The SkyCourt building in the Intangible Culture Park takes its inspiration from the traditional Chinese courtyard house and the relationship between the architecture and the natural context. The multiple courtyards in the compound frame views of the sky above. The courtyards also frame small gardens that bring the natural world inside the house.
Kariouk Associates designed this cottage for a couple with a young son and would serve as a center-point for the gatherings of a greatly extended family and will one day become the family’s primary residence. The challenge was to implement an architectural strategy that breaks down very large programmatic requirements and, as a result, the seeming bigness of the proposed home.
Jåttå Vocational School is designed as a small ‘town within the city’ featuring a vibrant double-high central street surrounded by individual ‘urban quarters’, each with their own teaching environments and lecture rooms.
Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
Location: Stavanger, Norway
Client: Municpality of Rogaland
Gross floor area: 16,000 m2
Year of construction: 2005 – 2007
Type of assignment: First prize in international competition, 2000