The vaulted surfaces are found throughout the Mediterranean and are typically created by laying bricks lengthwise on top of a wooden form.

Padora和他的团队尤其受到19世纪西班牙建筑师Rafael Guastavino Moreno的影响 ， 这位建筑师运用这种技术创造了独有的瓷砖拱形系统 ， 同时 ， 他们也受到乌拉圭建筑师Eladio Dieste于20世纪中叶发展而成的薄壳结构的影响 。

形成学校屋顶所需的复杂双曲面是通过三维建模软件Rhinoceros设计而成 ， 该程序应用方便 ， 它将结构通过压缩然后连接在一起 。

Padora and his team were particularly influenced by the 19th-century Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino Moreno's adaptation of the technique to create his patented Tile Arch System as well as by the thin-shell structures developed by Uruguayan architect Eladio Dieste in the mid 20th century.