Agrandissement et réaménagement du Collège de Gambach
Agrandissement et réaménagement du Collège de Gambach
Aeby Aumann Emery architects
ARCHITECTS
Aeby Aumann Emery architects
PHOTOS
Thomas Jantscher (10), Jean-Philippe Daulte (5)
BUDGET
$50M - 100M
AREA
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
Fribourg, Switzerland
TYPE
Educational › High School
In order to fit harmoniously into a "Heimatstil"-style neighborhood, the new college is articulated in several volumes.
Four buildings offer a variety of outdoor spaces and perspectives that open onto the landscape.
This large project, planned for 850 students, is characterized by its integration in a residential area.
The quality of the outdoor spaces in relation to the built portion gives the school a unique spirit and provides its inhabitants the feeling of working in a large house.
The establishment of the three new buildings constitutes a new complex close to the former college and resulting in a significant densification of the site.
The new volumes capture the spirit of the large surrounding houses, while around them, open spaces extend to the surroundings.
The central space created between the four buildings brings together the main entrances, thus encouraging meetings between the students of the different sections of the college.
The search for cohesion between the buildings of the new complex also goes back to the initial objective to enlarge the existing college.
The original building has inspired in a roundabout and contemporary way the choice of materials, tones and certain details of the new buildings.
The application of coarse plaster in facades, set window frames and inclined roofs reinterprets the architectural themes of the surrounding constructions.
The position and the new function of the former college make it a privileged witness of the history of the place and becomes the reference element of the new school complex.
The original building has inspired in a roundabout and contemporary way the choice of materials, tones and certain details of the new buildings.
