The original infrastructure of the building, from the 1950s, was in need of seismic retrofitting, and this gave rise to the two-phase competition for the reconstruction of the whole school. The most complex aspect of the commission was that the total rebuild of the school had to be carried out in multiple construction and demolition phases. The final proposal stems from the division of the plot into three programmatic bands, resulting from an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the place. The first band, the academic area, is located at the opposite end of the highway while the administration and sports areas generate a sound barrier by placing themselves in front of it. Between them is a large green area for activities related to urban farming, recycling, and observation and research of the flora and fauna. The academic section is conceived as a place for pedagogical exploration, multiplying the intermediate spaces between classrooms. Each school (kindergarten, primary, secondary) has its own independent open spaces and volumes at different heights (one, two, and three floors, respectively), which are superimposed without compromising their autonomy…[+]