In Uruguay, blurring indoors and out makes the school the park and the park the school

The Garzón School takes a biophilic approach, with a campus divided into learning zones – Mountain Top, Cave, Campfire, Watering Hole, Hands-On and Movement. - Eleazar Cuadros

Around the buildings, sunken brick amphitheatres – hinting at classic Uruguayan architectural themes. - Eleazar Cuadros

Landscape becomes an integral part of the curriculum, as Rosan Bosch Studio has woven in the topography of Uruguay’s Máldonado into the very fibres of its design for The Garzón School. - Eleazar Cuadros

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Location

20000 Maldonado, Maldonado Department, Uruguay

Client

The Garzón School

Design

Rosan Bosch Studio

Engineering

Arboreal

Learning as we know it is born anew, with classic classrooms foregone in favour of nature-forward spaces at The Garzón School.

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