Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Emas in Desain Arsitektur, Bangunan dan Struktur Competition Category.
EmasArsitektur· 2020
Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award Emas Winner in Arsitektur Category
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About Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur
Faculty Architecture adalah sebuah sekolah arsitektur di Kigali, Rwanda, yang direncanakan untuk 600 mahasiswa di atas lahan seluas 5.600 meter persegi. Rancangan ini berawal dari sebuah volume sederhana bertingkat dua. Volume tersebut ditarik terpisah pada sisi-sisi yang berlawanan, sehingga tercipta celah di bagian tengah yang membentuk ruang terbuka bagi para mahasiswa. Batu alam digunakan untuk selubung eksterior, sedangkan beton berwarna alami digunakan untuk bagian interior. Jendela-jendela kecil menghadap ke luar, sementara jendela-jendela besar yang menghadap ke dalam dinaungi oleh tritisan atap. Bagian atas yang terpangkas memasukkan cahaya alami dan meningkatkan sirkulasi udara.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Emas
Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur adalah pemenang A' Design Award Emas, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain kelas satu, menakjubkan, dan menonjol. Pemenang Emas adalah kreasi yang sangat inovatif, visioner, dan berkilau memukau yang mencerminkan kejeniusan, kebijaksanaan, dan kepiawaian para desainernya. Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur diharapkan menjadi penemuan yang sangat dipuji, perintis tren, dan monumental yang memberikan nilai tanpa preseden. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Emas ini adalah proyek yang spektakuler dan disegani yang sangat bermanfaat bagi dan memajukan batas-batas seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi. Faculty Architecture Sekolah Arsitektur menciptakan perasaan keinginan yang kuat, membangkitkan gairah, mendorong kreativitas, dan memukau kita.
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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