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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Gandra School in Paredes, Portugal by Atelier Nuno Lacerda Lopes (designed using Autodesk Revit)December 3rd, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Atelier Nuno Lacerda Lopes This is a two-storey school center based on a modular composition organized around a central courtyard. The classrooms are configured as single modules, juxtaposed and clearly perceptible, where variations of the implementation’s orientation and the roof’s slopes determine the formal design of this schools center. This results in a fragmentation of the global volume and roofing design, which cut out a silhouette of relative informality along the complex’s development. The different orientations and roof slopes grant a playful appearance that fits the scholar theme and its environment.  Exterior View (Images Courtesy FG+SG | Fernando Guerra)
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy FG+SG | Fernando Guerra)
 Images Courtesy FG+SG | Fernando Guerra The circulation area – the corridor – is a bond element between the different functional areas and adopts the guiding lines and breaks defined by the classroom modules’ array, building a sense of unity and set in the individual volumes’ juxtaposition. It configures a dynamic and spatially rich path that provides access and simultaneously defines the shape of the central courtyard transposing its strong irregular geometry that characterizes the space.  Classroom (Images Courtesy FG+SG | Fernando Guerra) The asymmetric shape of the central courtyard is compensated by large openings through the “curtain wall” system with a strictly defined metric, which seek not only to stimulate the innerpatio relation but to maintain the volumetric purity and abstraction. It is an unique solution in the educational framework with a strong modular sense, which conveys a distinguished spatial experience. The articulation of compositional variations renders a conceptual and consistent dynamic, controlled through design.
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