Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Majengo, Ujenzi na Miundo Competition Category.
DhahabuUsanifu wa Majengo· 2020
Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo
Client: S&aa
Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award Winner in Usanifu wa Majengo Category
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About Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo
Faculty Architecture ni shule ya usanifu majengo iliyoko Kigali, Rwanda, iliyopangwa kwa ajili ya wanafunzi 600 kwenye eneo la mita za mraba 5,600. Muundo huanza kutoka kwenye umbo rahisi la ghorofa mbili. Umbo hilo limevutwa kando kwenye pande mbili zinazokabiliana, hali inayounda pengo la kati linalotengeneza nafasi ya nje kwa wanafunzi. Mawe yametumika kwa ganda la nje na zege lenye rangi asilia kwa sehemu za ndani. Madirisha madogo yanaelekea nje, huku madirisha makubwa yanayoelekea ndani yakikingwa na miinuko ya paa. Sehemu za juu zilizokatwa huingiza mwanga wa mchana na kuboresha mzunguko wa hewa.
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kuu unaotolewa kwa miundo ya daraja la kwanza, ya ajabu na ya kuvutia. Washindi wa Dhahabu ni kazi bunifu mno, zenye maono makubwa na za kung'aa kwa umaridadi zinazoakisi kipaji, hekima na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo inatarajiwa kuwa uvumbuzi unaosifiwa sana, wa kuweka mielekeo na wa kihistoria unaoleta thamani isiyo na kifani. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Dhahabu ya A' Design Award ni mradi wa kustaajabisha na unaoheshimika unaonufaisha sana na kupanua mipaka ya sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia. Faculty Architecture Shule ya Usanifu Majengo huzua hisia kali za hamu, huamsha shauku, huhimiza ubunifu na hutuvutia.
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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