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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    The school will have three main sources of renewable energy: solar, wind and biogas. The biogas will be obtained from the on-site swine farm.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    The project will be built in phases, block by block, in a participative dynamic between the community and the builders. The color of the structure is given by the use of local resources.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    The ecologically efficient Children's House starts with kindergarten and provides education that is adapted to the needs of the rural communities.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    Layout of the "Kokokali".

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    The school and community areas will be built in phases, starting with kindergarten and growing together with the children.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    The rural school is surrounded by fields, making agriculture, livestock, aquaculture, hydroponics and construction part of the curriculum.

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    Global finalist entry 2015 - Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school

    Open air class room, providing children with quality education tailored to their future needs.

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    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school, San …

    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school, San Andrés Payuca, Mexico

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    Project entry 2014 Latin America – Children’s House: Pedagogically-aligned school, San Andrés Payuca, Mexico

    The round geometry of the school favors dynamism and promotes equality between students and teachers.

As one of the three main Holcim Awards winners for Latin America in 2014, “Children's House” automatically qualified as a finalist in the Global Holcim Awards 2015. 

Last updated: March 05, 2015 San Andrés Payuca, Mexico

As one of the three main Holcim Awards winners for Latin America in 2014, “Children's House” automatically qualified as a finalist in the Global Holcim Awards 2015. All 15 finalist project teams were asked to submit an updated and more comprehensive entry that was evaluated by a global jury in March 2015.

View project entry posters - Global Holcim Awards

The results of the global phase of the 4th Holcim Awards competition were announced on April 20, 2015.

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