During a week-long course back at Aarhus School of Architecture, we studied the existing buildings of the disused and soon-to-be-demolished Sct. Anne street School.
At the end of the week, we got handed a two-day exercise – designing a new school following the lines of the original competition. In our four person workgroups, we started work on the project, and produced this conceptual project.
The concept is based on cylindrical building elements, 12 meters diameter, about 200 m2 each. The cylinders are stacked, and placed strategically according to grades and to create outdoor spaces that benefit from the dynamic shapes of the buildings. Also, stacking the elements in different heights, creates unique learning environments on top of the surrounding buildings with immediate access from the classrooms.
