Precedent: Experience Design 1
Project: The Culinary Art School by Jorge Gracia of Gracia
Studios
Location: Tijuana, Mexico
“Gracia Studios designed a culinary arts
center in Tijuana that brings the outside in, creating a learning environment
students actually want to attend.’- AnnMarie Martin, writer for
Buildings magazine(
According to Valeria Peraza, of Architecture News
Plus, the building is located on the last
phase of a 30-year, three stage development in Tijuana, vacant lots surround
the school, which is why the two main volumes face each other, creating a
transition space in the form of a courtyard that acts as a centerpiece between
the two volumes (Architecture News Plus [s.a]: 1).
Peraza
explains that the greater volume of the structure lined with garapa wood on the upper level and
cast on-site concrete beneath, contains the administrative offices, classrooms,
library, and the wine cellar. On the second main volume, covered with steel on
top, and glass below, the cooking stations, with absolute transparency between
them and the plaza, allowing physical and visual interaction among these
characters, as well as with the other workshops the architecture and interiors
come together to create an environment that will inspire each and every student
(Architecture News
Plus [s.a]: 1).
"The challenge of The Culinary Art School was to make it more
interesting, we wanted to make it so that when you're inside the school, it
feels like you're in an area that's already developed. The challenge was to
create more of an urban area once you are inside, bringing the outside
in." Jorge Gracia, principal of Gracia Studios (Buildings [s.a]:1).
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| lecture room |
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| staff meeting room |
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| student area |
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| courtyard |
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| demonstration room |
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| office |
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| courtyard |
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| student lockers |
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| exterior view |
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| naturally these are the training kitchens |
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