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Project • By BEGA • Auditoriums
Max Planck Institute, Göttingen
With its clear-cut lines, the building of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research blends in effectively with the existing surroundings of the Georg August University in Göttingen.Modern research departments are combined with organisational areas and public utility spaces over an area of around 10,000 square metres. The new complex is fully tailored to the special needs of researchers. The various utility spaces are optically divided into three structures.A two-storey base encloses a leafy atrium which supplies the inner-lying rooms with daylight and provides opportunities for visitors and staff to relax and meet. The paths through the central atrium are effectively highlighted by BEGA bollards. These are characterised not on... More
Project • By Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón • Libraries
Baldwin School of PR Innovation Center
Designed by Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón (AD&V), the Innovation Center of Science, Technology and Engineering at the Baldwin School of Puerto Rico will be a new two-story, 16,800-square-foot LEED certified building. It will be ideally situated on the beautiful existing 23-acre campus of Baldwin, one of the premier independent English language day schools in Puerto Rico.
The first floor is being developed around a Maker Space, a central classroom where students with mutual interests can work together on projects while sharing ideas, equipment and knowledge. The building design is flexible, diverse and open to acknowledge a range of learners, and to reinforce critical thinking as well as complex problem solving.
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Project • By Fouad Samara Architects • Universities
The Sheikh Nahyan Center (CASID)
The Sheikh Nahyan Center for Arabic Studies & Intercultural Dialogue (CASID) is seen as a new addition to the existing and firmly rooted cultural and educational fabric of the University of Balamand. By creating a forum for cultural, intellectual, and religious exchange, CASID aims to embody the progressive ethos of the University, and create a positive contribution to it.An accessible vehicle for appreciating, studying, and furthering Arab culture, CASID enriches the University and fortifies its role as a nexus for excellence in education, thought, and dialogue within the Arab world.Site Located to the south east of the Athletics Field and defined to the south by the road that links the faculty and student housing to the campus below,... More
Project • By Atelier PRO architekten • Secondary Schools
Liseo Boneriano, Scholengemeenschap Bonaire
The Liseo Boneriano is a highschool on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. Part of the school is now situated in a building on Kaya Amsterdam in Bonaire. The number of students has increased to such an extent that lack of sufficient educational space became a serious issue. The team of atelier PRO architects and Jacobs Architects created a design to extend the schoolbuilding in such a way that both junior and senior pupils have room to attend class at this location.This redevelopment will appear as one elegant new ensemble with great attention to the outdoor space. The outdoor space will feature as the public domain, enabling students and teachers to meet in a relaxed manner.These new functional education facilities offer Bonaire an impor... More
Project • By bureau SLA • Primary 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