Educational Complex Kajzerica in Croatia by SANGRAD + AVP

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The concept of the Cultural – Educational Complex in Kajzerica has been deducted from a contextual inspiration: by shifting the direction of the buildings from the street of the old Kajzerica Neighbourhood, we get a public area and an extension of the urban space under a green canopy. The lifted classroom volume slabs are outdoing the access to the school yard, opening transparency, lucidity, continuity and relations within the site, metaphorically substituting crowns and shadows of the trees, freeing the public space and rendering an artificial forest merged with the authentic green surface.

Street view-2, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

• Architects: SANGRAD + AVP
• Project: Educational Complex Kajzerica
• Location: Zagreb, Croatia
• Photography: Sandro Lendler
• Lead Architects: Vedran Pedišić, prof. Emil Špirić, Erick Velasco Farrera, Juan Jose Nuñez Andrade
• Client: City of Zagreb
• Collaborators: Gordana Gregurić Miočić, Iva Marjančević Vuksanić, Mladen Hofmann Antonija Milovac
• Mechanical Engineering: Goran Tomek
• Gross Built Area: 16.220 m2
• Completion Year: 2014

School square, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

The Nursery-Kindergarten building is aesthetically and functionally compatible with the School building in a sense that compliments the shape of the school building with the central square binding them together.

School square-2, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

School square-1, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

The school building is separated from the building of Nursery and Kindergarten for functional reasons. Both buildings are organized in such a way that can work as one system or separated systems, according to their needs. The compact character of the buildings sets free a large area of the site for other purposes: sport fields, playgrounds and horticultural areas with local and new green species.

School sports courts, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

Kindergarden courtyard, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

Both of the buildings are using renewable sources of energy due to the amount of underground water to be used for heat pumps (water-water system) and low energy consumption lightning and equipment.

Street view-1, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

Aerial view, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

The building was awarded the VIKTOR KOVACIC prize for the best architectural work within the public design category in 2014 by the Croatian Chamber of Architects. It was also awarded the VLADIMIR NAZOR prize for highest achievement in architectural design in 2014 by the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

School square-library, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

School gym, Image Courtesy © Sandro Lendler

1st floor, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

2nd floor, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Basement level, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Elevations 1, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Elevations 2, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Ground floor, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Section 1, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Section 2, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Site plan, Image Courtesy © SANGRAD + AVP

Tags: Croatia, Zagreb

Categories: Building, Educational Center, Educational Institute, gym, Library, Sports Hall

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