FERRER I GUÀRDIA KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Project

This school was built in two stages so that classes could proceed in the old building, which is on the same site. In the first phase the classrooms were built on the ground floor and on two upper floors, aligned to one of the corridors. The dining hall and the gym were built in the second phase, when the pupils had moved to the new classrooms.
The classrooms are around a series of courtyards which filter natural light and a linear staircase that dominates this design.
The kindergarten is on the ground floor and has its own entrance. The other pupils must enter through the main playground.
The whole building is built from white concrete with continuous vertical joint, and a series of lattice windows also in concrete suggest transparency between the work rooms and the corridors.
The façade has its opacity emphasized in order to stress the interior transparency.

Awards

• Finalist for the FAD 2007 Awards "Arquitectura"
  
• First Bienal Award de Arquitectura del Vallès 2007, 4BAV
  

Bibliography

• ON DISEÑO 286 pag 152-163
  
• Revista: Detail
  Enero 2008
  Pg. 53-57 Obra: Ceip Ferrer i Guàrdia

Team

• Architecture
  Jordi Badia + Jordi Framis
• Services Engineer
  Eduard Doce.
• Structural Engineer
  Consulting LLuis Duart SL.
• Quantity Surveyor
  Francesc Xairó.
• Civil Engineer
  INYPSA, Antonio Leciñena y Joan Vilanova