Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Gwobr Aur A' Design Award in Pensaernïaeth Competition Category.
AurPensaernïaeth· 2020
Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth
Client: S&aa
Gwobr Aur A' Design Award Winner in Pensaernïaeth Category
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About Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth
Ysgol bensaernïaeth yn Kigali, Rwanda yw Faculty Architecture, wedi'i chynllunio ar gyfer 600 o fyfyrwyr ar safle o 5,600 metr sgwâr. Mae'r dyluniad yn dechrau o gyfaint syml ar ddau lefel. Tynnir y cyfaint ar wahân ar ochrau cyferbyniol, sy'n creu bwlch canolog sy'n ffurfio gofod awyr agored i fyfyrwyr. Defnyddir carreg ar gyfer yr amlen allanol a choncrit hunan-liw ar gyfer y tu mewn. Mae ffenestri bychain yn wynebu tuag allan, tra bod ffenestri mawr sy'n wynebu tuag i mewn yn cael eu cysgodi gan fargodion to. Mae adrannau uchaf tociedig yn dod â golau dydd i mewn ac yn gwella awyru.
The Recognition
About the Gwobr Aur A' Design Award
Mae Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth yn enillydd Gwobr Aur A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth aruthrol o fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau o'r radd flaenaf, rhyfeddol a rhagorol. Mae enillwyr Aur yn greadigaethau hynod arloesol, gweledigaethol a disglair o ysblennydd sydd yn adlewyrchu athrylith, doethineb a medrusrwydd eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth fod yn ddyfais hynod glodfawr, arloesol a chofadwy sydd yn cyflwyno gwerth digynsail. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Aur A' Design Award yn brosiect ysblennydd a pharchus sydd yn elwa yn fawr ac yn symud ymlaen ffiniau celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg. Mae Faculty Architecture Ysgol Bensaernïaeth yn creu teimladau dwys o ddyhead, yn cynhyrfu angerdd, yn annog creadigrwydd ac yn ein cyfareddu.
Behind the Design
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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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