Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kuldauhind A' Design Award in Arhitektuuri, hoonete ja rajatiste disain Competition Category.
KuldArhitektuur· 2020
Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool
Client: S&aa
Kuldauhind A' Design Award Winner in Arhitektuur Category
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About Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool
Faculty Architecture on arhitektuurikool Kigalis, Rwandas, mis on kavandatud 600 üliõpilasele 5600 ruutmeetri suurusel krundil. Kujundus lähtub lihtsast kahekorruselisest mahust. Maht on vastaskülgedelt lahku tõmmatud, mis loob keskse vahe, moodustades üliõpilastele välisruumi. Välispiirdes on kasutatud kivi ja interjööris läbivärvitud betooni. Väikesed aknad on suunatud väljapoole, samas kui suured sissepoole suunatud aknad on varjutatud katuse üleulatustega. Kärbitud ülemised osad toovad sisse päevavalgust ja parandavad ventilatsiooni.
The Recognition
About the Kuldauhind A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool on Kuldauhinna A' Design Award võitja, ülimalt prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse esmaklassilistele, imelistele ja silmapaistvatele disainidele. Kuldvõitjad on ülimalt uuenduslikud, visioonilised ja glamuurselt pimestavad looming, mis peegeldab oma disainerite geniaalsust, tarkust ja oskusi. Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool peaks olema kõrgelt kiidetud, suundi seadev ja monumentaalne leiutis, mis pakub enneolematut väärtust. See Kuldauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain on suurejooneline, lugupeetud projekt, mis toob suurt kasu ning nihutab kunsti, teaduse, disaini ja tehnoloogia piire. Faculty Architecture Arhitektuurikool tekitab intensiivset soovi, äratab kirge, julgustab loovust ja lummab meid.
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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