Mariturri School, Vitoria-Gasteiz Building Development, Spanish Architecture, Images
Mariturri School in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Education and Sport Building in Spain ? design by A54 arquitectos
29 Aug 2016
Mariturri School
Design: A54 arquitectos
Location: C/Leza, Mariturri, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Mariturri School in Vitoria-Gasteiz

This building meets the increasing educational demand of the city of Vitoria, in a neighborhood that concentrates the biggest extension of collective dwelling during these last years, and where most of the childhood population live.

The plot is surrounded by a group of large size towers, in a green area crossed by the Zarauna creek. The building is planned as a low rise construction that tries to oxygenate the area and work as an inner courtyard.  
After evaluation of the functionality of the program, the topography, the orientation, the surroundings and the roadways around the plot, an L shape building was proposed, opened towards the sunniest orientations and most protected from the usual winds, so that the playground could be placed on the most favorable position.

The building, with a capacity for 693 pupils, houses the classrooms for the stages of primary school (6 to 12 years) and pre-school education (2 to 5 years), each of the levels being on each side of the L shape.

Both parts have been configured as two intersected prisms, defining the common spaces, complementary uses, and the main entrance to the school in their merging area.
 
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