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School Of Architecture At The Royal
Institute Of Technology
/ Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
The site on the KTH campus, with its very
Based on the logic of a free campus
The deep red CorTen steel exterior relates
tangible cultural and historical context
layout that encourages movement, the
to the dark red brick of existing buildings.
and its physical limitations, could be
idea is to accommodate and encourage
described as the opposite of a blank slate
circulation within the building and
The interior is designed to be robust and
(Tabula Rasa). The new school is inserted
all around it as a way of thoroughly
flexible. Curving walls create a free flow of
into an existing courtyard space with
integrating and anchoring the new
contiguous space that enhance the sense
existing pathways and is located adjacent
school to the site. With its rounded
of openness rather than enclosure. Views
to Erik Lallerstedt’s original and quite
contours and a total of six floors, the
and paths are extended through the
monumental brick buildings from the
school building includes a sunken garden
structure with spatial conditions more
early twentieth century.
and a roof terrace, while cultivating
akin to a landscape than a traditional
the character of the courtyard as one
institutional building.
continuous space.