Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.
AuroFausaga Fale· 2020
Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou
Client: S&aa
A' Design Award Auro Winner in Fausaga Fale Category
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About Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou
O le Faculty Architecture o se a'oga o le fausagafou i Kigali, Rwanda, ua fuafuaina mo tamaiti a'oga e 600 i luga o se nofoaga e 5,600 sikuea mita. E amata le mamanu mai se foliga faigofie e lua fogafale. Ua toso'eseina le foliga i itu fa'afeagai, lea e faia ai se va tutotonu e avea ma nofoaga i fafo mo tamaiti a'oga. E fa'aaogaina ma'a mo le ufiufi pito i fafo ma le sima lanu masani mo totonu. O fa'amalama laiti e fa'asaga i fafo, a'o fa'amalama tetele e fa'asaga i totonu e paolo i ufi o le taualuga. O vaega pito i luga ua tipi fa'apu'upu'u e aumai ai le malamalama o le ao ma fa'aleleia ai le fesiitaiga o le ea.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Auro
O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Faculty Architecture A'oga Fausagafou e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.
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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