ARTAVE/CCM Music School
Caldas da Saúde, Santo Tirso, Portugal
2017 – 2020
This project responds to a simple need: the connection between two existing blocks of classrooms. This vertical and horizontal relations are the pretext to create a space of encounter and relaxation for the students during breaks, as well as an exterior amphitheatre.
The original set of buildings is confuse, with various additions throughout the years. This intervention intends to detach itself and respect the individuality of the existing buildings, twisting and squirming in order to avoid them.
The windows created are frames to the best things the surroundings have to offer: a forest and a magnolia of white flowers.
Project ARTAVE/CCM Music School
Location Caldas da Saúde, Famalicão, Portugal
Client ARTAVE/CCM
Program Access volume between two existing buildings
Area 3873 m2
Project Status Built
Date 2017–2020
Architecture Aurora Arquitectos
Architecture Team Sérgio Antunes, Sofia Reis Couto, Tânia Sousa, Rui Baltazar, Ivo Lapa, Carolina Rocha, Bruno Pereira, Dora Jerbic, Anna Cavenago, Afonso Nunes
Building Supervision Pedro Sousa Cruz
Engineering Eng. Manuel Silva, Traço Plano Engenharia
Photography Aurora Arquitectos