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aspect-ratio: auto 640 \/ 441\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a>Institui\u00e7\u00e3o Educacional La Samaria \/ Campuzano Arquitectos \u00a9 Gabriel Campuzano<\/p>\n<p>    Share<\/p>\n<p>Share<a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"facebook_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1038975\" data-social=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Twitter\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"twitter_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1038975\" data-social=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=When%20the%20School%20Becomes%20the%20City%3A%20Community-Centered%20Projects%20in%20the%20Global%20South&amp;url=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south&amp;via=archdaily\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"email_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1038975\" data-social=\"email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=When the School Becomes the City: Community-Centered Projects in the Global South&amp;body=https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mail<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Pinterest\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"pinterest_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1038975\" data-social=\"pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archdaily.com%2F1038975%2Fwhen-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.adsttc.com%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F6997%2F8422%2Fe9bd%2Fac01%2F7ea7%2F7a02%2Flarge_jpg%2Fquando-a-escola-se-torna-cidade-6-projetos-no-sul-global-que-fortalecem-suas-comunidades_2.jpg%3F1771537449&amp;description=When%20the%20School%20Becomes%20the%20City%3A%20Community-Centered%20Projects%20in%20the%20Global%20South\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pinterest<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Whatsapp\" class=\"afd-share__button\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\" data-insights-category=\"share\" data-insights-label=\"whatsapp_sharing_options\" data-insights-value=\"1038975\" data-social=\"whatsapp\" href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=When+the+School+Becomes+the+City%3A+Community-Centered+Projects+in+the+Global+South+%7C+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archdaily.com%2F1038975%2Fwhen-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south%3Futm_source%3DWhatsapp%26utm_medium%3DIM%26utm_campaign%3Dshare-button\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatsapp<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south<\/p>\n<p>Education and culture have long been established as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/939814\/education-needed-4-schools-designed-in-response-to-crises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">strategic pillars<\/a> for promoting profound social transformation. In this context, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/4%20Projetos%20de%20escolas%20que%20transformaram%20comunidades%20em%20momentos%20de%20crise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quality<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/category\/educational-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">physical infrastructure<\/a> is not merely a functional concern, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/868675\/8-excellent-examples-of-what-innovative-21st-century-schools-should-look-like\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">structural element<\/a> in the implementation of consistent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/917662\/architecture-and-education-15-schools-designed-by-brazilian-architects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">public policies<\/a> \u2014 especially in territories marked by urban precarity, historical inequality, and institutional fragility. Within this framework, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/learning-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">school architecture<\/a> can assume a role that extends far beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/search\/projects\/categories\/schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">classroom<\/a>, becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1019975\/designing-the-school-of-the-future-multifunctional-spaces-for-dynamic-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">catalyst for social transformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"thumbs afd-desktop-e clearfix\"><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"6997846be9bdac017ea77a09\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1038975\/when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south\/6997846be9bdac017ea77a09-when-the-school-becomes-the-city-community-centered-projects-in-the-global-south-image\" rel=\"attachment nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"When the School Becomes the City: Community-Centered Projects in the Global South - 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When conceived as open platforms integrated into the urban fabric, schools begin to operate as multifunctional civic facilities capable of bringing together culture, sports, social interaction, and learning within the same territory.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/loader-blue.gif\" alt=\"Content Loader\" style=\"width: 40px; margin: 24px;\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Institui\u00e7\u00e3o Educacional La Samaria \/ Campuzano Arquitectos \u00a9 Gabriel Campuzano Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[30308,230,228,226,227,27459,229,228084,88,228085,2344,228086,8040,3858,107935,38445],"class_list":{"0":"post-499798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-ad-curated-collections","9":"tag-architecture","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-artsanddesign","13":"tag-colombia","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-edu-medellin","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-escolas","18":"tag-india","19":"tag-orient-occident-atelier","20":"tag-peru","21":"tag-school","22":"tag-school-architecture","23":"tag-semillas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}