MY college
2022
An educational atrium precedent showcasing suspended timber-slatted volumes and sky-lit gathering spaces that encourage informal student interaction across multiple levels.
- What we like about this project
- Upper-level rooms feature internal glazed observation windows integrated seamlessly into the vertical wood slat screens.
Materials
- timber
- wood-slats
- glass
- plaster
- resilient-flooring
Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-cladding
- multi-level-atrium
- skylights
- educational-hub
Style tags
- contemporary
- scandinavian
- institutional
- warm-minimal
Visual tags
- atrium
- timber
- educational
- daylit
- open-plan
- communal
- Geometry
- Open multi-story central atrium with suspended timber-clad volumes projecting into the double-height space, creating varied balcony edges and learning nooks.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended timber-clad volumes and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large open atrium spanning multiple educational levels with human figures providing scale.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight enters through ceiling skylights and recessed fixtures, casting soft shadows across the light-toned floor and wood finishes.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, warm, and active with natural light filtering through timber detailing.
- Environmental context
- Interior common space of an educational facility filled with active students.
- Spatial experience
- Expansive, dynamic hub where students flow between ground-floor breakout areas and upper-level galleries.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats repeat rhythmically across suspended volumes, contrasted by square ceiling light fixtures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Scandinavian institutional interior
- Program
- School common area and student hub
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, wood-slats, glass, plaster, resilient-flooring
- Visual identifiers
- timber-slat-cladding, multi-level-atrium, skylights, educational-hub
- Style tags
- contemporary, scandinavian, institutional, warm-minimal
- Visual tags
- atrium, timber, educational, daylit, open-plan, communal
- Geometry
- Open multi-story central atrium with suspended timber-clad volumes projecting into the double-height space, creating varied balcony edges and learning nooks.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with suspended timber-clad volumes and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Large open atrium spanning multiple educational levels with human figures providing scale.
- Lighting
- Bright, even daylight enters through ceiling skylights and recessed fixtures, casting soft shadows across the light-toned floor and wood finishes.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, warm, and active with natural light filtering through timber detailing.
- Environmental context
- Interior common space of an educational facility filled with active students.
- Spatial experience
- Expansive, dynamic hub where students flow between ground-floor breakout areas and upper-level galleries.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood slats repeat rhythmically across suspended volumes, contrasted by square ceiling light fixtures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Scandinavian institutional interior
- Program
- School common area and student hub
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture