Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Guld in Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.
GuldArkitektur· 2020
Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award i Guld Winner in Arkitektur Category
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About Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole
Faculty Architecture er en arkitektskole i Kigali, Rwanda, planlagt til 600 studerende på en grund på 5.600 kvadratmeter. Designet tager udgangspunkt i en enkel volumen i to etager. Volumenet trækkes fra hinanden på modsatte sider, hvilket skaber et centralt mellemrum, der danner et udendørs opholdsrum for de studerende. Der er anvendt sten til den ydre klimaskærm og gennemfarvet beton til interiøret. Små vinduer vender udad, mens store indadvendte vinduer skygges af tagudhæng. Afskårne øvre sektioner bringer dagslys ind og forbedrer ventilationen.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Guld
Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole er vinder af A' Design Award i Guld, en uhyre prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles førsteklasses, vidunderlige og fremragende designs. Guldvinderne er yderst innovative, højt visionære og glamourøst blændende skabelser, der afspejler deres designeres geni, visdom og dygtighed. Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole forventes at være en højt rost, trendsættende og monumental opfindelse, der leverer hidtil uset værdi. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Guld, er et spektakulært, respekteret projekt, som i høj grad gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole skaber intense følelser af begær, vækker passion, opmuntrer kreativitet og fascinerer os.
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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