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The project is located on a site with a special feature; it is 25 meters wide and 100 meters deep, which allows us to develop a 4-storey building occupying almost the entire ground surface. This gives the project a protagonist scale in the neighborhood.

The strategy to not “keep” the dimensions of the property (pre-existing length and width), was to organize the program of the school within a large regular volume, based on a double bay corridor, alternating classrooms and playgrounds in different levels and on both sides of the central circulation. This allowed us to open cross perspectives on the site, with views of the mountains and the sunset.

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• Architects: GUBBINS ARQUITECTOS
• Project: Colegio Villa El Sol
• Location: Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
• Photography: Gubbins Arquitectos
• Owner: Sociedad Educacional Colegio Villa el Sol S.A
• Project Area: 3281.0 m2
• Project Year: 2009
• Collaborators: Arq. Bruno Giliberto, Arq. Nicolas Fones, Arq. Beatriz Marin
• Site Area: 2925 m2
• Materials: Masonry, concrete, glass
• Software used: Autocad, Sketchup and Photoshop