Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Secondary School / Sousa Santos Architects

Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Secondary School / Sousa Santos Architects

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Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Text description provided by the architects. The new building is rooted in the slope between the two sports fields of the school. In the south end of the building will be posicioned the public program, the library and the amphitheater enhancing the relationship of the school campus with the urban fabric of the city.

Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Secondary School / Sousa Santos Architects - Image 20 of 45
© João Morgado

The upper level of this building is constructed with thin metallic columns that create a matrix in the library room. This columns end in a skylight creating an architectural paradox, a support that finishes in the sky.

Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Secondary School / Sousa Santos Architects - Column
© João Morgado

All the new buildings are supposed to be read as a unitary architectural statement. The construction proposes the spatial narrative and the formal choices contribute for the former.

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Address:Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

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Cite: "Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Secondary School / Sousa Santos Architects" 07 May 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/232267/rafael-bordalo-pinheiro-secondary-school-sousa-santos-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro中学 / Sousa Santos Architects

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