Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award an Gold in Architektur, Gebai an Strukturdesign Competition Category.
GoldArchitektur· 2020
Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award an Gold Winner in Architektur Category
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The Design
About Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul
D'Faculty Architecture ass eng Architekturschoul zu Kigali, Rwanda, geplangt fir 600 Studenten op engem Terrain vu 5.600 Quadratmeter. Den Design geet vun engem einfache Volume op zwee Niveauen aus. De Volume gëtt op zwou géigesäitege Säiten auserneegezunn, wat eng zentral Lück schaaft, déi e baussenzege Raum fir d'Studente formt. Fir déi baussenzeg Enveloppe gëtt Steen benotzt an duerchgefierften Bëtong fir den Interieur. Kleng Fënstere weisen no baussen, wärend grouss no bannen geriicht Fënstere vun Daachiwwerstänn beschat ginn. Ofgeschnidden iewescht Sektioune bréngen Dagesliicht eran a verbesseren d'Ventilatioun.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award an Gold
Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Gold, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un éischtklassesch, wonnerbar an erausragend Designe vergi gëtt. Gold-Gewënner si ganz innovativ, visionär a blendend glänzend Kreatiounen, déi d'Talent, d'Wäisheet an d'Fäegkeete vun hire Designer reflektéieren. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul eng héich gelueften, trendsetzend a monumental Erfindung ass, déi beispillosen Wäert liwwert. Dëst mam Gold ausgezeechent Design ass e spektakuläert, respektéiert Projet, dat d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie erweidert. Faculty Architecture Architekturschoul erzeegt intensiv Wënsch, erweckt Leidenschaft, encouragéiert Kreativitéit a faszinéiert eis.
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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