Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn in Dîzayna Mîmarî, Avahî û Strukturê Competition Category.
ZêrMîmarî· 2020
Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê
Client: S&aa
Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn Winner in Mîmarî Category
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About Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê
Fakulteya Mîmariyê dibistaneke mîmariyê ye li Kîgalî, Rwanda, ku ji bo 600 xwendekaran li ser erdekî 5,600 metre çargoşe hatiye plankirin. Sêwiran ji qebareyeke sade ya du qatî dest pê dike. Ev qebare ji du aliyên dijberî hev ji hev tê kişandin, ku vê yekê valahiyeke navendî diafirîne ku dibe cihekî derve ji bo xwendekaran. Kevir ji bo pêçana derve û betona xwerengî ji bo hundir tê bikaranîn. Pencereyên biçûk ber bi derve ne, lê pencereyên mezin ên ber bi hundir bi derketinên banî têne sîberkirin. Beşên jorîn ên jêkirî ronahiya rojê tînin hundir û hewadanê baştir dikin.
The Recognition
About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn
Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zêrîn e, nasîneke pir bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên pola yekem, ecêb û berbiçav re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zêrînê afirandinên pir nûjen, dûrbîn û geş in, yên ku jêhatîbûn, şehrezayî û hêza sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê vedîtineke pir hatiye pesindan, trendsazker û mezin be ku nirxeke bêhempa peyda dike. Ev sêwirana bi Zêrînê serketî projeyeke ecêb û hêja ye ku sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê fireh dike. Faculty Architecture Qutabxaneya Mîmariyê daxwaza xurt çêdike, coşê şiyar dike, afirînerîyê teşwîq dike û me heyirî dihêle.
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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