Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Meaho, Dikaho le Dibopego Competition Category.
KhautaMeaho· 2020
Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho
Client: S&aa
Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award Winner in Meaho Category
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About Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho
Faculty Architecture ke sekolo sa meralo ea meaho se Kigali, Rwanda, se reretsoeng baithuti ba 600 setšeng sa limithara tse lekanang 5,600. Moralo o qala ka sebopeho se bonolo sa mekato e 'meli. Sebopeho sena se arotsoe mahlakoreng a fapaneng, e leng se bopang sekheo se bohareng se etsang sebaka sa kantle bakeng sa baithuti. Lejoe le sebelisitsoe bakeng sa koahelo ea kantle 'me konkreite e nang le 'mala oa tlhaho e sebelisitsoe kahare. Lifensetere tse nyenyane li shebile kantle, athe lifensetere tse kholo tse shebileng kahare li sirelelitsoe ke likarolo tsa marulelo tse fetang bolelele ba lebota. Likarolo tse kaholimo tse khaotsoeng li kenya leseli la motšehare le ho ntlafatsa phallo ea moea.
The Recognition
About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Faculty Architecture Sekolo sa Meralo ea Meaho e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.
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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