Open Competition, Winner
Annexa, Joan Puigbert School
Client
GISA, Education Department of the Government of Catalonia
Location
Girona, Spain
Year
2007-2010
Surface
2300 m²
Awards
2013 Mies van der Rohe Award, European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Selected
2011 Aplus Architectural Awards, Best Spanish Educational Building – Winner
2011 COAC Architects’ Association Catalonia, Girona Area Architectural Awards, Architecture – Finalist
Overview
Generalitat Education Department’s program for this project was to increase the number of both normal classrooms and specialized spaces, such as a gym or a multipurpose room. The project proposes the demolition of the perpendicular building in order to reestablish a continuity of the exterior space connecting the pine forest from a higher level with the playground in the lowest area. The multipurpose room now was integrated in the topography of the longitudinal section, creating a new visual connection on the terrain section. The existing building, the playground and the gym now were related through the new visual axes that define the new common and social space. The interior stairs leading to the multipurpose room and the playground, are left hanging of the surrounding concrete slabs and are connected to a new vertical space. While the new building inhabits the needed new facilities, the old building is reused and refurbished profiding space for the normal classrooms. The new entrance of the center provides with stairs and lifts, apart from the natural access to the playground. A small tree covered outdoor space enhances the idea of the access.
Generalitat Education Department’s program for this project was to increase the number of both normal classrooms and specialized spaces, such as a gym or a multipurpose room. The project proposes the demolition of the perpendicular building in order to reestablish a continuity of the exterior space connecting the pine forest from a higher level with the playground in the lowest area. The multipurpose room now was integrated in the topography of the longitudinal section, creating a new visual connection on the terrain section. The existing building, the playground and the gym now were related through the new visual axes that define the new common and social space. The interior stairs leading to the multipurpose room and the playground, are left hanging of the surrounding concrete slabs and are connected to a new vertical space. While the new building inhabits the needed new facilities, the old building is reused and refurbished profiding space for the normal classrooms. The new entrance of the center provides with stairs and lifts, apart from the natural access to the playground. A small tree covered outdoor space enhances the idea of the access.
Generalitat Education Department’s program for this project was to increase the number of both normal classrooms and specialized spaces, such as a gym or a multipurpose room.
The project proposes the demolition of the perpendicular building in order to reestablish a continuity of the exterior space connecting the pine forest from a higher level with the playground in the lowest area. The multipurpose room now was integrated in the topography of the longitudinal section, creating a new visual connection on the terrain section.
The existing building, the playground and the gym now were related through the new visual axes that define the new common and social space. The interior stairs leading to the multipurpose room and the playground, are left hanging of the surrounding concrete slabs and are connected to a new vertical space. While the new building inhabits the needed new facilities, the old building is reused and refurbished profiding space for the normal classrooms.
The new entrance of the center provides with stairs and lifts, apart from the natural access to the playground. A small tree covered outdoor space enhances the idea of the access.
