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Geography as origin

The preschool is built on the urban limit of Haro. A place without buildings, marked with road lines, announces its immediate apparition. The strong slope delineates and discovers for us the possibility of an architecture of a geographic origin.

Image Courtesy © Pedro Pegenaute

• Architects: taller básico de arquitectura, Javier Pérez-Herreras and Fco. Javier Quintana de Uña
• Project: Nursery School in Haro
• Location: Haro, SPAIN
• Photography: Pedro Pegenaute
• COLABORATING ARCHITECTS: Edurne Pérez Diaz de Arcaya, Manuel Antón Martínez, Xabier Ilundáin Madurga, Joseba Aramburu Barrenetxea, David Santamaria Ozcoidi and Laura Elvira Tejedor
• CLIENTS: Regional Ministry of Education, Culture and Tourism of the Government of La Rioja
• CONSTRUCTION YEAR: October 2011 – December 2013
• BUILT AREA: 2.490 m2

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