Open-plan School

This paper aims to introduce the open-plan school project, first introduced in the 1950s in the United Kingdom and then spread to the world. Originating from projects with the purpose of cutting costs in the construction os new schools after the World Warr II, these schools began to create a new environment and bringing new pedagogical possibilities. For the rejection by teachers in charge of this new space, free of classrooms, it was proposed a successful example of the Escola da Pontre in Portugal, which still works under the aspect of the open plan design for more than thirty years.