Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Arhitekture, Zgrada i Konstrukcija Competition Category.
ZlatoArhitektura· 2020
Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola
Client: S&aa
Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Arhitektura Category
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About Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola
Faculty Architecture je škola arhitekture u Kigaliju, u Ruandi, planirana za 600 studenata na parceli od 5.600 kvadratnih metara. Dizajn polazi od jednostavnog volumena na dva nivoa. Volumen je razdvojen na suprotnim stranama, čime nastaje središnji procjep koji formira vanjski prostor za studente. Kamen se koristi za vanjsku ovojnicu, a beton obojen u masi za unutrašnjost. Mali prozori okrenuti su prema van, dok su veliki prozori okrenuti prema unutra zasjenjeni krovnim prepustima. Zasječeni gornji dijelovi unose dnevno svjetlo i poboljšavaju ventilaciju.
The Recognition
About the Zlatna nagrada A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola je pobjednik Zlatne nagrade A' Design Award, iznimno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje prvorazrednim, čudesnim i izvanrednim dizajnima. Zlatni pobjednici iznimno su inovativne, vrlo vizionarske i blistavo zasljepljujuće kreacije koje odražavaju genij, mudrost i umijeće svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola bude vrlo hvaljen, trendovski i monumentalan izum koji pruža bezprecedentnu vrijednost. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Zlatnu nagradu A' Design Award spektakularan je, cijenjen projekt koji izuzetno koristi i pomjera granice umjetnosti, nauke, dizajna i tehnologije. Faculty Architecture Arhitektonska škola stvara snažne osjećaje želje, budi strast, podstiče kreativnost i fascinira nas.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The firm responded to an international call for tender launched in March 2012 by the government of Rwanda for the design of a new architecture school to accommodate 600 students on a 5,600 sq.m. site not far from the existing faculty. For this project we began with a simple form on two levels which we distorted in the same way tectonic forces distort land masses: we pulled on opposite sides, making a gap in the centre that would form the outside area for the students.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project does 5 600 square metres
- Tags
- Rwanda, school, architecture, Kigali
- Production Technology
- The building uses two simple materials commonly found in the region: stone for the exterior envelope; and self-coloured concrete for the interior. The building has small outward-facing windows and large inward-facing windows protected from the sun by roof overhangs.
- Design Challenge
- The difficulty of the project was to manage it from France, with a relay on site and to use only local materials.
- Research
- The firm opted for a highly architectural project using complex forms, driven by both pedagogical and environmental concerns, halfway between traditional architecture and contemporary design. This is a simple, didactic building designed to train the future architects of a developing African country whose population is set to double by 2050.
- Inspiration
- The building uses two simple materials commonly found in the region: stone for the exterior envelope; and self-coloured concrete for the interior. The building has small outward-facing windows and large inward-facing windows protected from the sun by roof overhangs. The upper section of the pyramids is truncated in order to bring in natural light and optimise ventilation.
- Project Duration
- Kigali at Rwanda
2017 to 2018 - Operation Flow
- The firm responded to an international call for tender launched in March 2012 by the government of Rwanda for the design of a new architecture school to accommodate 600 students on a 5,600 sq.m. site not far from the existing faculty.
- Patents
- SetAA
- Team Members
- Architect of record : SetAA
Associate architect : EAACON
Construction : EGIS
Entreprise : CATIC
Landscape architect : Acte 2 paysage - Image Credits
- Photo : Edwin SEda, Emmanuel Cattier, Jules Toulet
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