School in Port / Skop

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  • Category: Schools
  • Partners: Basil Spiess, Silvia Weibel Hendriksen, Martin Zimmerli
  • Team: David Brunner, Angelika Marxer
  • Timber Engineering: Indermühle Bauingenieure
  • Mechanical Engineering: tp
  • Electrical Engineering: A. Schlosser
  • Wayfinding: Superbüro
  • City: Port
  • Country: Switzerland
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School in Port / Skop - Interior Photography, Windows
© Simon von Gunten

Text description provided by the architects. The school is located in a residential neighbourhood in the Swiss village of Port. With its characteristic folded roof structure, the school references the pitched roofs of the surrounding houses, the rural history of the region and the smooth hills of the Jura Mountains. Placed on a gentle slope, the building takes advantage of the topography and links various outdoor spaces according to the different access routes of the school children. While the ground floor is used for faculty administration, workshops, a school kitchen and back of the house rooms, the first floor comprises of nine class rooms and three kindergarten units. The upper rooms naturally benefit from the spatial qualities of the folded roof. Each classroom appears to be an independent little house, creating a cozy and homelike atmosphere for the children.

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Cite: "School in Port / Skop" 08 Jun 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/895609/school-in-port-skop> ISSN 0719-8884

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