The school complex: primary school, gym, canteen
What the track asks
A sealed envelope with three alternative practical-exam themes (Section A, 5 hours): a single school complex in a small municipality — on a large, almost-square flat lot with the access road to the south and greenery on the other sides — gathering a primary school (south), a nursery (north), a canteen (east) and a gym (west); each candidate designs one building, all linked to the school by a covered, air-conditioned external body and all to be made accessible to disabled users. THEME 1 — the primary school (max footprint 50×25 m, north-south, two levels): classrooms for two sections of 25 children, four specialist rooms, a multipurpose double-height hall of about 200 sqm usable after hours without opening the whole building, a staff room, head office and archive, secretariat and porter's lodge, with a lift. THEME 2 — the gym (max 32×24 m, east-west): a play space for basketball/volleyball/five-a-side, separate changing rooms with toilets and showers, an infirmary and store, public bleachers above the ancillary rooms with a dedicated toilet, a glazed strip to the outside, an independent supervised entrance to separate the flows of athletes, public and students; the volume may be up to 1.5 m below grade. THEME 3 — the canteen (max 24×16 m, about 350 sqm): a dining hall, a kitchen with a special-diets area, a pantry reachable from outside for supplies, dishwashing and storage, staff changing room; also meant for occasional fairs and public events, with the hall opening directly outside to the east and a structure that avoids internal columns for maximum flexibility. Shared deliverables: 1:100 plans with minimal furniture, a significant 1:100 section, 1:100 elevations, and the construction detail of the ground and roof nodes showing attention to energy containment (1:20).
Required drawings
Shared by the three themes: ground-floor and first-floor plan 1:100 (with minimal furniture); at least one significant section 1:100; elevations (north/south, or east/south) 1:100; construction detail of the ground-attachment and roof/vertical-closure nodes showing attention to energy-containment rules, 1:20. Linked written test: justify the choices, the construction system and the structural sizing.
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