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Glasir

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Client

Ministry of Culture [Mentamálaráðið] | Landsverk

Typology

Education

Size m2/ft2

19,200 / 206,669

Status

Completed

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 — The school is conceived as a pedagogical diagram turned into a building, shaped by the considerations to the functional needs rather than external limitations.

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 — A stack of five individual buildings wrap around a central public space: three buildings for each of the three specialties, one for food and faculty, and one for physical exercise and gatherings.

01/02
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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PLAN LEVEL 1

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PLAN LEVEL 2

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PLAN LEVEL 3

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PLAN LEVEL 4

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PLAN LEVEL 5

01/06
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Partner in Charge

Bjarke Ingels

David Zahle

Finn Nørkjær

Jakob Lange

Ole Elkjær-Larsen

Project Architect

Høgni Laksafoss

Project Team

Alberte Danvig

Alejandro Mata Gonzales

Alessio Valmori

Alexandre Carpentier

Annette Jensen

Armen Menendian

Athena Morella

Baptiste Blot

Boris Peianov

Camila Luise de Andrade Stadler

Camille Crepin

Christian Alvarez

Claudio Moretti

Dag Præstegaard

Daniel Pihl

Dennis Rasmussen

Edouard Boisse

Elisha Nathoo

Enea Michelesio

Esben Christoffersen

Esklid Nordbud

Ewelina Moszczynska

Frederik Lyng

Gaetan Brunet

Goda Luksaite

Greta Krenciute

Henrik Kania

Jakob Teglgård Hansen

Jan Besikov

Jan Kudlicka

Jan Magasanik

Jeppe Ecklon

Jesper Boye Andersen

Ji-Young Yoon

Johan Cool

Kari-Ann Petersen

Katerina Joannides

Kim Christensen

Krista Meskanen

Laura Youf

Long Zuo

Martin Cajade

Michael Schønemann Jensen

Mikkel Marcker Stubgaard

Nanna Gyldholm

Nicklas Antoni Rasch

Norbert Nadudvari

Oana Simionescu

Paolo Venturella

Richard Howis

Rune Hansen

Sabine Kokina

Simonas Petrakas

Sofia Sofianou

Takumi Iwasawa

Tiago Sá

Tobias Hjortdal

Tommy Raffoul Bjørnstrup

Victor Bejenaru

Xiao Xuan Lu

BIG Ideas

Kristoffer Negendahl

Tore Banke

Awards

SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture for a New Building, Honors, 2019

World Architecture Festival, Best Education Category Finalist, 2019

Collaborators

Fuglark

Lemming & Eriksson

Rosan Bosch

Sámal Johannesen

Martin E. Leo SP/F

KJ Elrád