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School buildings house complex systems. From kindergarten to the university faculty, the journey through learning levels consists of an accumulation of vital experiences arising from the interaction between these systems.
The educational function, so called by Functionalism, now builds its environments with new paradigms that reflect and respond to an increasingly diverse and complex social agenda.
We arrived at Club Zuyev unexpectedly, to try our luck and trusting in the kindness of the staff that takes care of him. They were painting the façade in pink and repairing some windows. Hence the untidiness of the exterior, on the other hand so manipulated and distorted throughout its existence. The interior, however, was calm and maintains the original appearance. Golosov has played with the gloom of the lobby and we went from the almost domestic scale of the access, through a latera.
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Vessel. Thomas Heatherwick and Heatherwick Studio. Fotos: Jaime Luaces para a+t
"...‘Bust and Pelt’ is a way of categorizing the content of this physical part of the world. We have translated these two terms into Bust and Pelt, the pelt being the skin seeking for independence. The Bust is architecture’s hard part: inorganic and inert, it erodes slowly and its transformation implies expensive means. Architectural archives have learned how to look, talk and write about the Bust.
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