São Bernardo Elementary School in Aveiro by Arte Tectónica
06/09/2021.
[Aveiro] Portugal
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Located in Aveiro, the capital city of the district of the same name, known as the "Venice of Portugal" just over 70 kilometres from Porto, in the south of Portugal stands São Bernardo Elementary School, designed by Arte Tectónica.
The objective of the project was to create a new space to replace 8 basic education classrooms since for almost a decade the school was located in a prefabricated pavilion, currently, this area is used as a covered patio.
The objective of the project was to create a new space to replace 8 basic education classrooms since for almost a decade the school was located in a prefabricated pavilion, currently, this area is used as a covered patio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.
Ground floor plan. São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica.
First floor plan. São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica.
Section CC. São Bernardo Elementary School, Aveiro by Arte Tectónica.
The project made by Arte Tectónica is located between the cafeteria and the gym, the available land was rectangular. The study projects on the available plot two volumes of two floors each with an independent entrance and roof, since Aveiro is an area of abundant rainfall.
The plant has an almost rectangular shape, with a series of cuts in the facade located to the north, in this way the necessary lighting is obtained without having a direct incidence of the sun. The building is connected to the others through a blue porticoed walkway that stands out against the white of the buildings.
The plant has an almost rectangular shape, with a series of cuts in the facade located to the north, in this way the necessary lighting is obtained without having a direct incidence of the sun. The building is connected to the others through a blue porticoed walkway that stands out against the white of the buildings.
Description of project by Arte Tectónica
The aim was to create a new project to replace 8 basic educational classrooms at São Bernardo School, in Aveiro, Portugal.
For about a decade, the school was housed in a prefabricated pavilion, now reused as a covered playground.
Located between the cafeteria and the gym, the available terrain was a longitudinally East/West rectangular shape.
The concept was a two volume/two floors building, with an independent entrance and roof covering, as Aveiro is one of the highest rainfall districts in Portugal. In addition to the 8 classrooms, the program also included a teachers' lounge and a gym.
Juxtaposing “serviced spaces” with “servant spaces” (Op. Cit. Louis Kahn), the proposed concept was to consecrate the North exposure to the classrooms, and to distribute the “servant” spaces along the central corridor, big enough to have individualized student lockers.
This horizontal circulation longitudinal space is reproduced both in ground and first floor, with connection through a wide staircase, beginning in the two-story high, entrance hall.
The plan is approximately rectangular, "centre parting", with classroom façade cutouts strictly exposed to geographic North, to receive the “perfect light”, without direct solar incidence. Exceptionally the covered entrance evades the East / West orthogonality, and aligns the walkway trough an 45º axis.
The four slopes articulated roof allows a two volumes silhouette, that conceals in the middle “valley” the HVAC equipment and the solar panels.
The white tile and walls option unifies by color the two volumes, the outer walkways in Thermoclear blue frames the white, adding to the opacity of the built mass the lightness of the translucent porches in sky blue.
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Architects
Area
Total area.- 4,375 sqm.
Dates
Year of conclusion.- 2020.
Location
Aveiro, Portugal.
Photography
João Cassiano Santos. Arte Tectónica
João Cassiano Santos has been an architect graduated from the Technical University of Lisbon since 1986. Later, in 1994, he founded his own architecture studio Arte Tectónica in Lisbon, the Portuguese company currently has projects in Portugal, Spain and Angola.
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