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Pio Baroja Nursery by Rstudio
A series of circular apertures puncture the rectangular concrete buttresses of a nursery in Valencia by Spanish architects Rstudio.
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These concrete supports double-up as chunky brise-soleils to shade the four classrooms inside the Pio Baroja Nursery.
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Partitions between these rooms are also constructed from concrete and follow the positions of the exterior supports.
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Flexible partitions allow the classrooms to be further divided when necessary and colourful bathrooms can be found at the rear.
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Weathered metal columns surround the nursery’s perimeter, also enclosing an adjoining block where the dining room and reception are located.
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Rstudio have completed another project near Valencia this year: see our earlier story about a combined metro station and park.
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Photography is by Jose Marti.
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Here's a little more explanation from Rstudio:
Learning by Playing
The project consists of a one storey building at street level.
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The site is influenced by two conditions that have been key aspects in the development of the project.
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In the first place the closeness to a highspeed traffic way, in Pio Baroja Avenue, and in the second place the remarkable height of the surrounding buildings.
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This took us to create a building focused on its inner court. The floor plan of the building is split into three different volumes.
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Main issues developed in the project:
- Double circulation: interior/exterior, taking advantage of the local climatology, going around the school playing
- Good orientation aswell as cross ventilation in all rooms, which implies important energy savings.
- Flexibility in the rooms in terms of mobile walls joining in packs of three units.
- Constructive simplicity
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Architect: Rstudio/ Jose Martí
Location: Valencia, Spain
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Year: 2010
Developer: AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIA.
SERVICIO DE EDUCACIÓN.
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Builder: LEVANTINA INGENIERÍA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN S.L.
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Collaborations: DOLORS APARICI (architect)
ADYPAU (engineering project)
ASURINSA (architecture management)
RODRIGÁLVAREZ (engineering management)
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