The project is a new school designed for the town of Birmenstorf in Switzerland. The building has been conceived as a public building where the educational program takes place, selected as part of an invited competition. It is Focketyn Del Rio’s first realized school, challenging the traditional idea of an educational building.
Project name
School Neumatt: School extension of a small town in Switzerland
Architecture firm
Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH, Basel, Miquel del Rio + Hans Focketyn
Location
Gemeindehausstrasse 17, 5413 Birmenstorf, Switzerland
Photography
Piotr Hraptovich
Design team
Letizia Fürer, Anna Kuhli, Iris Carratala, Juan Pablo Pineda Vergara, Tomas Guerra
Collaborators
Site supervision: Martini Schäfer Baumanagement GmbH; Building energy: GS Bauphysik & Akustik GmbH MVP: Vadea AG Electrical systems: Sepa Elektro Engineering
Structural engineer
Suisseplan Ingenieure AG
Budget
CHF 5.000.000 (including taxes)
Client
Town of Birmenstorf
Typology
Educational, School
EskewDumezRipple reveals the Home Building at Thaden School, a new, Zero-Energy-Ready high school in Bentonville, Arkansas, where design directly supports the school's learning-by-doing approach to education.
Project name
Home Building at Thaden School
Architecture firm
EskewDumezRipple
Location
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Photography
Dero Stanford, Tim Husley, and Studio Nuvo
Collaborators
Project Management: Aegis Property Group | WEI; Irrigation: Aqueous; Signage and Wayfinding: Tom Zetek
Landscape
Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
Civil engineer
Ecological Design Group
Structural engineer
Engineering Consultants Inc. (ECI)
Environmental & MEP
CMTA Consulting Engineers
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Educational, School
The Health Sciences Innovation Building (HSIB), designed by CO Architects, provides a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary, interprofessional medical and health education facility at the University of Arizona’s Health Sciences campus in Tucson, AZ. The $128-million, 230,000-square-foot-facility integrates education and transdisciplinary collaborati...
Project name
University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building
Architecture firm
CO Architects
Location
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Photography
Bill Timmerman
Principal architect
Scott Kelsey, FAIA, principal in charge
Design team
Arnold Swanborn, AIA, LEED AP, design director; Jonathan Kanda, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, project director; Alex Korter, AIA, RIBA, LEED AP BD+C, project manager
Collaborators
Swaim Associates, Associate Architect
Interior design
CO Architects
Built area
230,000 ft², (21,400 m²)
Civil engineer
EEC Engineering & Environmental Consultant
Structural engineer
John A. Martin & Associates
Environmental & MEP
Affiliated Engineers
Lighting
KGM Architectural Lighting
Visualization
Matterport visual twin
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Navisworks
Material
Terra Cotta: Boston Valley. Metal/glass curtainwall: Kovach Building Enclosures. Concrete: Baker Concrete Construction. PVC Roofing Membrane: Sarnafil. Glass: Northwestern Industries. Sliding doors: Dorma. Hydraulic Doors: Schweiss. Acoustical ceilings: Arktura, Kirei. Suspension grid: Armstrong ACT. Demountable partitions: Skyfold & Modernfold, Maharam. Paneling, cabinetwork, custom woodwork: Pollmeier Baubuche. Paints and stains: Sherwin Williams. Wallcoverings: Designtex, BuzziSpace, Filzfelt, Camira. Tile: Daltile, Heath Ceramics. Plastic laminate: Abet Laminate, Formica. Special surfacing: Avonite. Resilient flooring: Forbo, Mondo, Capri Cork, Mannington, Armstrong. Carpet: Tandus Centiva. Raised flooring: Tate. Elevators/Escalators: Arizona Elevator Solutions.
Client
University of Arizona
Typology
Educational › University
The Out School is an attempt to explore a new design vocabulary for pre-primary schools. The aesthetics, spatial planning and the architectural detailing is a direct response to the constraints that revolved around this project.
Project name
The Out School
Architecture firm
Studio Infinity
Photography
PHX India, Yogesh Mahamuni Photography
Principal architect
Ar.Tushar Kothawade, Chiranjivi Lunkad
Design team
Ar.Yashashri Patil, Komal Maurya
Landscape
Studio Infinity
Construction
Manav Promoters
Material
Rubio Monocoat,Saint - Gobain, Asian Paints, GM Veneers, India Gypsum, Just Antiques
Tools used
AutoCAD, Trimble Sketchup, M.S Office
Client
Vaishali Banthia, Sapna Shah, Little Monarchs
Typology
Educational, School
The new Library of Chongqing Real Estate College provide the Campus with an iconic landmark in the centre of Chongqing Real Estate College Campus. It is surrounded with academic buildings in the north, sports stadium in the south, student dormitories to the east, and the Technology & Science Hall on the west. The most prominent feature on the site,...
Project name
Real Estate College Library
Architecture firm
PH Alpha Design
Location
Yu Zhong Qu, Chong Qing Shi, China
Photography
LUOHAN Architechtural Photography
Principal architect
Ping XU
Design team
Captain Wu,Xu Li,Carrie Wang,Paco Law,Jaden Xiang
Material
Aluminum sheet curtain wall with single curved surface aluminum sheet and hyperbolic aluminum sheet, glass curtain wall using 6Low-E+12A+6 glass, tensioned membrane, natural stone
Client
Shenzhen Kexing Biotech Co. Ltd
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Library
The proposal of this project in Ville de Cranves-Sales, France, is to maximize the use of the double slope of the land by building "two schools" developed on two different terraces, both in a vantage point over their surroundings.
Project name
Groupe Scolaire Cranves-Sales
Architecture firm
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location
Rue du college, Cranves-Sales, France
Photography
Takuji Shimmura
Principal architect
Christophe Rousselle
Design team
ean-Philippe Marre (chef de projet) / Flavien Faussurier (chantier) / TPFI (bureau d’études) / BEGC (cuisiniste) / Verdance (paysagiste)
Collaborators
TPFI (Technical Studies)
Construction
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Client
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Typology
Educational › School
Rane Vidyalaya CBSE school is an educational campus for K12 and a CSR initiative by Rane Foundation India Pvt. Ltd, a leading industrial conglomerate. Theerampalayam, the rural region where the school is located, has no proper educational institutions that offer quality learning. The closest city, Tiruchirapalli which is a Tier-II city in the state...
Project name
Rane Vidyalaya
Architecture firm
Shanmugam Associates
Photography
Shamanth Patil, Rays & Greys Studio, Bangalore
Principal architect
Shanmugam A, Raja Krishnan D, Santhosh Shanmugam
Design team
Srinivasan, Satish Kumar, Balasubramaniam, Mohammed Ismail, Rukmani Thangam, Praveen Kumar
Collaborators
D&D Consultants (PHE Consultants)
Landscape
Shanmugam Associates, Trichy & Chennai
Civil engineer
Hitec Construction, Trichy
Structural engineer
Ramkumar, Rays Consultants
Client
Rane Foundation, Chennai
Typology
Educational › School, Campus
Coast Mountain College students in Terrace, northwest British Columbia, have completed their first full academic year living in Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat Student Building. Designed to empower Indigenous students to flourish in post-secondary education, the college expects the accommodation to be at 100% capacity by September.
Project name
Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat at Coast Mountain College
Location
Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
Photography
Bright Photography (Brit Kwasney)
Principal architect
Karen Marler, Aiden Callison
Design team
Karen Marler – Partner-in-charge. Aiden Callison – Project Architect. George McCutcheon – Senior Contract Administrator. Ian McLean – Architect. Dominic Yu – Architect. Maria Vilades – Registered Architect in Spain. Rodrigo Cepeda – Architect. Micah Lund – Intern Architect. Nelly Goodarzi – Intern Architect. Jason Burtwistle – Sustainable Building Advisor. Derek Harris – Technologist. Nabeela Ladha – Technologist. Jennifer Sparks – Technologist. Yoshi Moriuchi – Technologist. Alice Rooney – Environmental Graphic Designer
Collaborators
Pictograms designed by Shawna Kiesman
Construction
IDL Construction
Client
Coast Mountain College
Typology
Educational › Student Building
