Kindergarten in Aguas Nuevas / Iterare arquitectos

Textual content description offered by the architects. Just some kilometers from the town of Albacete, in one of many villages constructed within the Nineteen Sixties by the Spanish Nationwide Institute of Colonization, this distinctive work serves as an annex to the present nursery college in Aguas Nuevas. An important constructing which varieties are primarily pushed by the few areas it hosts. Due to this fact, solely two volumes are concerned within the composition: the primary, narrower and elongated, connects to the prevailing constructing and homes the doorway and repair areas, whereas the second, the primary quantity, rises above the remainder with the only objective of offering youngsters with a brand new sort of house. An unique, sudden, and undiscovered place for them to have interaction of their actions.

Therefore, it’s pure that, from a spatial perspective, this classroom turns into essentially the most consultant house of the venture. That´s why its place on the ground plan is about again from the façade line, situated in between two courtyards: one on the rear, going through south, for the kids to play, and one on the entrance, opening onto the road, permitting vegetation to develop. Its distinctive top, then again, provides particular prominence to the inside quantity of this house. A big space flooded with mild, the place youngsters, virtually unconsciously, also can observe the play of shadows forged by the constructing on its surfaces. This may be witnessed by way of the 2 giant home windows that exactly seize the ever-changing patterns of the day.

On the façade, in compliance with the setback required by code, the constructing additionally creates a brand new seating space for the village’s residents. A kind of public bench the place passersby can relaxation and oldsters can wait for his or her youngsters.