Award-winning school that can stand the test

Costly redevelopments of schools are a major expense for the municipality, which posed the question of how a technical secondary school with heavy-duty technical installations and machinery could be made flexibly, efficiently and easily adaptable. It was also important for the school to be “designed as a landmark and to symbolise innovation and expertise.”

The concept landed on wide spans, high ceilings, and durable materials.

The facades are made as pre-fabricated concrete facades with dark-brown brick cladding, laid in relief with two different depths of varying widths. The shade and gloss value of the bricks shifts giving the facade a diverse expression. The school is crowned by a distinctive saw-tooth roof with solar panels facing the south, which, along with the geo-store and other climate technology systems, create a building that provides its surroundings with energy.

On the inside, the frame of the building is visible with free-standing columns and high trusses of laminated wood. A staircase with integrated seating made out of solid wood, placed in a glass-ceilinged atrium, winds its way up through the floors. Together with the open balconies around the atria, it creates an altogether theatrical character with exciting breakout and meeting spaces.

The school was opened 21 August 2020.