Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.
ỌlaedoỤlọ Owu· 2020
Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu
Client: S&aa
Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category
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About Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu
Faculty Architecture bụ ụlọ akwụkwọ na-akụzi ihe owuwu dị na Kigali, Rwanda, nke a haziri maka ụmụ akwụkwọ 600 n'ala ruru mita skwea 5,600. Nhazi ya bidoro site n'otu olu dị mfe nke nwere ọkwa abụọ. A dọwara olu ahụ n'akụkụ abụọ chere ibe ha ihu, nke mepụtara oghere dị n'etiti nke ghọrọ ebe ụmụ akwụkwọ ga-anọ n'èzí. E ji nkume rụọ mkpuchi elu ya, ma jiri kọnkịrị nwere agba nke ya rụọ ime ya. Obere windo ndị chere ihu n'èzí, ebe nnukwu windo ndị chere ihu n'ime na-enweta ndò site na mgbatị elu ụlọ. Akụkụ elu ndị e bipụrụ na-eweta ìhè ehihie ma na-eme ka ikuku na-agafe nke ọma.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo
Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa mbụ, dị ịtụnanya ma pụtara ìhè. Ndị meriri na Ọlaedo bụ ihe e kere eke dị oke ọhụrụ, nwere ọhụụ ma na-egbu maramara nke na-egosipụta ọgụgụ isi, amamihe na nka nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu ga-abụ ihe e mepụtara kacha enweta otuto, na-edu ọnọdụ ma bụrụ ihe ncheta nke na-enye uru na-adịbeghị mgbe ọ bụla. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo bụ ọrụ dị ebube, a na-asọpụrụ nke na-erite uru buru ibu ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Faculty Architecture Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Ihe Owuwu na-eweta mmetụta ọchịchọ siri ike, na-akpali agụụ, na-akwado nzụlite ihe ma na-adọrọ anyị adọrọ.
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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