Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award in Akitekicha, Zvivako neZvivakwa Competition Category.
GoridheAkitekicha· 2020
Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture
Client: S&aa
Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award Winner in Akitekicha Category
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About Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture
Faculty Architecture chikoro chekudzidzisa zvekuvakwa kwezvivakwa (architecture) chiri muKigali, Rwanda, chakarongerwa vadzidzi mazana matanhatu (600) panzvimbo ine makore mativi 5,600 square metres. Dhizaini iyi inotangira pachimiro chakapfava chine mativi maviri ekukwirira. Chimiro ichi chinodhonzwa parutivi rwakatarisana, izvo zvinogadzira mukaha wepakati unoumba nzvimbo yekunze yevadzidzi. Matombo anoshandiswa pakuputira kunze kwechivako, uko konkiri ine ruvara rwayo pachayo inoshandiswa mukati. Mahwindo madiki anotarisa kunze, asi mahwindo makuru anotarisa mukati anofukidzwa nemimvuri yedenga rinodarika muganhu wemadziro. Zvikamu zvepamusoro zvakachekwa zvinopinza chiedza chezuva uye zvinovandudza kufamba kwemhepo.
The Recognition
About the Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award
Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture, rukudzo rwakakwirira kwazvo runopiwa kumadhizaini ekutanga, anoshamisa uye akanakisa. Vakunda veGoridhe mabasa ane zvitsva zvakawanda, ane chiratidzo uye anopenya, anoratidza njere, uchenjeri nehunyanzvi hwevagadziri vawo. Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinorumbidzwa kwazvo, chinoita mafambiro matsva uye chakakura, chinopa kukosha kusati kwamboonekwa. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weGoridhe we A' Design Award basa rinoshamisa, rinoremekedzwa, rinobatsira zvikuru uye rinosundira mberi miganhu yehunyanzvi, sayenzi, dhizaini netekinoroji. Faculty Architecture Chikoro cheArchitecture inomutsa manzwiro akasimba ekuda, inomutsa mwoyo, inokurudzira kugadzira uye inotikwezva.
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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