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.
Rainha Dona Amélia Secondary School in Lisboa, Portugal by Oficina Ideias em Linha
June 10th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Oficina Ideias Em Linha
The Ferreira Borges Commercial School, was inaugurated in 1963 and built according the MOP/ JCETS standards, being recently closed and replaced in 2002 by Escola Secundária Rainha D. Amélia (ESRDA).
The ESRDA was included on the first stage of the Secondary School Modernization Program, once placed in a larger Campus that also houses the D. João de Castro Educational Center, whose remodelling occurred under an earlier stage of the same program.
Rainha Dona Amélia Secondary School (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
This joint operation has resulted in the construction of common services and facilities, as the entrance and reception, the refectory and the Indoor Sports Pavilion.
Street View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
The existent building’s original structure was kept (Units A and B) as well as the distribution system central corridor and a double wing system housing the classrooms.
Street View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
The new building (Unit C), replacing an existent connection corridor, will house the secretarial and management areas, as well as laboratories and the larger and more technically dependant classrooms.
Exterior View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
The outdoor spaces as gardens, parking lot and recreational and sport activities areas were extensively remodelled, and a new shaded esplanade zone was created in front of the bar and cafeteria.
Main View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
North View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Site Plan
Basement plan
Main level plan
First level plan
Second level plan
Front View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Exterior View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Interior View (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Classroom (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Classroom (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
Rainha Dona Amélia Secondary School (Image Courtesy Francisco Nogueira)
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