I Premio de Arquitectura Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre

it was erected with. The upper face of the roof falls from
the edge of the existing perimeter structure in order to
keep the playground free of any obstacles, and minimizing
the number of pillars. The metal supports, with a 144 mm
circular profile x 5.4 mm section, are painted like a small
forest, playing hide and seek chromatically with the
enveloping walls. The roof–cover is fixed to the existing
structure with HEB–20 profiles that tighten the perimeter
and its area of influence. This suspended structure changes
the nature of the space it covers and achieves an expressive
and joint view of the whole structure. Furthermore, as
well as protecting from the sunshine and collecting rain
water, it also provides more intimacy to the classrooms.
The landscape projected into the school casts shadows
and colour onto the perimeter façades of the classrooms.
An intermediate interior space, between the anti–slip
roughness of the new continuous paving and the glossy
finish of the underside of the new roof. The idea of lowering
it 36 cm from the structure of the existing classrooms
brings this space closer to the children’s dimension. By
lowering the height, we were also able to let natural
daylight seep in through the whole perimeter.
The proposal came to life by accepting the starting
conditions. The result came hand in hand with coincidence.
It took us approximately 60 days, 60 cubic metres of
concrete, and a total investment of approximately 60,000
euros. Those involved and its users were all well–impressed.
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