We associate September above all with school. The corridors of elementary and high schools fill up with students and teachers. This school year all the attention has been focused on HiT, but let's not forget that schools are also architecture, directly affecting the entire educational process. Here is an overview of schools and talks about the architecture of education.
combining the old with the new
How should a space dedicated to education be designed? What should not be missing in it? How to adapt the space of a school in an old building, connecting it directly to the new? WOW WORLD is the latest project of the MAKAA studio, which Katarzyna Waloryszak talks about.
combining the old with the new
© MAKAA
high school from social will
The scarcity of educational facilities often gives rise to the problem in neighborhoods that have been densely built up over the past two decades. Modern establishments must fulfill a number of modern functions. The Warsaw high school designed by plus3 architects is worth noting.
A high school that was built by social will
photo. plus3 architekci / Warsaw City Hall
a meeting place in the shadow of a mango
Nelson Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. On the initiative of the WAYAiR Foundation in cooperation with JEJU.studio, a school is being built in the small Tanzanian town of Ulyankulu, where the use of local materials was important .
The school in Ulyankulu
© JEJU.studio
a necessary school from a social initiative
In two months, one floor of a Warsaw office building was transformed into a school for children from Ukraine. The school was the brainchild of the Open Schools Foundation and architecture studio XYstudio. This is an extraordinary example of how grassroots initiative is an important force.
A school for children from Ukraine, which was created in two months
photo by Martyna Rudnicka
tailored to the plot
A block is often shaped not only by the unlimited imagination of the architect, but by the difficult terrain conditions. The elementary school and kindergarten in Przybysławice designed by ARP Manecki was located on a hill, which gave it its ultimate character.
School in Przybysławice
Photo: Piotr Król © ARP Manecki
The most to be done in terms of communication - a conversation with Grzegorz Piątek
We include a conversation between Katarzyna Jagodzinska and Grzegorz Piatek about the value of architecture, including the architecture of education, how important a factor it plays and how it can prove innovative.
Elementary School No. 400 in Wilanów by Bujnowski Architects.
Photo: Juliusz Sokolowski
SPECIAL ARTICLE FROM THE NUMBER: Blazej Ciarkowski on four lessons in the architecture of education.
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Why it's worth it. In the latest September issue, Blazej Ciarkowski writes about four lessons on how to design a school to serve students in the best possible way. It's really worth it.
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