School building

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Project • By Archi-RelevantPrimary Schools

learning to let go: chonggu experimental school

The following content is provided by BAU Brearley Architects+Urbanists (Melbourne-Shanghai) and authorized to share. INNS images not factories Public schools in Shanghai are conservative in their pedagogy and factory-like in their architecture. The new Chonggu Experimental School however provides the potential for a shift in pedagogy from the traditional disciplinary model to less formal, enquiry-based approaches. It also presents a paradigm shift in formal expression – a design shaped for joy, play and dreaming. INNS images daydreaming Inspired by the site’s canal and by the lyrical drawings of late architect, Zhang Zai Yuan, the formal language of the school is dream-like, another world, a world of innovation, cr... More

NewsNews • 14 Nov 2023

GGR Architectes completes Maurice Fonvielle School with timber elements in southern France

Toulouse-based GGR Architectes has completed a primary school with a timber structure in Pibrac, a small town in the Haute-Garonne region of southwestern France. The project is located in a developing urban area on the western edge of the commune. It is situated alongside an existing cycling path and among detached homes, small apartment buildings, a gymnasium, nursery school, public spaces and protected woodlands. Marie-Caroline Lucat The school is organized in a horseshoe shape to create a central sheltered playground fitted with a playing field and shady areas planted with trees. The southern and eastern legs of the building are a single story in height, preserving views from nearby housing. It grows to two stories where it fac... More

NewsNews • 31 Jul 2023

School in Alicante ensures well-being is on a par with education

Spanish architectural studio Cor Asociados Arquitectos has completed the design and build of Doctor Calatayud School in Aspe, Alicante, Spain. This contemporary elementary and middle school’s design is one that ensures well-being is on a par with education. David Frutos David Frutos In designing a school building, Cor Asociados Arquitectos worked to address and satisfy a number of proposed spatial demands. The school’s layout attends to a variety of criteria, including functionality and flexibility, light and ventilation, connection and circulation. The project sought to achieve a memorable, efficient (easily maintained), and sustainable building, promoting comfort and vitality.  David Frutos... More

NewsSpecification • 11 Jul 2023

10 school buildings with special brick facades

In an interview with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), it was proposed that good school building design should eliminate “cramped spaces, lack of natural light, and bad acoustics.” Moreover, “school buildings should relate to their surrounding community, each offering its unique set of challenges and opportunities” (Pisanu, 2018). Brick is one particularly solid building material — both traditional and contemporary, it is extremely practical and durable. The key benefits of using brick in architecture include its resistance to the elements, non-combustibility, long life, and recyclability. Available in numerous colors and textures, brick has many aesthetic qualities. The use of brickwork in sc... More

Project • By MosaAuditoriums

Bundesrealgymnasium Sperlgasse

Project Bundesrealgymnasium Sperlgasse, published by Mosa. Location: Wien, Austria Category: Education - Secondary Schools Connect with Mosa for more information More

Project • By EvenbeeldPrimary Schools

Expansion Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege Antwerp

The demolition of the existing school building on the site of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege on the Frankrijklei and its replacement by a new building should provide an answer to the demand for additional school infrastructure on the site, created by extra traffic through the creation of a kindergarten on the one hand and by the relocation of the humanities of 'De Dames' to the site of the college in 2018 on the other. The existing L-building on Louiza-Marialei, designed by Rie Haan in the 1960s, has not been in use for several years. This is due to the poor constructional and physical properties of the building. Taking into account the poor condition and the small size of the classrooms, the Onze – Lieve – Vrouwecollege decided... More

Project • By PAB ArchitectsSecondary Schools

Gökçeada High School Campus

Gökçeada High School Campus consists of a high school, a vocational school, a dormitory, a sports center, a conference hall, and a library. The campus is situated on Gökçeada Island in Aegean Sea. PAB Architects won the architectural competition in 2014 and the realized design is in use by 2019. The design of the campus proposes an alternative, innovative and participatory learning environment which puts the student in a central role.  The main aim of the project is to create an 'open campus' by an integrated life between educational-social spaces of the school and the urban environment. Being on an island, the town is an isolated settlement with limited resources. Having townspeople to share the library, confe... More

Project • By DRAW CollectivePrimary Schools

Franklin Regional School District

DRAW Collective led a very interactive District-wide study for the Franklin Regional School District seeking long and short term solutions to address the facility needs for their educational program. With the study complete, work transitioned to the design of a new two-building primary campus on the District’s Sloan property. The Study included an assessment of each of their five school buildings, the grade-level groupings, a demographics analysis, and work sessions and tours with various administrative teams to understand the needs and goals for the District. Multiple options were identified and explored, including combinations of building renovations, consolidation, and new facilities. The selected option to improve the elementary... More
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Project • By Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC USPrimary Schools

Hollis Primary School

Hollis Primary School (HPS) in Hollis, New Hampshire has served its community for generations. Just as the school’s dedicated teachers continually refresh the curriculum for students in pre-kindergarten through third grade, the community, led by the school staff, school board, parents and the Hollis Energy Committee, recognized the need to modernize the building for comfort and sustainability. Mitsubishi Electric Zoned Comfort Solutions® would prove essential to this retrofit. HPS is housed within a brick masonry building built in 1952. Prior to its modernization, the facility had no insulation. The walls had an R-value of 1, equivalent to a single pane of glass. The uninsulated slab of the building was above grade and resulted i... More

Project • By MARIO COREA ARQUITECTURANurseries

Nursery School Virolet

The project is born taking into account two main considerations:1 The place, with its topography and geometry, gives shape to the floor plan. The site becomes the landmark of the project.2 Being a nursery school forced us to keep user-friendly and familiar stairs even though the use of unevenness was needed in order to achieve a direct contact of the rooms with the playground.The place because of its area and its topography was determinant in the architectural aspect of the school. Although it is advisable to plan the different spaces on one floor, in this particular case we had to consider two floors. It division into two floors with different accesses was our proposal in order to solve the problem of the slope.The tridimensional organizat... More

Project • By Móz DesignsSecondary Schools

Madison High School

August 2019 — (Houston, TX) — Tasked with designing the new Madison High School in Houston, Texas, local architecture firm, Huitt-Zollars, knew they wanted school colors to be  a key focal point for the entrance of the building. After researching material solutions, the team was unhappy with the standard flat metal panels available as there was a heavy emphasis on a single color. The architects then came across Oakland-based metal experts, Móz Designs.  Moz’s Gradients color collection offered an opportunity to add dimension and depth to the school’s exterior, while the metal manufacturer’s custom capabilities allowed the architects to integrate school colors and spirit into the design. Completed in January 2019, the Hui... More

Project • By Alvidrez ArchitectureUniversities

Architecture Discipline Building

The Architecture Discipline Building (ADB) is the new home of the El Paso Community College (EPCC) + Texas Tech University (TTU) Partnership 2 + 2 Architecture Program. The program consists of a two year Associates of Art in Architecture Degree at EPCC + two years at Texas Tech University to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. This is the only architecture program in the region; within a 266 mile radius.The ADB is located on the college’s flagship “Valle Verde” Campus. The “Valle Verde” Campus began its construction in 1979 and is comprised of very solid buildings with a prominent use of well-crafted concrete + brick walls. These introverted buildings are organized around central courtyards/plazas lush with landscape creating places... More

Project • By EGM architectsUniversities

Fontys University of Applied Sciences

A former TNO laboratory building on the campus of Eindhoven University of Technology will be transformed into a flexible building for education and research. The focus of the redevelopment lies on creating an inspiring, inviting and future-proof learning environment. EGM architects has drawn up the proposal to redesign the building.Adaptable and future-proof transformationIn 2019 the technology departments of Fontys University of Applied Sciences Eindhoven will relocate to the campus of the University of Technology. To facilitate the move, a former laboratory building on the campus will be transformed into a new building for education that is fitted out in every respect for the future. The redevelopment focuses on creating a flexible buildi... More

Project • By bureau SLAPrimary Schools

Nature and Environment Learning Centre

bureau SLA designed a school building that is a teacher itself. In the Nature and Environment Learning Centre in Amsterdam sustainability can be easily experienced and understood by children. In Amsterdam, every primary school student is provided with his or her own 6m2 garden to care for. These students are also enrolled in classes where they learn about nature and the environment, held in one of the buildings dedicated to the purpose throughout Amsterdam. As of this year though, Amsterdam Noord becomes host to a new building designed specifically for this purpose: the Nature & Environment Learning Centre.This new building replaces two temporary structures (which housed the program for the previous five years). In addition to bein... More