Faculty Architecture Škola architektury by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zlatá cena A' Design Award in Architektura Competition Category.
ZlatoArchitektura· 2020
Faculty Architecture Škola architektury
Client: S&aa
Zlatá cena A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category
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About Faculty Architecture Škola architektury
Faculty Architecture je škola architektury v Kigali ve Rwandě, navržená pro 600 studentů na pozemku o rozloze 5 600 metrů čtverečních. Návrh vychází z jednoduchého dvoupodlažního objemu. Objem je na protilehlých stranách rozevřen, čímž vzniká centrální mezera tvořící venkovní prostor pro studenty. Na vnější obálku je použit kámen a v interiéru probarvený beton. Malá okna směřují ven, zatímco velká okna orientovaná dovnitř jsou stíněna přesahy střechy. Zkosené horní části přivádějí denní světlo a zlepšují větrání.
The Recognition
About the Zlatá cena A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Škola architektury je vítězem Zlaté ceny A' Design Award, nesmírně prestižního uznání udělovaného prvotřídním, úžasným a vynikajícím designům. Zlatí vítězové jsou mimořádně inovativní, vysoce vizionářské a oslnivě okouzlující výtvory, které odrážejí génia, moudrost a um svých designérů. Očekává se, že Faculty Architecture Škola architektury bude vysoce oceňovaným, trendy udávajícím a monumentálním vynálezem, který přináší dosud nevídanou hodnotu. Tento design, který získal Zlatou cenu A' Design Award, je velkolepý, respektovaný projekt, který velmi prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Faculty Architecture Škola architektury vyvolává silné pocity touhy, probouzí vášeň, podporuje kreativitu a fascinuje nás.
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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