Evolution of prefabricated technologies applied to building schools
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prefabricated technologies, industrialized construction, building systems, school buildings, prefabrication historyAbstract
In the past ten years, a lot of school buildings have been built using prefabricated systems all over Spain. For example, more than 200 schools have been successfully industrialized since 2002 in Catalonia. These are modern schools that have been recognized for: their well designed architecture, their respectful relationship with their environs, their education spaces… This article aims to analyze these centers, along with the interesting technologies used to build them. This text is based on the research that the author carried out during his PhD, before he wrote his thesis “Prefabricated school buildings in Catalonia”. This article has four parts: a general study of the history of Spanish prefabricated school buildings, an analysis of former industrialized school buildings, a study about current prefabricated schools and the conclusions about the future of the prefabricated technologies used in these schools. The building systems studied in this text are an updated version of similar former technologies. The current crisis in construction could be an ideal moment to reflect on the need to design and build employing a more up-to-date, innovative construction technology, like the ones analyzed in this article.
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