Competition 2024 – 1. Prize Brighton College Design: Nikolaus Goetze and Magdalene Weiss with Volkmar Sievers Architect: GMP Location: Ho Chi, Vietnam Project Lead: Julian Lahme Project Management Vietnam: Tran Cong Duc Team: Olena Dubrovska, Fanny Hoffmann-Loss, Li Hanbai, Nguyen Lam My Linh, Phan Minh Hai, Phan Minh Hoang, Alexander Schnieber, Shao Kai, David Trampe, Weng Xiaowei, Yu Shilan, Zhang Wenguang, Zhang Zhen Client: Brighton College International Schools Ltd., VinGroup World Academy GFA: 40,937 m²
בתחרות הבינלאומית לבית ספר חדש של Brighton College בהו צ'י מין סיטי בוויטנאם, האדריכלים פון Gerkan, Marg ו-Partners [gmp] זכו להצלחה וזכו בפרס הראשון על עיצובם. מאז 2011, בית הספר הבריטי הפרטי, שנוסד ב-1845, מפעיל סניפים בינלאומיים באבו דאבי, אל עין, בנגקוק, דובאי, סינגפור ולונדון. בווייטנאם, בית הספר הבינלאומי הראשון של מכללת ברייטון נפתח בהאנוי בשנת 2023.כעת, gmp עובדת על תוכניות לסניף השני בווייטנאם, בהו צ'י מין סיטי. בהתאם לתפיסה החינוכית של בית הספר, העיצוב כולל מגוון רחב של חללי פנים וחוץ פתוחים המספקים מסגרות שונות לפעילויות ספורט ואמנות משותפות של התלמידים.
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The new school will be located in Vinhomes Grand Park, a high-density urban development project to the north-east of Ho Chi Minh City. The school comprises a prep school and a senior school for a total of about 1,900 pupils. The heart of the campus will be the central building for performing arts with a 500-seat theater as well as studios for music, dance, and drama in the upper stories. The indoor swimming pool is located in the basement along the central axis. The two school buildings stand to either side of this ensemble, which will be used by all age groups, thus creating a shared schoolyard with centrally located entrances. The compact arrangement of the buildings means that a large area to the south of the site can be kept open and used for sports facilities.
 Photo Credit: gmp_Architekten
 Photo Credit: gmp_Architekten
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The room schedule in both school buildings makes it possible to accommodate varied utilization concepts. Each of the two buildings rests on 6-meter-high arcades at ground level. This creates the so-called marketplace – an open area for events and relaxation. In both the prep school and the senior school, the refectory, practice rooms for music, and other flexibly usable spaces are arranged around landscaped circular atriums that allow daylight to flood into the interior. From the marketplace, students have direct access to the sports halls at the lower level. The classrooms are located in the upper floors of the total of eight buildings, which are topped with open roof gardens with shading from flying roofs.
In Vietnam’s tropical climate, shading is an important aspect of architectural designs. The classrooms are fitted with horizontal shading louvers, and the widely cantilevering arcade roofs provide shade and protection from the rain.
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