Morphologically, the building has an "L" shape within a trapezoidal space where the building's facades generate a herringbone finish. The highest area of the building consists of three floors where the third is simply to give access to the flat roof, so the building can be considered as having only 2 floors, which allows it to better adapt to the needs of the students.
The interior is especially interesting, with a great spatiality and connection with the exterior, where its dimensions generate radiant spaces full of light, suggesting a whole world of possibilities for its inhabitants.
Finished in ceramic brick, leaving the edges of the slabs visible. On the ground floor, the classroom area has direct access to the patio area through glass doors. The classrooms are arranged apart from the management area in the wing facing the east, yet the management part of the center is in the wing facing north. Both volumes are unified by the porch that allows the tour of the space protected from inclement weather.
Doctor Calatayud School by COR Asociados Arquitectos. Photograph by David Frutos.
Project description by COR Asociados Arquitectos
We understand the architectural design of this building as a complex action that tries to cover the needs and satisfy the proposed spatial demands. An action that is not limited to a sense of context, programmatic or technological, but also includes the aesthetic, sensory and perceptual side, so important and influential in people's lives.
The project of the CEIP Dr Calatayud de Aspe School has sought to create a unique and memorable building, efficient and sustainable, as well as healthy and comfortable, with exhaustive control of its budget and feasibility, attending to its maintenance with solutions that allow time to pass. on the building without altering it.
For this reason we have designed a building that meets all these categories, understanding that our ultimate goal is to ensure that the teaching center responds to human needs in healthy, sustainable and inclusive conditions.
Doctor Calatayud School by COR Asociados Arquitectos. Photograph by David Frutos.
An "L" shaped building is proposed following two of the boundaries; the block of classrooms and services is arranged parallel to Calle Tarragona, so that the classrooms are oriented to it; while the administration wing and classrooms for occasional use are arranged on the northern edge. Given the programmatic needs and to improve the ratio of built area and façade area, the building is resolved in two heights, ground floor plus one.
We opted for a low-rise organization that is better suited to the scale of the children which in some ways better serves who it serves and who will inhabit these spaces. They are thus friendlier, not only for the pedestrian walking down the street, but also for the workers and users of the center who will be able to find themselves in a welcoming and pleasant space.
All the buildings are connected by a porch that unifies the image of the different volumes (visually and functionally connects them) and allows users to walk from the access to the plot to any access to the center that is covered and protected from inclement weather ( rain, excessive sun, etc.)
Doctor Calatayud School by COR Asociados Arquitectos. Photograph by David Frutos.
On the other hand, this project is developed with the purpose of humanizing spaces and putting people at the center of concerns when designing teaching and work equipment. To make more human, to humanize, to make more agreeable, etc. They are different expressions that are used with the same objective: to achieve environments and services in which all people see their physical and emotional needs satisfied. Our will has been to put the user at the center of the experience and architecture.
