救助儿童基金会大楼所在的位置对于这一非政府组织与Vallecas地区的联系而言有着重要的战略意义。该项目旨在对既有建筑进行翻新和扩建，以满足托儿中心的功能需要。设计方案的基本思路是在既有建筑的上方增加一个新的体量，从而在扩大建筑面积的同时带来新的立面，同时置入新的通信设备和服务核心筒。具体的操作主要分为以下几个部分：

The building for Save The Children Foundation is a strategic point in the San Diego neighbourhood for the social work that this NGO carries out in the Vallecas area. The project involves the refurbishment and extension of the current building so as to address the needs of a child care centre. The proposal is based on adding a new body that is suspended over the existing structure. This extends the building and configures a new façade, as well as a new communications and service core. The following operations are projected:

▼建筑概览，overview

翻新主体建筑 | Refurbishment of the architectural support

对于建造于1950年代的建筑主体，该项目进行了如下干预： (a)翻新并加固既有结构。(b)对后方立面进行部分拆除，以便置入新的通信设备和管道核心筒，在符合现行规定的基础上满足主要房间的技术和功能需要。 (c)对顶层空间进行扩建，通过在两个露台之间设置双层高的空间来促进空气对流。(d) 翻新立面，修建新的屋檐和顶篷系统，并设置由顶层悬吊下来的花槽。这将解决隔热和太阳辐射的问题，同时为朝向广场的立面赋予全新的图像外观。(e)重新布局功能空间，使空间类型得到优化，以符合面向儿童的建筑所需要遵循的严格规范，同时实现最大的空间灵活度，以满足未来潜在的使用需要。

▼朝向广场的立面呈现出全新的图像外观，the new image of the STC Foundation in the square

A series of architectural actuations serve to update the body of this 1950s building: (a) refurbishment and consolidation of the existing structure. (b) Partial demolition of the rear of the building to integrate a new communications and service core, in compliance with current regulations guaranteeing the technical and functional performance of the main rooms. (c) Extension of the top floor, which uses up the allowed building surface with a two-level space, arranged between two terraces to favour cross-ventilation. (d) Refurbishment of the façade using a system of eaves, canopies and flower pots suspended from the top floor. This solves the problem of the (non-existent) heat insulation and the regulation of the solar radiation, while at the same time configuring the new image of the STC Foundation in the square. (e) Functional organisation to optimise the typology so that it complies with the demanding regulatory requirements for buildings to be used by children while at the same time maintaining the maximum programmatic flexibility for other potential future uses.

▼广场视角，view from the square

▼由顶篷和屋檐构成的新立面系统，a new façade system formed by canopies and eaves