The high-school new building completes the British International School ensemble south-east side, situated in Timisoara, western Romania. Situated in the north of the city, the whole ensemble gravitates around a beautiful park. The first cycle is already functioning in an existing regenerated building. The new building is a GATE to enter in the whole ensemble, an “inner city” with a longitudinal axis and an ascensional topology towards the library at “piano nobile” , with “piazza” and amphitheater in the inner atrio. Near the entrance there are the art class-rooms; oriented to the park behind, there is a surprising double height mensa space. The library develops a double height space, it’s second floor opening itself to the park from above with a large terrace. Oblique views, the sunlight playing inside, two suspended pedestrian walkways at second floor and the tree inside at ground floor generate the atmosphere. The exposed concrete and mechanicanisms contribute to a relatively industrial image. The inside/outside contrast is generated by the simple, curved, horizontal exterior volume partially covered in klinker.
Team:
Architect: Vlad Gaivoronschi, Simina Cuc
Colaborator: Monica Manase, Ovidiu Gabor, Andrei Cira, Interior Design: Morphoza
Location: Timișoara
Client: British International School of Timișoara
Structural engineering: eng. Paul Ciobanu, eng. Christian Lannert
Design period: 2020 - 2023
Photography: Ovidiu Micșa, Vlad Gaivoronschi, David Dumitrescu