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Project • By Simple Architecture • Primary Schools
Hway Ka Loke School
Hway Ka Loke School, located in Mae Sot, Thailand, recently completed new classrooms for Burmese migrants and refugees on the Thai border. These classrooms were built using natural building techniques and locally sourced materials, including earthen bricks, as part of a project focusing on sustainable and culturally relevant design.
Jonathan Wiedemann
Jonathan Wiedemann
Jonathan Wiedemann
The project also included workshops to involve the community in the construction process, promoting both skills development and awareness of the complex political situation faced by Burmese migrants fleeing civil war. This initiative, supported by the Stiftung Deutscher Architekten and in collaboration with the school community, stands as a... More
News • News • 1 Aug 2022
Curving school complex by Joly & Loiret offers an inspiring range of interior and exterior learning spaces
In Villepreux, France, this new school by Joly & Loiret is thoughtfully inserted into the landscape. Gently curving in form, the complex offers a range of inspiring spaces both interior and exterior, including both private school spaces and more fluid urban concepts for the broader community.
Schnepp-Renou
The main façade of the school is a sweeping curve that progressively reveals an open area to the northwest corner of the site. Oriented to the sun and functioning as a buffer between the school and adjacent buildings, this urban square space is public and open to both the community and the school.
Schnepp-Renou
The main school buildings are arranged at the perimeter of the site to free up a central area for play... More