Laayoune Technology School

Saad El Kabbaj + Driss Kettani + Mohamed Amine Siana

ARCHITECTS
Saad el kabbaj, driss kettani, mohamed amine siana

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Saad el kabbaj, driss kettani, mohamed amine sianal

ENGINEERING
Bepol

TEAM
Yassine el aouni, rachid e maataoui

CLIENT
Ibn Zohr University

PHOTOGRAPHS
Doublespace photography

AREA
7182.0 sqm

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Collège ibn zohr, morocco

CATEGORY
University

Text description provided by architect.

The project of the Laayoune Technology School in Morocco is part of the decentralization policy of universities centers in the different regions of the country.

The program consists on teaching spaces(classrooms, workshops, amphitheater), library, administrative offices, teacher’s offices and services (maintenance spaces, staff accommodation etc.).

The site, quite away from the city center, generated a need of “urbanity” through an organization around an axial scheme, and thus providing a comprehensive and clear reading and at the same time a diversity of ambiences.

The various buildings are fragmented to allow maximum natural ventilation and lighting and are connected by a set of external paths, squares, covered squares, mineral gardens to justly enhance this notion of urbanity.

The architectural vocabulary is solid, geometric and plays with the contrast-ocher-exterior and interior-light. Different sun protection devices are used: brise-soleil, double skin, protected walkways etc.

The materials used are minimized to emphasize abstraction and coherence of the whole while meeting the need of sustainability and easy maintenance.