Etapa School Vila Mascote SP, São Paulo Education Building Design, New Brazilian Architecture Photos
Etapa School, Vila Mascote, São Paulo
17 November 2021
Design: biselli+katchborian
Location: Vila Mascote, São Paulo, Brazil, South America

Photos: Nelson Kon
A Retrofit Project For This 80s School In Brazil Creates New Points Of Natural Light And Better Visual Communication By Systematizing The Use Of Colors
Etapa School, Vila Mascote Building, SP
17th of November 2021, Ṣo Paulo РThe Brazilian architecture office Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, led by the architects Artur Katchborian and Mario Biselli, are the responsible of the new retrofit and expansion project of Etapa School, in a building orignally designed in 1984 by the brazilian architect Paulo Bastos in Ṣo Paulo (Brazil).
In addition to the search for new natural light entrances, better clarity and a good institutional communication, the proposal took advantage of the 15 meters gap between Palestina street and Mascote avenue (located in the east side of the town) to create two accesses. The project program school consists of 2 blocks, with the largest one dedicated to classrooms and laboratories and the smallest dedicated mainly to administrative functions.

?We took the use of the lot to the maximum allowed by current legislation, adding two floors to the administrative block. In this way, it was possible to accommodate the project extensive program, which ranges from kindergarten to high school....