Thursday, February 7, 2013
"Our proposal for the Innovative Bioclimatic European School Complex in Crete develops around two fundamental elements of space: light and soil. Instead of romanticizing these two categories, we propose a man-made landscape which mediates and projects our view on the brief’s concerns and demands. Similarly to the olive groves of the surrounding area, our project leaves traces, marks and organizes the earth upon which it is built. Our proposal tries to redefine the existing landscape: it is a ‘bridge’ that connects, a ‘clay wall’ that defines and protects, and a ‘cave’ that shelters knowledge...
We dreamt of an open, horizontally organized school that inculcates un-hierarchical, egalitarian values to its students...
The size and typology of each school were dictated by the age of their users, the pupils. The kindergarten is a small scale protected environment, organized around a small yard. The primary school is also organized around a larger atrium, in the fashion of a contemporary agora..." to find out more...
Images & passage via Bustler
Labels: landscape, school, urbanscape
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