TYPOLOGY: EDUCATIONAL LOCATION: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA ARCHITECTS: FLANSBURGH ARCHITECTS (BOSTON) – RAAS ARCHITECTS, CLIENT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICTY SCHOOL COMPLETION DATE: 2017 CONTRACT VALUE: BIRR 268,000,000 MILLION BUILT AREA 2,262 M²
The High School building is a new addition to the learning facilities of the International Community School located in the southern parts of the city.
The
design of the G+4 building with basement and a rooftop is based on developing
private learning spaces with communal learning and social gathering spaces. The
building planning is composed of two blocks defining a central triangular
courtyard for congregation where creative use of skylight for basement becomes
a landscape, seating and green areas for this space. Vertical shading elements
on the façade creates favorable climate for internal learning environments
while the beautiful ‘Ketsela’ stone clad surface together with the vertical
green creates a local aesthetic for this contemporary building
Gabon Street, Enat Bank Building 3rd floor
P.O.BOX 6831
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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