BRIGHTON COLLEGE
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BRIGHTON COLLEGE
A NEW IDEA OF EDUCATIONAL SPACE BOLSTERING
INTERACTION AND EXCHANGE
The School of Science and Sports at Brighton College defies the
conventional character of educational buildings – one of endless
empty hallways and imposed silence – and instead combines the
two departments to create a vibrant building with lively spaces
where activities are not necessarily dictated by a school timetable.
Observing that processes of learning take place outside as much
as inside of the classroom, the design articulates a new idea of
educational space bolstering interaction and exchange.
Why isolate the department of Science from the department of
Sports? Instead, the two are merged into one linear volume, situated
at the edge of the playing field. Primary sporting spaces are on
level with the field, and the sports hall opens directly onto it. The
Science department, which include classrooms, laboratories and a
green house, spans over the sporting spaces like a skeletal bridge.
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