Les Cabanyes Pre School and Primary School / Arqtel Architects: Arqtel Location: Barcelona , Spain Project area: 2,434 sqm Project year: 2008 – 2010 Photographs: Eugeni Pons A primary school like the one designed in Catalonia by design studio Arqtel calls a design that is sensitive to childrens’ need for comfortable and inviting spaces. This building generates a dialogue with its surroundings not only through its spatial composition and architectural tectonics but also through its volumetric orientation. As a result, the building optimizes functional program at the same time as it focuses on aspects of light, orientation and the quality of the spaces generated. Retaining a telluric presence, the building brings a sense of order to the site and acts as a landmark among surrounding buildings and fields. Its north-south longitudinal axis opens up in a circulation pattern resembling a comb, alternating playfully between filled and empty...
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