Lluís Vives Primary School

The site posed two problems: the constant noise from the train and, as the plot borders on the back side of the housing that closes the block, its exposure to the neighborhood.

The position of the building reflects the desire to provide a playground area facing south and that, at the same time, could function as a barrier offering acoustic protection. On the wing parallel to the train tracks, all the classrooms face the interior of the urban block, turning the outer facade into something that reminds of a train suspended over the treetops. The ground level is recessed to underscore this effect.

The ground floor contains communal spaces, with outdoor areas with a more intimate character and more protected from the neighbors’s gaze.

In the other wing is the playground for younger children, which in this way have an outdoor space of their own isolated from the noise of the playing area of the older ones.
The section is set back to protect the classrooms from intense sunlight.