Colégio Bento Benedini is located in the city of Ribeirão Preto on the corner of two important avenues in the city. When the clients came to us, in the early 1990s, they were looking to expand the school and would like to remain in the same location. For this reason, the construction deadline was a major challenge, as classes could not be delayed or stopped completely.

Therefore, our office chose to use dry construction technology to gain agility and carry out the work during the end-of-year school holidays, that is, we use metal structures, pre-cast concrete slabs, drywall sealing and exposed installations, which was a great technical advance for the city at the time.

The metal structure present on the corner overlaps the original construction of pre-existing classrooms, enabling the creation of the 1st floor, which has classrooms and an activity courtyard. And on the roof floor there is a multi-sports court, which also has a metal structure with pillars and a spatial lattice on the roof.

With its location on an important corner of the city, we chose to create one of the accesses to the school through a small welcome square that also functions as an urban amenity for the city and its users.