Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha by Patrick Schweitzer S&AA is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ezokwakha, Izakhiwo Nezinhlaka Competition Category.
IgolideEzokwakha· 2020
Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha
Client: S&aa
Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award Winner in Ezokwakha Category
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About Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha
IFaculty Architecture yisikole sezokwakha esise-Kigali, eRwanda, esihlelelwe abafundi abangama-600 endaweni engamamitha-skwele angu-5,600. Umklamo uqala ngevolumu elula enamazinga amabili. Le volumu ihlukaniswa emaceleni aphambene, okudala isikhala esimaphakathi esakha indawo yangaphandle yabafundi. Kusetshenziswa itshe emgubuzelweni wangaphandle kanye nokhonkolo onombala wawo wemvelo ngaphakathi. Amafasitela amancane abheke ngaphandle, kanti amafasitela amakhulu abheke ngaphakathi asithibezwa yizingxenye zophahla ezengamele. Izingxenye ezingenhla ezinqunyiwe zingenisa ukukhanya kwemini futhi zithuthukisa ukungena komoya.
The Recognition
About the Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award
Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha iwinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo yeklasi yokuqala, emangalisayo nephawulekile. Abawinile beGolide yimiklamo emisha kakhulu, enombono ongaphambili futhi egqamile ebonisa ubuhlakani, ukuhlakanipha nobuchule babaklami babo. Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto entsha edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka isitayela futhi ebalulekile elethe inani elingakaze libonwe. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award ungumgomo omangalisayo nohlonishwayo osiza kakhulu futhi osunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Faculty Architecture Isikole Sezokwakha idala imizwa ejulile yesifiso, ivuse intshiseko, ikhuthaze ukudala futhi iyasiheha.
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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