Gull Arkitektur · 2020
Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole
- A' Design Award i Gull 2020 in Arkitektur
- CLIENT: S&aa
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 33,927
- Verification code 3425B4E0BD · Verify this award
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About Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole
Faculty Architecture er en arkitektskole i Kigali, Rwanda, planlagt for 600 studenter på en tomt på 5 600 kvadratmeter. Designet tar utgangspunkt i et enkelt volum over to etasjer. Volumet trekkes fra hverandre på motsatte sider, noe som skaper en sentral åpning som danner et uterom for studentene. Stein er brukt i den ytre bygningskroppen og gjennomfarget betong i interiøret. Små vinduer vender utover, mens store innovervendte vinduer skjermes av takutstikk. Avkortede øvre partier slipper inn dagslys og forbedrer ventilasjonen.
About the A' Design Award i Gull
Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole er vinner av A' Design Award i Gull, en enormt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles førsteklasses, praktfulle og enestående design. Gullvinnere er usedvanlig nyskapende, visjonære og glamorøst blendende skaperverk som gjenspeiler designernes geni, visdom og dyktighet. Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole forventes å være en høyt rost, trendsettende og monumental oppfinnelse som gir enestående verdi. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Gull, er et spektakulært, respektert prosjekt som i høy grad gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Faculty Architecture Arkitektskole skaper intense følelser av begjær, vekker lidenskap, oppmuntrer til kreativitet og fascinerer oss.
Press Kit
- 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
- Image Credits
- Photo : Edwin SEda, Emmanuel Cattier, Jules Toulet
