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Hauptschule Rattenberg by Daniel Fügenschuh
Innsbruck architect Daniel Fügenschuh has completed a concrete and glass extension to a school at a former monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol.
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The three-storey-high rectangular block provides new classrooms that can also be used for after-school activities, as well as a school dining room.
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A large copper-framed window is the only embellishment to the street facade and frames a view out from the front of the dining room, while angled skylights bring natural light into classrooms on the top floor.
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A glazed lobby connects the extension to the existing building and a first floor mezzanine provides a viewing platform into the adjacent gym block.
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We've got a few interesting schools in the Dezeen archive - see them all here, including one outside Paris with walls, ceilings and details picked out in bright orange.
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Photography is by Christian Flatscher.
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Here's a little more explanation from Büro Fügenschuh:
Architekt Daniel Fügenschuh ZT GmbH
Hauptschule Rattenberg
A 15th century monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol was first transformed to a secondary school with a new gym extension in the early 1970ies.
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To meet today’s social needs and pedagogic standards a new school extension became necessary so pupils can stay after school and get lunch.
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Open plan zones will free up space to allow for alternative teaching methods.
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With a modern approach of protecting architectural heritage the building opens up to the historic centre re-defining the importance of the school in the urban context of Rattenberg.
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Site: Rattenberg, Österreich
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Architect: Daniel Fügenschuh
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Competition: 1. Platz
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Client: Rattenberger Immobilien GmbH
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Mechanical engineer: TAP
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Structural engineer: INGENA
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Completion: 2011
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Floor space: 250 m²
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