SUB UMBRA ALARUM TUARUM The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) invited us to take part in a competition for the construction of a school very close to Mount Ararat, considered to be the final resting-place of Noah’s Ark. Then, having won the competition, we were entrusted with the task of designing a nursery at the entrance to the campus.
We have taken from the Book of Psalms this beautiful quote, sub umbra alarum tuarum protegenos, (under the shadow of your wings protect us), because our nursery in Armenia is a shaded place for the protection of children. The Nursery, on one floor, is simple, economical and carefully managed. We have designed a square grid structure, measuring 20×20 meters, with equidistant pillars, in the form of a large table, as it were, made of reinforced concrete, 3.6 meters high, entirely built with white walls and glass.
What we are proposing here is an understated and quiet architecture, perfectly capable of fulfilling the functions we have been asked to provide.
Alberto Campo Baeza
Details
Architecture
Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza; Alberto Campo Baeza, Alejandro Cervilla García, Ignacio Aguirre López, Alfonso Guajardo-Fajardo Cruz, Elena Jiménez Sánchez, Juanjo Sánchez Rivas, Ángels Cañellas Genius, Elena Pérez Espigares, Marta Carranza Ostos
Client
Private
Year of completion
2024
Location
Armavir, Armenia
Total area
250 m2
Site area
900 m2
Photos
Javier Callejas
Partners
Local Architect: DAAP Architecture studio; Aleksandr Danielyan, Valeria Parkacheva, Siranush Varderesyan
Master Plan: SP2; Sarhat Petrosyan
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