L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space in Puebla, Mexico

July 23, 2011 Category: Education, Public Buildings

Designed by Novhus, L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space is located in Puebla, Mexico. The most important points referred to this stage of the project were: Usage or a combination of reduced material; Regional materials; Low-cost materials; Techniques and basic construction procedures, without complexities; Mixed structure (rigid frame-based beams and columns and load-bearing walls); Low maintenance finishes; Propose a static core building type rather than a dispersed and dynamic one; Maximising natural lighting; Usage of cross ventilation; Solar protection in the rear facade of the building due to its orientation; Ventilation ducts to ensure that all spaces naturally breathe (ventilation).

This led Novhus to consider the following phrasing as flag of this project: ‘Think global, act local’, thus obtaining a building that could be classified as regional architecture but with far-reaching intentions. Quite simply the property was divided into three parts: the first two towards the front of the street, and the last part towards the boundary in the back part as a green area.

L’ecole Building School thrown chic shadows across interior space Design by Novhus