Article source: Estudio Carme Pinós

The plot presents two problems: being exposed to the view of the houses around it and the noise of the train. The project could be understood as the answer to both facts.

Image Courtesy © Duccio Malagamba

• Architects: Estudio Carme Pinós
• Project: PRIMARY SCHOOL
• Location: Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
• Photography: Duccio Malagamba, COPCISA
• Client: Generalitat de Catalunya
• Principal Architect:  Carme Pinós Desplat
• Collaborators: Juan Antonio Andreu, Samuel Arriola, Matteo Caravatti, David Sebastián, Agustín Pérez Torres
• Structural Engineer: Robert Brufau
• Surface: 
  • Built: 3.496m2
  • Site: 4.288 m2
• Dates:
  • Competition: 2003. 1^st Prize.
  • Basic Design Project: 2003
  • Detail Design Project: 2004
  • Start of Construction: 2005
  • End of Construction: 2006
• Budget Final Cost: 4.121.623€

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