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Chliriet Schoolhouse
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Place
Rümlang-Oberglatt, Switzerland
Studio
Photos
Roland Bernath
Description
The school building complements Chliriet’s open,
landscape-dominated rural fabric, which already features a multi-purpose hall,
sports fields and mature trees. It takes the form of a long, narrow and flat
building on the bounding country lane and, together with the multi-purpose
hall, defines a large playground and entrance area. The projecting flying roof
contributes to this framing of space and gives the architecture a distinctive
expression. The two-storey building is a systematically configured wood frame
structure. The classrooms are arranged in a single line, with one in each of
the twelve bays, and all face the open cultivated land to the east. The
circulation spaces and group activity rooms face the recess area. From the
lobby on the ground floor, a series of stairs leads up to clusters of
anterooms, classrooms, and group rooms on the upper floor. All further elements
beyond those of the simple wooden construction are introduced additively and
remain independent by means of their colour. Everything in the building is colourful;
no material has been left in its natural shade and there is no white. The
interior space unfolds through the interplay of the various hues. The
polychromy anticipates the vibrancy of day-to-day school life.