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school | award "best public project 2016"

awards: prémio construir 2016 — melhor projecto público · photos by fernando guerra

refurbishment and extension upgrade of an existing primary school in Murteira. from the playground a new build resembles a series of books placed on a bookshelf. it houses the new classrooms, facilities and canteen. very little is changed from the existing building. we wanted to keep the memory of a certain time when schools were a novelty.

status: completed September 2015

Murteira school extension with vertical bands of different coloured brick, facing a playground at dusk

Aerial view at dusk of the Murteira primary school, the original tiled building in front of the new brick block

Brick extension with a steel balcony meeting the white walls and yellow trim of the original school

Upper walkway between the clay tile roof of the old school and the multicoloured brick classrooms

Night view of the lit brick classroom block with a football goal on the paved playground

Low-angle view of red and dark brick volumes with a balcony railing against a cloudy sky

Children playing football in front of the multicoloured brick extension in late afternoon sun

School canteen with colourful chairs, round windows and a dark textured ceiling with white circular panels