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When Venezuelan architects Rodrigo Armas and Julio Kowalenko of Atelier Caracas were commissioned to transform the canteen of a local school into a flexible dining area that could also host small theatrical productions and art shows, they viewed it as an opportunity to revamp the entire building which was in a dire condition—not least because of the socioeconomic crisis that is currently ravaging the country. Faced with budget constraints, the team came up with a simple yet demanding solution inspired by the physiology of parasites. Yes, you read that correctly: just like a parasite living off its host alters its environment without changing the host’s DNA, the architects re-used the building’s existing materials in new and innovative ways in order to alter the school’s spatial configuration and overall ambience.
Photo by Saúl Yuncoxar. Faced with growing classes and limited resources, the administration of El Ávila, a preschool to secondary school in Caracas, decided to accommodate a much needed space for creative purposes in the facility’s dining hall. The architects’ dec |
