Faculty Architecture ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ, ᱤᱢᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱲᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱥᱳᱱᱟᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ· 2020
Faculty Architecture ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ Category
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About Faculty Architecture ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ
ᱯᱷᱮᱠᱩᱞᱴᱤ ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱤᱜᱟᱞᱤ, ᱨᱩᱣᱟᱸᱰᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱕,᱖᱐᱐ ᱵᱚᱨᱜᱚ ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱖᱐᱐ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱪᱮᱫᱚᱜᱤᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱛᱚᱞᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱵᱷᱚᱞᱤᱭᱩᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱵᱷᱚᱞᱤᱭᱩᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱸᱲᱟᱸᱠ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱛᱟᱹᱰᱤᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱷᱟᱸᱠᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱪᱮᱫᱚᱜᱤᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟ᱾ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱡ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱝᱠᱨᱤᱴ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱪᱷᱟᱛ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱰᱚᱠ ᱛᱮ ᱩᱢᱩᱞ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ᱾ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱠᱚ ᱠᱟᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱧ ᱢᱟᱨᱥᱟᱞ ᱵᱚᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱚᱭ ᱠᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Faculty Architecture ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Faculty Architecture ᱟᱨᱠᱤᱴᱮᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱤᱠᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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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