Public Language School establishes a direct and precise relationship with the IES Cabrero building, not through superposition but through distance. The new volume separates and shifts, defining an intermediate plane that transforms the existing roof into a habitable platform: a transitional space that measures and qualifies the relationship between both architectures.
This operation dissolves the condition of mass and constructs a lighter presence, almost suspended. The southeast façade is shaped through two successive cantilevered setbacks that step the volume outward, breaking down its profile and avoiding a compact reading over the existing building. This gesture introduces a depth that refines the scale and establishes a passive system of solar control, where the building’s own form casts shade onto the lower levels and regulates the intensity of light.
At the upper level, two solar protection systems are arranged as filters, forming a translucent layer that softens radiation and produces a more homogeneous and diffuse light within the classrooms. The north façade, by contrast, is configured as a lattice of rotated openings that seek a precise orientation, capturing a constant, diffuse light that avoids shadows and provides a balanced interior environment.
The building is organized around a central void that articulates circulation and visually connects the different levels. This space, partially occupied by the staircases, is lit from above through skylights, allowing natural light to penetrate deep into the interior and reinforcing the spatial continuity of the whole.
The project is not conceived as an autonomous object, but as an operation of adjustment and balance with the Cabrero building, where distance, light, and material construct a new relationship between both architectures.
