#Lapland

"The Inari Sámi name Šielâ could be translated as a birth gift given to a newborn for protection." Šielâ, a new school center, was the answer to the need to replace an old, 1960s school decommissioned due to indoor air problems. The approximately 165 pupils of the new comprehensive school study in Inari Sámi, North Sámi and Finnish languages, and the multilingual environment and annually varying class sizes posed special challenges to the design of the learning facilities. alt architects alt architects alt architects alt architects alt architects The starting points for the design of Šielâ were found in the Sámi culture, the construction site on th... More