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A World of Children – Parents don’t come inside, queridos!

What does a school in the 21st century look like at the transition to the knowledge society? In a rural area in Ecuador. At 2600m altitude. On a slope with 56m gradient. Climate-friendly … The school of the 21st century is open and unique at the same time. We do not know today how we will learn tomorrow, everything imaginable should be possible. We want to build regionally reasonable, but with international standards. High tech and low tech, new and old at the same time.

We take the topography and work with it.

The space is kept as good as possible in its sensation, the slope of the property is understood as an opportunity for the formulation of an exciting sequence of rooms, terraces and views. Each room has the best view of the valley, to Cuenca, while enjoying direct access to the open space.

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• Architects: PPAG architects
• Project: German School Stiehle Cuenca
• Location: Cuenca, Ecuador
  
• Project Team: Anna Popelka, Georg Poduschka, Jakub Dvorak, Valerie Assmus, Maximilian Bertl
  • In the middel of the southern Ecuadorian Andes right away from the city Cuenca – UNESCO World Cultural Capital – PPAG are building the German School Stiehle.

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