Faculty Of Architecture And Environmental Design
YEAR
2018
LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda
CATEGORY
Educational › University
The architecture Practice Patrick Schweitzer & Associés responded to the international call launched by the Government of Rwanda in March 2012 for the construction of the new Faculty of architecture in Kigali.
It is located in the University of Rwanda’s College of Science and Technology campus in Nyarugenge District. The works started in early 2017 and were completed at the end of 2017.
The building is the result of a global site analysis. Its architecture is inspired by the territory and by colors and shapes found in Nature.
The four natural elements are represented in the conception of the building: Fire: orange color, Water: inner garden, Air: circulations, and Earth: lava rock and rammed earth. We created prisms inspired by Rwanda landscape and topography.
The Practice was determined to build a project which is by itself a pedagogic tool. Indeed, the architecture shows the building process to the students.
Ceilings and joineries are made of local wood, slabs were cast-in-place and traditional removable formwork were also used, thus fostering local sectors.