Instituto de educación secundaria “Tierra Estella”

The IES Tierra Estella is a building with environmental criteria. In compliance with the program and the established requirements, there is no plot saturation and is suitable to the urban and immediate environment. 

Additionally, a sports center has been designed that contains a basement, ground floor and first floor, which allow a possible extension of the second floor. It is a diaphanous building, with an inverted deck that can be used for sports. 

A series of measures have been applied for this building that have clearly favored the execution of the building. This not only reduces the execution time but has also reduced costs and improved the potential environmental impact of this building throughout the entire life cycle. 

The objectives are defined by the buildings (educational center + sports center) that have been executed with a prefabricated concrete structure with which a reduction of waste and the consumption of water are ignited; the use of photovoltaic and solar thermal panels; a correct orientation of north-south buildings to achieve greater use of solar radiation and the provision of a mixed façade applied to the facing brick facade, combined with the phenolic panel façade. In turn, mechanisms have been installed for controlling the consumption of water and electricity, helping to regulate the interior temperature of the building.