Demokracia School and Kindergarten

“Demokracia” Primary School and Kindergarten is located in Valias and was subject to a complete reconstruction. The proposal consists in the division of the main functions into separate objects which are connected through the passage corridors.

The kindergarten is a two-story building that we face at the entrance of the property. The kindergarten consists of a simple cuboid volume, with windows that alternate from floor to floor imitating a chessboard in their manner of distribution. The school building is located next to the kindergarten, extending along the property, and is designed for a capacity of 500 students.

The functional distribution of the floorplans remains unchanged between the floors, with the stairs located in the main entrance hall, and a corridor with classrooms located only on one side of it. The façade of the main building has a simple architecture with windows that extend to the floor-ceiling height equidistant from each other, with concrete shading that extends up to 50 cm outside the perimeter of the façade.

The administration building follows the same style, while in the library, auditorium and gym we have changes in volumetric treatment, and changes in the facades to adapt to the functions they contain, and to create interior moments of light entering through the cracks in the terrace. The school building creates three outdoor yards in service of the school recreational spaces, one of which is an outdoor sports field, and one outdoor yard for the kindergarten.