Thin sheets of brightly-painted steel have been folded to create this origami-inspired canopy, which was designed to shelter the playground of a school in an Andalusian village (+ slideshow).
Featuring a pale turquoise roof and a hot-pink underside, the angular pavilion was created by Spanish architect Julio Barreno Gutiérrez for a school in Algodonales – a small village in the Cádiz region of Andalusia.
The playground of the Principe de Asturias school is split over two levels, which before now were poorly connected.
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To improve access between them, the architect added a ramp and a short flight of stairs.
"Two playgrounds are separated in two different levels to the west and north sides, a different level that became dangerous for the little kids," explained Barreno Gutiérrez, whose past school-design projects include an extension featuring lime-green interiors and a zigzagging walkway.
"The goal for this project was the functional necessity of building a space protected from the strong sun or untimely rains, to allow everyday breaks, and an interesting improvement of the connection between the two playgrounds," he added.
The metal canopy was anchored across the two different levels to shade the ramp and staircase from the sun and rain.
Sheets of one-centimetre-thick steel were bent to create the faceted shape and pointed legs. Both the bright colouring and folding technique were intended to be reminiscent of origami.
"The architectural tool was found in the fancy children's world full of colour and fun," said the architect.
"The structural quality and the inherent flexibility of origami, typical of the many craft activities developed in class by the children themselves, became the genetic property to formally develop the managed element," he added.
Photography is by Julio Barreno Gutiérrez.
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