Audiovisual School Diakonia is a dual concept project conformed in one single building. The underground level goes by as an introverted space for production and the upper levels located over ground constitute as an extroverted building for conventional classrooms.
The product of this conceptual duality is taken by the users different learning stages. This user is one who dedicates most of their time to produce audiovisual outcomes, weather it is to do film production, television or radio recording. These productions are held in enclosed rooms such as the laboratories or filming sets, and they are located in the underground, implicating an area to evoke creativity.
In the other hand, the extroverted concept is programed as academic classrooms. This fit is what most of the schools commonly go by; an environment where the student is exposed to their surroundings and the world.
Concerning the general morphology, the tensions generated through behalf of the urban context were premises for the buildings massing. Pedestrian tensions cut through the site enabling the public to walk through the building without necessarily coming entering inside.
Status: Competition Entry
Location: Santa Cruz, BO
My Role: Design Architect