Wúrà Ìkọ́lé · 2020
Faculty Architecture Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìkọ́lé
- Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award 2020 in Ìkọ́lé
- CLIENT: S&aa
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 33,927
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About Faculty Architecture Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìkọ́lé
Faculty Architecture jẹ́ ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ ìmọ̀ ìkọ́lé ní Kigali, Rwanda, tí a gbèrò fún akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ ẹgbẹ̀ta (600) lórí ilẹ̀ tí ó tó ẹgbẹ̀rún márùn-ún ó lé ẹgbẹ̀ta (5,600) mítà onígun mẹ́rin. Àgbékalẹ̀ rẹ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti ara ìrísí tí ó rọrùn lórí ìpele méjì. A fa ìrísí náà ya sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ méjèèjì tí ó dojúkọ ara wọn, èyí tí ó dá àlàfo àárín gbùngbùn kan tí ó di ibi ìta gbangba fún àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́. A lo òkúta fún ìbora òde rẹ̀ àti kọnkírítì aláwọ̀ àdámọ́ fún inú rẹ̀. Àwọn fèrèsé kékeré dojúkọ òde, nígbà tí àwọn fèrèsé ńlá tí ó dojúkọ inú ní ìbòji láti ara ìgbérí òrùlé. Àwọn apá òkè tí a gé kúrú ń mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ọ̀sán wọlé, wọ́n sì ń mú kí atẹ́gùn máa rìn dáadáa.
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìkọ́lé jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Faculty Architecture Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìkọ́lé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Faculty Architecture Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ Ìmọ̀ Ìkọ́lé ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
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- 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
- Image Credits
- Photo : Edwin SEda, Emmanuel Cattier, Jules Toulet
