Ricardo Bak Gordon

garcia d'orta secondary school . oporto

ricardo bak gordon . photos: © fg+sg fernando guerra . + dezeen

The modernization project of the School Garcia de Orta, based on the construction of a new building, whose location, program and relationship with the existing built and empty spaces, can set a new centrality in the plot, providing the school new program areas essential to the new times.

This building, placed longitudinally in relation to school grounds, and an intermediate elevation view of the morphology of the terrain, allows the creation of a covered outdoor plaza that will serve as the epicenter of the whole school life, and supports two built spaces where we find the library, auditorium, bar / cafeteria, laboratories as well as other support equipment.


project
garcia d'orta secondary school
client
parque escolar, epe
location
oporto, portugal
date
2007 - 2010
plot surface
26.250m2
built surface
3.200m2 construction + 9.300m2 refurbishment

architect
ricardo bak gordon
collaborator architects
leonor cício, luís pedro pinto
patrícia cabaça, pedro serrazina
sónia silva, walter perdigão

photographs
fg+sg fernando guerra