{"id":8877,"date":"2019-05-09T17:55:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/arquitectura\/?p=8877\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:23:31","slug":"school-architecture-and-architecture-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/arquitectura\/en\/school-architecture-and-architecture-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"School of architecture and architecture of schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

After having visited the Finca Roja<\/strong><\/a>, the tour of Valencian buildings continues! The second and third stops for our 15 international architecture students and Alfonso D\u00edaz, our teacher, are both schools: the Deutsche Schule<\/strong> and Guadalaviar School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Students visit several buildings in Valencia throughout their studies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Deutsche Architektur an der deutschen Schule<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From the street, looking at the fa\u00e7ade, students couldn\u2019t believe this building had been made in the 50s. Indeed, a volume is extracted to mark the entrance. The pushing back of the building was a very new thing in the Valencia of the 50s.<\/p>\n

After having entered the building, the first thing Alfonso D\u00edaz told us was that the school had changed quite a lot from the original plans because of the surroundings. There was nothing when it was built, something difficult to imagine now as the school<\/a><\/strong> is located in a very dense neighbourhood. The city was planned in a modern way<\/strong>: first<\/em> the building, then<\/em> the streets. So, there was a freer relation between the building and the city, a true freedom to build. The aim was to connect the building with the landscapes.<\/p>\n

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Main fa\u00e7ade of the Deutsche Schule Valencia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The original plans were also lost because the school is growing and needs more space. The students got to see that the school was under construction<\/strong> and facing an extension which, according to our teacher, in some way distorts the original layout of the building.<\/p>\n

In terms of architecture, the building is a combination of Spanish and German architectures<\/strong>. The concept was imported from Germany, but it was fully developed in our country. The blocks are in U composition and open to the south to take advantage of the Valencian sunlight, with the main block facing the street.<\/p>\n

Back to school at Guadalaviar School!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once arrived in front of Guadalaviar School, architecture students<\/strong> showed interest for a building standing right across: El Pilar School, which was built roughly at the same time, but has a very different architecture. Alfonso D\u00edaz explained that it embodied perfectly the debate between modern and traditional<\/strong> Spanish architecture.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit | Mas Millet Arquitectos<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the students entered Guadalaviar School<\/strong><\/a>, they realised that they had entered a sort of intermediate space: neither completely close nor truly open. This school does not really have a fa\u00e7ade but \u201cfilters\u201d and intermediate areas. The architects chose to push the building<\/strong> a bit to reveal the corner and make the space flow more. The building is facing east because of the wind coming from the beach.<\/p>\n

It is in U shape again and what links the buildings is the inner court<\/strong>. This school is like a small island in the city, an intermediate space, close and open.<\/p>\n\r\n