The new school is more than a school. It is a cultural institution with an international outreach. Engaging through architecture, the new building must be ac- cessible and visible. It will invite the public in. Create room for cultural events and showcasing the creative production of students and staff through an open and transparent structure.
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The building itself is a showcase of simplicity and raw functional facilities combined in a compact social layout.
It explores the possibilities of wood as a sustainable and durable construction material relating to its Nor- dic context.
The DNA of testing, prototyping, and exploring is central to both the construction and layout of the building, the use and the experience of it.
The building will combine the rationality of a struc- tural grid system with the spatial exploration of the compact campus and material qualities of wood.
The raw simple rational shape and construction of halls also has the quality of minimizing square me- ters through double programming and provides the necessary construction simplicity for low sqm costs.
