Lycée Schorge Secondary School
Koudougou, Burkina Faso · 2016
Photo · Iwan Baan
A precedent for passive cooling and local material integration, featuring a eucalyptus wood screen and concrete wind scoops that optimize natural ventilation in a hot climate.
- What we like about this project
- Traditional clay pots are scattered on the ground, used both decoratively and functionally for water storage or planting.
Materials
- eucalyptus-wood
- laterite-stone
- concrete
- clay-pots
Visual identifiers
- eucalyptus-screen
- wind-towers
- circular-layout
- laterite-soil
- clay-pots
Style tags
- critical-regionalism
- sustainable
- vernacular
- contextual
Visual tags
- passive-cooling
- local-materials
- educational
- vernacular-modernism
- shading-screen
- Geometry
- A circular footprint enclosed by a screen of vertical eucalyptus poles, topped by a series of angled concrete wind towers that project above the roofline.
- Facade system
- Double-skin facade consisting of an outer eucalyptus wood screen and an inner wall of local laterite stone.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing laterite stone walls with a concrete ring beam and steel roof trusses supporting the wind scoops.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story educational facility with prominent vertical wind scoops that elevate its profile.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight with soft shadows cast by the eucalyptus screen and surrounding trees.
- Atmosphere
- A bright, airy, and climate-responsive educational oasis integrated into its natural red-earth setting.
- Environmental context
- Arid, open landscape with red dirt, young saplings, and mature trees framing the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits as a porous, shaded pavilion in an open landscape, where the outer wooden screen filters light and wind before reaching the inner classrooms.
- Composition rhythm
- The vertical eucalyptus poles create a dense, textured rhythm that contrasts with the geometric, angled concrete wind scoops rising above.
- Style reading
- Critical regionalism with a focus on passive sustainable design
- Program
- Secondary school / educational facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- eucalyptus-wood, laterite-stone, concrete, clay-pots
- Visual identifiers
- eucalyptus-screen, wind-towers, circular-layout, laterite-soil, clay-pots
- Style tags
- critical-regionalism, sustainable, vernacular, contextual
- Visual tags
- passive-cooling, local-materials, educational, vernacular-modernism, shading-screen
- Geometry
- A circular footprint enclosed by a screen of vertical eucalyptus poles, topped by a series of angled concrete wind towers that project above the roofline.
- Facade system
- Double-skin facade consisting of an outer eucalyptus wood screen and an inner wall of local laterite stone.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing laterite stone walls with a concrete ring beam and steel roof trusses supporting the wind scoops.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story educational facility with prominent vertical wind scoops that elevate its profile.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight with soft shadows cast by the eucalyptus screen and surrounding trees.
- Atmosphere
- A bright, airy, and climate-responsive educational oasis integrated into its natural red-earth setting.
- Environmental context
- Arid, open landscape with red dirt, young saplings, and mature trees framing the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The building sits as a porous, shaded pavilion in an open landscape, where the outer wooden screen filters light and wind before reaching the inner classrooms.
- Composition rhythm
- The vertical eucalyptus poles create a dense, textured rhythm that contrasts with the geometric, angled concrete wind scoops rising above.
- Style reading
- Critical regionalism with a focus on passive sustainable design
- Program
- Secondary school / educational facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture