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- Architect: taller de arquitectura de bogotá
- Location: Cajicá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Architects Authors Of The Work: Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá, Arquitectos Daniel Bonilla y Marcela Albornoz
- Design Team: Francisco Ospina, Andrés Gutierrez, Andrea Mozzato, Cindy Jiménez
- Area: 1287.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographer: Rodrigo Dávila
- Construction: PRV Asociados – Humberto Rocha, Laura Pinto
- Audit: Grupo DVDL-David Vergara, Andrés Pastrán
- Structural Calculation: San Miguel Olejua Ingenieros Civiles Ltda
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Text description provided by the architects. The project was formulated as a series of isolated volumes, a village of knowledge that takes the organic character of the natural context of the place and the “small scale” of its users, (children between the ages of 4 to 6).
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The units are articulated through a covered circulation that forms a patio or an “amorphous cloister” with abundant landscaping.
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This kind of configuration allows a flexible development, forming “partial finite units”, regardless of the size or cut-off point that is made, according to the stage in which the project is developed over time.
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The result configures an ambiguous and unconfused space that doesn’t make evident of the absences of the volumes.
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Regarding the building´s materiality, the rustic concrete used in the existing Administration Building of the school. A material with textured monochrome finishing that with a play of light and shadows emphasizes its variations according to the position of each classroom module.
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This is a sober learning space that seeks tranquillity as a learning tool for the society. A society overwhelmed by baroque spaces, an abundance of objects, information and congestion.
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