A new creative educational space. In the suburbs of Warsaw, an educational institution for learning, creativity, and inspiration is being built – the STUDY.UA school designed by ZIKZAK Architects. The team of designers and architects has completed the redesign of an existing building and despite tight deadlines and budget constraints, has created a...
Project name
STUDY. UA school
Architecture firm
ZIKZAK Architects
Principal architect
A. Apostu
Design team
A. Apostu, M. Ternova, I. Yashin, V. Boychuk
Client
Education company STUDY. UA
Typology
Educational Architecture › School
With the beginning of 2023, the Zikawei Library, designed by Wutopia Lab for four years, was officially opened. Coming to be the most sensational cultural landmark in Shanghai, it was also the first time that the project was known to the whole city before the official announcement from the studio. Now, this article is more like a summary instead of...
Project name
Zikawei Library
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Pre-Project Architect: LI Mingshuai; Post-Project Architect: PU Shengrui
Collaborators
Library Phase Design Team: KANG Qinghe, JIANG Xueqin, AN An, CHEN Jun, CHEN Shaofen, WANG Jing; Design Consultation: S5 Design Co., Ltd; Bookstore Phase Design Team: JIN Rui, PAN Hui, WANG Liyang, PAN Dali, YU Jing; Graphic Design Consultant: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi，CHEN Siyu); Exhibit Design Consultant: Shanghai Art-Designing Co., LTD.; Installation Construction and Design: Fab-Union Technology; Construction Drawing: Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Lighting Design Consultant: ZHANG Chenlu, CAI Mingjie, WEI Shiyu; Lighting Design Consultant for Installation: ZHANG Chenlu, DU Yuxuan, LI Wenhai
Construction
Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Client
Xuhui District Administration of Culture and Tourism, Xuhui District Library
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
The intention of Vratislavice nad Nisou was to place a multifunctional hall, facilities for associations and a kindergarten centre in addition to the library. The former rectory could not accommodate all the functions, so it was decided to extend the building with an extension.
Architecture firm
atakarchitekti
Location
Nad Školou 342, 463 11 Liberec – Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jiří Janďourek, Ondřej Novák
Design team
Jana Janďourková Medlíková (Co-author)
Collaborators
Graphic design: Jan Stolín
Built area
Built-up Area 590 m²; Gross Floor Area 1550 m²; Usable Floor Area 1247 m²
Site area
Site arear 852 m²; Dimensions 6446 m3
Material
Concrete – bearing structures, retaining walls, floor screed. Folded sheet metal – facade. Glass – connecting bridge between buildings, glass walls, skylight. Steel – steel construction of the connecting bridge, grating floors. Exposed brick – walls and vaults in the original building of the former rectory. Wood – wooden floors from oak mouldings in the building of the former rectory. Plywood – furniture and lining according to the author's design. Terrazzo – floors in the former rectory.
Construction
David Mareček
Client
Liberec – Vratislavice nad Nisou
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
Project name
French American International School – Gilkey International Middle School
Architecture firm
Hacker Architects
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Stefee Knudsen - Project Manager. David Keltner - Design Principal. Sarah Post Holmberg - Project Architect. Lewis Williams - Design Team
Collaborators
Interiors design: Hacker Architects
Civil engineer
Standridge
Structural engineer
Madden & Baughman
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
French American International School
Typology
Educational Architecture › School
The campus for the Girl Move Academy, in Africa, is a large-scale project that brings together social responsibility, sustainability and traditional construction techniques, all signatures of the Oaxaca-based architecture firm.
Project name
Girl Move Academy
Architecture firm
RootStudio, Paz Braga Architecture
Location
Nampula, Mozambique
Principal architect
João Boto Caeiro, Maria da Paz Braga
Design team
João Boto Caeiro, Maria da Paz Braga, Brenda rove
Interior design
RootStudio, Paz Braga Architecture
Structural engineer
Nicolas Coello
Construction
ABC - Mozambique
Material
Brick, Wood, Stone, Steel
Typology
Educational, Campus
The project was developed from the moment we accepted the invitation made by the Câmara Municipal of Vagos, to remodel a deactivated primary school, reproduced throughout our country on a large scale in the 20th century, between 1941 and 1969, at the time of the ‘Estado Novo’. We converted it into a training center for the development and promotion...
Project name
Nautical Sports Development Promotion Center
Architecture firm
Rómulo Neto Arquitetos
Location
Praia da Vagueira, Vagos, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Rómulo Neto
Structural engineer
Arq.º Rómulo Neto (architecture and exterior arrangements). Arq.ª Liliana Dias (architecture 3d). Arq.ª Estagiária Inês Veríssimo (designer 2d). Eng.º Rafael Ascensão (electrical project). Eng.º João Pedro Festas (Structure project / Acoustic project / Sanitation project / Water project / Gas project / Rainwater project). Eng.º Ligia Santos (thermal project).
Construction
AVEIRIA Empreendimentos Imobiliários Lda
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Educational Architecture
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
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
