Article source: AMP Arquitectos

The school is set on a site close to the historic town center of La Orotava, mixing with the pre-existing walls of the farming terraces and letting the land flow beneath the building. The concrete walls are pigmented with colours that fade in accordance with the folds in the linear volumes and their proximity to the different rural and urban environments.

Image Courtesy Miguel de Guzman

• Architects: AMP Arquitectos
• Project: Rafael Arozarena High School
• Location: Urbanización Lercaro, La Orotava
• Architect Design:Felipe Artengo Rufino, Fernando Martín Menis, José Mª Rodríguez Pastrana Malagón
• Technical Architect: Rafael Hernández Hernández, Andrés Pedreño Vega
• ENGINEERING: CITE ingenieros
• STRUCTURE ENGINEERING: Arcal
• CLIENT: Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes del Gobierno de Canarias
• CONTRACTOR: Construcciones Rodríguez Mesa
• COMPLETION DATE: Agosto 2004
• Software used: AutoCAD

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