![School for El Coporito / Antonio Peña + Juan Garay + Alexis Ávila - Facade, Beam, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5198/12e0/b3fc/4b6e/b000/00ab/newsletter/newclassroom.jpg?1368920785)
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Architects: Alexis Ávila, Antonio Peña, Juan Garay
- Area: 360 m²
- Year: 2007
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Photographs:Rafael Gamo , Zaruhy Sangochian
![School for El Coporito / Antonio Peña + Juan Garay + Alexis Ávila - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5198/1230/b3fc/4b6e/b000/00a6/newsletter/alldoorsopen.jpg?1368920613)
Text description provided by the architects. This project came from a governmental program in which some Mexican architecture schools participated. The idea is to bring functional and well planned schools to Mexico’s poorest regions, in this case a community named “El Coporito”. The school, which was completely designed by students with the supervision of architects Fermín Andrade and Juan Carlos Cano, was chosen as the best option in a competition planned by the institution in charge of delivering education.
![School for El Coporito / Antonio Peña + Juan Garay + Alexis Ávila - Table, Shelving, Chair, Windows, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5198/125a/b3fc/4b6e/b000/00a8/newsletter/classroominterior.jpg?1368920656)
Upon being chosen, a group of 8 students moved to the community for 2 months to participate in construction.
![School for El Coporito / Antonio Peña + Juan Garay + Alexis Ávila - Brick](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5198/1290/b3fc/4b61/1f00/00ab/medium_jpg/ventilation.jpg?1368920706)
The idea of this school was to have multipurpose buildings that would allow the whole community to use it in several other ways, rather than just a school. Every material used in construction came from site, such as the stabilized dirt bricks (dirt+concrete).
![School for El Coporito / Antonio Peña + Juan Garay + Alexis Ávila - Image 21 of 23](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5198/136e/b3fc/4b96/d700/00ae/newsletter/Elevation_(2).jpg?1368920930)