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Schoolbuilding

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about schoolbuilding

Project • By EleniaS - Interior Design StudioPrimary Schools

Green School

The idea behind the project was to transform a former Soviet Union office building into a modern, environmentally friendly educational space for the Green School. This project reimagines what was once a stark and imposing brutalist structure, turning it into a vibrant environment that fosters learning, creativity, and connection with nature. While the original building’s heavy geometry presented a challenge, our vision was clear — to retain its recognizable form while reinterpreting it through the principles of contemporary and sustainable design. oto gordeladze oto gordeladze Through innovative architectural strategies, the once monolithic volume was fragmented into several distinct material blocks, each selected fo... More

Project • By KLAB architecture (kinetic lab of architecture)Nurseries

Public Nursery in Glyfada

The design and construction of public buildings in Greece is problematic, as the architect is not in charge of the construction. One of the biggest challenges of this project was to reintroduce the role of the architect as the essential contributor. Mariana Bisti Mariana Bisti Additionally, we intended to give prominence to the construction method of prefabrication. Prefabrication, one of the conditions of the competition also defined the final form of the building as the basic module would have to be transported on a truck. Mariana Bisti Mariana Bisti The concept of the project was to design a building that would relate to the scale of its users while also introducing a new typology, that of the urban village. The mai... More

Project • By LORENZATELIERSSupermarkets

Market & School

It was on this very spot and at this juncture that a shift in paradigms took place: away from the con­ventional manner of construction in a commercial zone reaching out to future urbanization. Between 2002 and 2009, all the typical designs were rejec­ted. For the very first time, Vienna was demanding that wastelands of parking lots lining the streets in commercial zones had to go. City planners resol­ved to trailblaze a path to the future at this impor­tant west-east connection. Franz Ebner Lorenzateliers was gi­ven the opportunity to solve an ensnared situation: minimum fixation of building-complex height, a ga­rage beneath the marketplace, an open-spaced square to round out the heartbeat of Atzgersdorf. It wa... More

Project • By spillmann echsle architektenSecondary Schools

Neue Schule

The existing late-classical ensemble comprising the main building and a carriage house is situated on Stapferstrasse on a hilltop in Zurich’s Oberstrass quarter. Now preservation-listed, the structure was built in 1855 as an apartment building. The underground vaults correspond to the orientation of a previous house with a winepress that dates back to the 17th century. Since 1943, the main building and carriage house have been used as a school by the Neue Schule Zürich. Additional classrooms and group rooms required to meet contemporary teaching needs were built in the basement around the historical building.  A plinth is thus created which frames and encloses the old building. The new basement can be reached by an exte... More