Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.
GulaHoʻolālā Hale· 2020
Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award Gula Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category
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About Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale
He kula hoʻolālā kūkulu hale ʻo Faculty Architecture ma Kigali, Rwanda, i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā haumāna he 600 ma kahi kahua o 5,600 mika huinahā. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻolālā mai kahi kino paʻa maʻalahi ma nā papa ʻelua. Huki ʻia ke kino paʻa ma nā ʻaoʻao kūʻē, a hana kēia i kahi ākea waena e lilo ai i wahi mawaho no nā haumāna. Hoʻohana ʻia ka pōhaku no ka ʻili o waho a me ka puna kinipōpō waihoʻoluʻu ponoʻī no loko. Huli nā puka aniani liʻiliʻi i waho, a malumalu ʻia nā puka aniani nui e huli ana i loko e nā kihi kaupoku e kau ana ma luna. Lawe mai nā ʻāpana luna i ʻoki pōkole ʻia i ka mālamalama o ke ao a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kahe ʻana o ka ea.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Gula
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Faculty Architecture Kula Hoʻolālā Kūkulu Hale i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.
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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