SCHOOL Kindergarten PADRE ALBERTO HURTADO
DESCRIPTION
Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile, South America.
The commune of Lo Barnechea, has one of the most emblematic post with respect to the distance between its inhabitants. On one side is the upper middle class and the lower class by another, there is an average, as reflected in other neighboring communities. The issues surrounding this situation are varied, housing, health, education, work, etc.
It is thus that in 1996 the nursery school is born Father Alberto Hurtado, to relieve other establishments nearby and improve the educational quality of children at social risk.
The school has about 120 students, which are divided into two groups: Kinder (5 years) and Pre - Kindergarten (4años), three and two courses respectively. These facilities are refurbished at the time, as no funds were available for new construction. The size of the facility covers approximately 250 m² plus 60 m² of administrative facilities. All this in an area of 850 m². The context is suburban poor.
NEED
Every day more students are admitted, do not supply the facilities together with that, the classroom, as a learning tool, it must be being constantly updated.
Demand if the school is reflected in improvements to the space as a medium of instruction, such as shelter, according to climatic and achieve a consistent image to the topic; KINDERGARTENS.
INTERACTION ARCHITECT / STUDENTS
It develops the next question. How would like your classroom? Since this is a kind of drawing, which embody their ideas.
PROGRAM
New Classroom.
With regard to the substance
First, the enclosure, two characters with the living room furniture and living room without furniture, for other activities. This is why the furniture must be foldable. SPACE.
Second, the natural lighting is essential for any business, to open the enclosure. TRANSPARENCY.
Third, the storage space, closets, clothing storage, materials, computer datashow, food and furniture. This board generates the same volume of the enclosure.
Fourth, create a new image to the building, a new facade access using most educational materials and friendly, with vegetation that is added to the building, in order to make the children feel as if they were the "home the tree"
With regard to the context
The school is in the pre-cordillera of the Andes, it is known that it snows in winter and summer temperatures are high, these factors shape the final volume.
With regard to materials
The materials are linked to the issue of context, the measured temperatures in winter and summer are very different, therefore the proper management of these from sustainability is important in the proposal. Termopanel, Bricks in polystyrene, plastic.
