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School for Language and Hearing
School for Language and Hearing
78, Frohalpstrasse, Kreis 2, Zürich, Switzerland
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School for Language and Hearing
78, Frohalpstrasse, Kreis 2, Zürich, Switzerland
Type
YEAR
2008
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
Competition 2003, 1st prize / Project 2006–2007 / Realization 2007–2008
The park-like site is dominated by a authoritative old school building from the early twentieth century that has had many extensions added. The original competition design focused on a tower-like volume culminating with a bizarre studio rooftop, a crown like expression to form an emblematic expression that could resist the dominance of the old school. In 2005 the project got lost due to a radical reduction of the educational budget of the city. A year later the existing temporary pavilions started to leek. They asked us to replace the provisional pavilions with a new school building. The budget was a third of the former one, and the competition design could not be adapted. The new design focused on an extremely economical approach and stacks three identical floors. Just the ground level received the additional program of a gymnasium resulting in a one storey extension reminding the character of a pavilion. A undulated façade of untreated aluminium glades the building.
The park-like site is dominated by a authoritative old school building from the early twentieth century that has had many extensions added. The original competition design focused on a tower-like volume culminating with a bizarre studio rooftop, a crown like expression to form an emblematic expression that could resist the dominance of the old school. In 2005 the project got lost due to a radical reduction of the educational budget of the city. A year later the existing temporary pavilions started to leek. They asked us to replace the provisional pavilions with a new school building. The budget was a third of the former one, and the competition design could not be adapted. The new design focused on an extremely economical approach and stacks three identical floors. Just the ground level received the additional program of a gymnasium resulting in a one storey extension reminding the character of a pavilion. A undulated façade of untreated aluminium glades the building.
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