Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Quri Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.
QuriWasichiy· 2020
Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award Quri Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category
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About Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi
Faculty Architecture nisqaqa huk arquitectura yachay wasim, Kigali llaqtapi, Rwanda suyupi kachkan, 600 yachaqkunapaq 5,600 metro cuadrado hallp'api ruwasqa. Kay diseño qallarin huk sencillo volumenmanta iskay patapi sayasqamanta. Chay volumenqa iskaynin ladokunaman aysasqa kachkan, chaymi chawpipi huk kicharisqa pachata ruwan, yachaqkunapaq hawa kanchata paqarichispa. Rumiwan hawan qatasqa kachkan, ukhunpitaq kikin llimp'iyuq concretowan ruwasqa. Huch'uy ventanakunaqa hawaman qhawanku, hatun ukhuman qhawaq ventanakunataq wasi qatapa llantunwan amachasqa kanku. Hanaq k'uchusqa rakikunaqa p'unchaw k'anchayta yaykuchimunku hinallataq wayrapa purinantapas allinchanku.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Quri Premiu
Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi A' Design Award Quri Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta ñawpak kallari, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Quri mishak kashkakunaka mushuk yuyay achka, ñawpakta rikuk shinallatak achikyaska rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi ashtawan alabashka, mushuk ñankunata churak shinallatak hatun valorta kuk yuyay kanata munanku. Kay Quri Premiu japishka diseñuka hanak, yupaychashka rurashka kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Faculty Architecture Arquitectura Yachay Wasi munayta kallarichin, yuyayta kallarichin, ruraytapash kallarichin shinallatak kuyaychin.
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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