The Arimunani school stands as a shelter of wood and vegetation in the small town of Marratxí, 18 kilometers from Palma de Mallorca, in the foothills of the Serra de Tramuntana. 

In order to carry out this project, the architectural studio Aulets took as a reference the existing monasteries on the Balearic island to create the structure. In particular, its ability to protect from the weather, which manages to configure an educational shelter through the use of protected interior courtyards. Before starting the work, the climatic conditions of the site were analyzed, and then the necessary actions were designed so that a hot and dry place could, in a few years, become a climatic shelter.

The building is mainly constructed with materials from the biosphere, which reduces added energy by 65% of the CO2. The wood construction solutions company, Egoinhas been in charge of manufacturing the arcade structure with glued laminated timber (MLE), slabs and walls of cross-laminated timber (CLT), made of radiata pine from certified wood forests in the Basque Country. Specifically, the company used 130 m3 of CLT wood and 56 m3 of MLE approximately.

The proposal presents vegetal and architectural actions to balance the extreme climatic conditions. The building is designed to protect itself from summer radiation through the shade of trees and cantilevers, to facilitate cross ventilation and radiation in winter. In addition, the interior courtyard creates a climatic oasis.

The project has been configured so that not only its teaching model, but also the building itself and its surroundings, can serve as a model for future schools in the Mediterranean arc. With the collaboration of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), the building will be monitored in order to track and validate the climatic characteristics of its interiors as well as its energy efficiency.