Eureka Center in Anglo Colombiano School’s Concept:
The design of the Eureka Center Building for the Anglo-Colombian School performs as a common ground where research, experimentation, the search for ideas, and learning processes, among others, come together in a cyclical system of learning; hence, the concentric construction that surrounds them.

The two half-moons slightly separated from each other, define a longitudinal axis which at ground floor level generates access points to the building. These entrances are formally highlighted with a particular gesture through two large overhangs provided in opposite positions at each end of the longitudinal central axis.
As a result, the areas planned under these protrusions act as open while also becoming protected spots from the rain, and attached to the abundant landscaping of the surrounding campus.
Furthermore, the two clay half-moons, embrace a central forest-like courtyard with an “oval” configuration in the form of a leaf; where you can see and mix all of the activities that come together at the perimeter of the oval courtyard. The kinetic form of the patio, in contrast to the static cubic blocks of the rest of the School, allowed us to give a special image to the research within the building complex.

Instead of the most basic idea of having an orthogonal laboratory building, we decided to work on an oval shape, such as the ones seen within nature itself; as an analogy to the galaxies and planets surro...