To design in a site within the city limits enables us to test spatial strategies of occupation and organization that are only possible outside the city of São Paulo: a spread out building open to the landscape. The school was organized on a perpendicular axis to the street. The main program was divided into two blocks vertically articulated by a ramp.

The designed space creates a visual path: the ramps look to the landscape, the opposite side of the valley, taking full advantage of the topographic situation. The sports block stands at the lower level and allows the didactic block to be in a higher level. Wood panels protect the school against sun and rain and also soften the rigidity of the pre-fabricated elements.
The building’s desirable organization is due to its location in the city’s periphery

2006

2009

BUILDING AREA
3.525,00

SITE AREA
5.385,00

Pre fabricated structural system, wood panels,

CLIENT
FDE – Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Educação
Secretaria de Estado da Educação do estado de São Paulo

ARCHITECTS
Alvaro Puntoni
Jonathan Davies
João Sodré

PROJECT TEAM
Isabel Nassif
Rodrigo Ohtake

ARCHITECT / FDE
Siméia Pinto

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Zamarion e Millen Consultores S/S Ltda.
Projeto e Consultoria SC Ltda

MECHANICAL CONSULTANT
Sandretec LTDA

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Construmik Comercio e Construção Ltda.

PHOTOS
gruposp
Carlos Kipnis/FDE

PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VOTORANTIM SP by Alvaro Puntoni in Brazil won the WA Award Cycle 7. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.

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