Nichtoffener Wettbewerb | 07/2009
Neubau für die Deutsche Schule Madrid
4. Preis
Architektur
Landschaftsarchitektur
AIA Arquitectura y Instalaciones
TGA-Fachplanung
Tragwerksplanung
Erläuterungstext
Building Form and Landscape
The school’s general development takes maximum advantage of its position at the city’s edge, where the beautiful landscape of the Sierra to the north, the free areas at ground level and the building’s forms all blend into a single landscape.
The complete use of the building’s roofs as terraces to be occupied and enjoyed at all times of the year, together with the sinuous, meandering form of these terraces, serve to effectively incorporate the building into this landscape while at the same time amplifying the area of outdoor patio space available to the students (63% greater than that required by the program). This last effect allows interior patios and terraces at ground level to be developed as greener, more heavily planted space than would otherwise be possible, and the campus feeling of the school is thereby enhanced, even as the building remains a singular entity.
Building Interior and Function
The unfragmented, continuous nature of the building ensures optimum functionality, while the variegated, sinuous form of its layout ensures that each area is given a unique spatial character. Corridors alternate between single-loaded and double-loaded, and at every level are given unique views, so that each area of the school has a different identity.
As a whole the school projects a welcoming presence, offering users a sequence of spatial experiences characterized by openness and interconnectedness, ideal for learning and growth.
Project Architect: Belén Moneo, Jeff Brock
Project Team: Angela Stock, Judith Greiner, Spencer Leaf, Julie Kausman, Mathew Bennett, Albert Rubio, Andrés Barrón
Consultants:
Landscape (if shown): Fontes Retail (Isaac Escalante)
Team: Natalia Muñoz
MEP Engineer (company name): AIA Instal.lacions Arquitectoniques (Alberto Salazar)
Team: Xavi Martínez, Cristian González
Structural Engineer (company name): BIS Arquitectes (David García)
Team: Cesc Aldabó, Karla Zevallos
The school’s general development takes maximum advantage of its position at the city’s edge, where the beautiful landscape of the Sierra to the north, the free areas at ground level and the building’s forms all blend into a single landscape.
The complete use of the building’s roofs as terraces to be occupied and enjoyed at all times of the year, together with the sinuous, meandering form of these terraces, serve to effectively incorporate the building into this landscape while at the same time amplifying the area of outdoor patio space available to the students (63% greater than that required by the program). This last effect allows interior patios and terraces at ground level to be developed as greener, more heavily planted space than would otherwise be possible, and the campus feeling of the school is thereby enhanced, even as the building remains a singular entity.
Building Interior and Function
The unfragmented, continuous nature of the building ensures optimum functionality, while the variegated, sinuous form of its layout ensures that each area is given a unique spatial character. Corridors alternate between single-loaded and double-loaded, and at every level are given unique views, so that each area of the school has a different identity.
As a whole the school projects a welcoming presence, offering users a sequence of spatial experiences characterized by openness and interconnectedness, ideal for learning and growth.
Project Architect: Belén Moneo, Jeff Brock
Project Team: Angela Stock, Judith Greiner, Spencer Leaf, Julie Kausman, Mathew Bennett, Albert Rubio, Andrés Barrón
Consultants:
Landscape (if shown): Fontes Retail (Isaac Escalante)
Team: Natalia Muñoz
MEP Engineer (company name): AIA Instal.lacions Arquitectoniques (Alberto Salazar)
Team: Xavi Martínez, Cristian González
Structural Engineer (company name): BIS Arquitectes (David García)
Team: Cesc Aldabó, Karla Zevallos