The EBM La Mar currently has a built surface of 700 square metres and consists of five rooms for five groups of children. The enlargement of the centre, with a budget of 1.1 million euros, will allow the nursery school to:

• Gain two new rooms.
• Increase the number of groups to seven, with a new toddlers’ group and another for older infants.
• Increase the number of places from 63 to 100.

The work will be finished in time for infants starting the next school year in the network of municipal nursery schools to do so normally, including the newly created groups.

Industrialised construction to enlarge the network of municipal nursery schools

The industrialised construction system is characterised by factory production to assemble bidirectional components for the building’s structure, in this case a light wooden one. The structure will incorporate many of the other elements, including the ventilated façade. Once these elements are produced. They will be taken to the work site for assembly, significantly reducing work needed on the ground.

This method cuts construction times and also improves quality, minimising disruptions to the school environment as a significant part of the work is carried out in the factory, in other words off-site.

Some of the material used for the structure is wood, which also helps reduce the carbon footprint of the work, cuts the generation of waste and optimises the consumption of resources during the construction process.

The construction of the two new rooms at the EBM La Mar will be accompanied with other accessibility improvements in the building, such as:

• The installation of a new outdoor evacuation staircase providing a vertical connection between the main corridor, the classrooms and the outdoor play area.
• The addition of a new lift to improve vertical connectivity between the ground floor and the first floor.