Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award í gulli in Arkitektúr, bygginga- og mannvirkjahönnun Competition Category.
GullArkitektúr· 2020
Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award í gulli Winner in Arkitektúr Category
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About Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli
Faculty Architecture er arkitektaskóli í Kigali í Rúanda, hannaður fyrir 600 nemendur á 5.600 fermetra lóð. Hönnunin byrjar á einföldu byggingarrými á tveimur hæðum. Rýmið er dregið í sundur á gagnstæðum hliðum, sem myndar miðlægt bil sem verður að útisvæði fyrir nemendur. Steinn er notaður í ytra byrði byggingarinnar og litað steinsteypa að innan. Litlir gluggar snúa út á við, en stórir gluggar sem snúa inn á við eru skyggðir af þakskeggi. Skástýfðir efri hlutar hleypa inn dagsbirtu og bæta loftræstingu.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í gulli
Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli vann A' Design Award í gulli, óendanlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er fyrsta flokks, dásamlegum og framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum. Sigurvegarar í gulli eru afar nýstárleg, framsýn og töfrandi glæsileg sköpunarverk sem endurspegla snilld, visku og hæfni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli sé mjög lofuð, brautryðjandi og stórfengleg uppfinning sem skilar fordæmislausu virði. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í gulli er stórbrotið, virt verkefni sem gagnast mörkum listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni mjög vel og færir þau fram á við. Faculty Architecture Arkitektaskóli skapar sterkar þráartilfinningar, vekur ástríðu, hvetur til sköpunar og heillar okkur.
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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