Prefabricated pine panels clad kindergarten near Barcelona
Architects Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges have designed a wood-clad concrete kindergarten for the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School in Bellaterra, Spain.
The concrete and pine kindergarten is one of six structures arranged like a small village around a central "rambla" ? a Hispanic term for a promenade or high street.
Alongside the kindergarten, five other modular wood and steel pavilions were transported from two former sites to form the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School campus near Barcelona.
This kindergarten structure has been clad entirely in prefabricated panels, consisting of two layers of pine on both the interior and exterior with insulation between.
These panels have been arranged so the pine slats are either horizontal or vertical, creating a an interesting pattern on the facade. Externally, this wood has been temperature-treated, and over time will turn silvery grey in colour.
"The combination of the thermal insulation of wood-fibre panels, together with the large thermal inertia of the concrete structure, almost eliminates the need for heating in winter," explained Balcells, Rius and Tigges.
Internally, the kindergarten's concrete structure has been left exposed, and deep, wooden window reveals provide space for both seating and storage.
The size of the building's prestressed concrete frame meant that no columns were required ? a crucial requirement in particular for the multipurpose hall at ground floor level.
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