El tejido vivo de las relaciones humanas en el espacio de la escuela infantil

The understanding of an infant school as a community -a living tissue- allows us to approach its architecture from a more human perspective that addresses spatial organization and its impact on the organization of teams. This scenario is studied through the ecological theory. Both educational spaces and the human relationships they house give rise to a shaping process that reflects contradictions. Different coherent alternatives are discussed. The interaction between the physical support and the events that take place within this space is revealed as one of the key features to tackle the problem of the teacher's deep isolation in the classroom. The research has been carried out in the municipal nursery schools of Madrid - in the context of the last legislature of the consistory. Two lines of work are simultaneously undertaken. First, from the pedagogical field, interviews of a biographical-narrative type with teaching teams of the existing schools are introduced. Second, from the architectural field, a reflection on the design process of the new schools -among which one will be shown as a case study- is dealt with.This scenario needs the search of a shared leadership horizon grounded on a comprehensive and democratic conception of the school, its pedagogy and its architecture.