library, which may be extended in the
future.
The other block, housing the catering bar, cafeteria, changing rooms
and gymnasium-cum-assembly hall, is laid out over two levels to adapt
to the natural slope of the site. Next to the entrance porch and on the
same level is the catering bar and cafeteria. The floor below
accommodates the changing rooms and gymnasium-cum-assembly hall, which
also open up to the exterior. The two levels are connected by a
three-run ramp, which starts at the school?s main entrance.
The playground is located in the space created by the two wings of
the L-shaped building, and is also laid out on two levels. On the same
level as the building?s ground floor is a platform with a line of
deciduous trees that shade the classrooms from the morning sun in
summer. Three metres below is another platform, holding the sports
courts with their northwest-southeast layout and direct access from the
changing rooms and gymnasium. The two levels are separated by tiered
seating from which spectators can watch activities on the lower level.
The site is located at the junction of Avinguda Josep Llobet and the
road from Sant Esteve to Ca n?Amat. It presents a front of 241 m onto
the former and 140 m onto the latter. The first of the two was built
recently and runs southeast-northwest, whereas the second runs
southwest-northeast and leads out of the town centre towards Ca n?Amat.
The site?s geometry is irregular. From the northern edge of Avinguda
Josep Llobet to halfway along, it has an average width of 13 m,
widening to adopt a vaguely trapezoid geometry from this point to the Ca
n?Amat road.
The site is also uneven. The front along Avinguda Josep Llobet
varies 7.5 m in height between the two ends, and the frontage
overlooking the Ca n?Amat road differs in level by 17.5 m between the
two most distant points. The site also descends at the perpendicular
towards the avenue, producing a difference between the height of its
pavement on the north and that on the opposite side of 5 m, and 9 m on
the southern edge. At this point there is a further difference in level
of 9 m from the Ca n?Amat road.
The town centre lies southwest of the site in a considerably higher location.
Along Avinguda Josep Llobet, the site overlooks the town?s infants?
and primary school and sports centre. The school is located on the north
side of the street, across which it faces the sports centre. The site
is bordered by a stream that runs below it at a notably lower level,
marking out a meandering geometry. The Generalitat de Catalunya railway
station stands at the northern end of the avenue, and its southern end
is marked by a residential development of row houses.
Project description
Both the topography and the geometry of the site played a major role in
determining the implantation of the building. It was impossible to
locate it in the northern part of the plot, due to its scant 13-m width
and the 5-m difference in ground level between its two parallel sides.
The new school therefore stands on the corner of the avenue and the Ca
n?Amat road, where the plot is wider and, despite the difference in
level, there is a basic platform allowing the construction of the sports
courts near the building. This location also facilitates the school?s
relations with the single-family homes to the south and with the town
centre.
The building is laid out in an L-shape, with the classroom and office
block aligned with the avenue, and the service nucleus, containing the
gymnasium, changing rooms, catering bar and cafeteria, parallel to the
Ca n?Amat road. The entrance is situated at a height above sea level of
155.50 m in Avinguda Josep Llobet, right in front of and slightly below
the pedestrian crossing nearest to the roundabout. This entrance leads
to a porch that joins the two blocks.
The school?s L-shape concentrates access to the school, at the same
time allowing independent use of its component parts. The sports
facilities can be used outside school hours, independently of the main
volume that houses the classrooms and offices. It is also possible to
access the catering and installations areas during school hours without
interfering with the spaces used by the school?s staff. Thanks to this
spatial layout, the spaces containing meters and PTA meeting rooms are directly accessible from the outside.
The classroom block comprises a linear volume parallel to the avenue
and a series of perpendicular modules. The block houses both the
multipurpose and the specialist classrooms (music and languages, and
individual tuition), the latter being the same size or a subdivision of
the former. The specialist spaces are all located on the first floor,
and the general classrooms are distributed on the ground and first
floors. The modules accommodate administration, departments, storage
space and pupil toilets on the ground floor and computer rooms, library,
laboratory, toilets and workshop on the first floor. The space bordered
by the two perpendicular modules, the linear block and the avenue forms
a courtyard with entrance from the building?s ground floor, overlooked
by administration and the staff room, which are located in its two
shorter sides. The gradient of Avinguda Josep Llobet allows direct
access from the outside to the library, which may be extended in the
future.
The other block, housing the catering bar, cafeteria, changing rooms
and gymnasium-cum-assembly hall, is laid out over two levels to adapt
to the natural slope of the site. Next to the entrance porch and on the
same level is the catering bar and cafeteria. The floor below
accommodates the changing rooms and gymnasium-cum-assembly hall, which
also open up to the exterior. The two levels are connected by a
three-run ramp, which starts at the school?s main entrance.
The playground is located in the space created by the two wings of
the L-shaped building, and is also laid out on two levels. On the same
level as the building?s ground floor is a platform with a line of
deciduous trees that shade the classrooms from the morning sun in
summer. Three metres below is another platform, holding the sports
courts with their northwest-southeast layout and direct access from the
changing rooms and gymnasium. The two levels are separated by tiered
seating from which spectators can watch activities on the lower level.
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