The Seville-base studio was asked to add the kindergarten to the La Barrosa primary school in Chiclana de la Frontera, a town in Spain's Cádiz region.
1000平方米的建筑被建在邻近小学的地块内,为225个年龄在3到5岁的孩子提供设施,被称为婴儿馆。
Known as the Infant Pavilion, the 1,000-square-metre building is set on a plot adjacent to the school and provides facilities for 225 children aged between three and five.
建筑师想创造一个呈现有机曲线的新建筑,使其平滑的轮廓与景观相融合。
The architects wanted to create "a new building with organic curves and smoothed outlines which integrate it into the landscape".
设计的特色是轻柔弯曲的波纹金属壁板和由颜色柔和的柱子支撑的厚实的波浪混凝土雨棚。
The design features softly curving corrugated metal siding, and a chunky concrete canopy with a wavy edge that is supported by pastel-coloured columns.
十间教室分散在外部,能得到直射的光线,并由一个中心走廊连接。
Ten classrooms are distributed along the facades to benefit from direct sunlight, and linked by a central corridor.
教室的窗户是内凹的,部分隐藏在金属百叶后面,金属百叶可以提供隐私和阴影。
Classroom windows are recessed, and partially concealed behind metal louvres to provide privacy and shade.
The design is based on the work of developmental psychologists Howard Gardner and Maria Montessori, who put forward theories for non-traditional learning environments.
"We have designed a new Infant Pavilion based on the principles of Multiple Intelligences of Howard Gardner as the Montserrat school and pedagogical methodology of the Montessori schools," explained the architects.
Green paintwork and tiling used across the interior spaces matches the colouring of the lettering on the exterior of the building – a reference to the area's plentiful pine trees, according to the architects.
活动场位于后方的方形区域,保护它免受窗户的影响和路人的注视。
A playground is situated to the rear of the rectilinear block, protecting it from strong windows and the gaze of passersby.
This is the second kindergarten by Gabriel Verd featured on Dezeen. The first was a concrete structure in Granada, which Verd designed with Simone Solinas to make the most of the evening and morning sun.