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Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA

Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Aur in Design de Arhitectură, Clădiri și Structuri Competition Category.


AurArhitectură· 2020

Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură

by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA

Client: S&aa

A' Design Award de Aur Winner in Arhitectură Category

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The Design

About Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură

Faculty Architecture este o școală de arhitectură din Kigali, Rwanda, proiectată pentru 600 de studenți pe un teren de 5.600 de metri pătrați. Designul pornește de la un volum simplu pe două niveluri. Volumul este desfăcut pe laturile opuse, ceea ce creează un gol central care formează un spațiu în aer liber pentru studenți. Piatra este utilizată pentru anvelopa exterioară, iar betonul colorat în masă pentru interior. Ferestrele mici sunt orientate spre exterior, în timp ce ferestrele mari orientate spre interior sunt umbrite de streșinile acoperișului. Secțiunile superioare trunchiate aduc lumină naturală și îmbunătățesc ventilația.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Aur

Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură a câștigat A' Design Award de Aur, o recunoaștere nespus de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de prim rang, minunate și remarcabile. Câștigătorii Aurului sunt creații extrem de inovatoare, vizionare și orbitor de strălucitoare, care reflectă geniul, înțelepciunea și măiestria designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură să fie o invenție foarte lăudată, creatoare de tendințe și monumentală, care oferă o valoare fără precedent. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Aur este un proiect spectaculos și respectat, care aduce mari beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Faculty Architecture Școală de Arhitectură creează sentimente intense de dorință, trezește pasiunea, încurajează creativitatea și fascinează.

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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