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International School Tumo

CNTEZ Architects

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Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Learning Space
4.86
5.57
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5.04
Tom Edington
Tom Edington Creative Director at YourStudio
I'm struggling to appreciate this d...
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4.75
Wiebe Boonstra
Wiebe Boonstra Art Director / Co Founder at DUM
With an assignment like this you ha...
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5.5
Giulia Maria Moschen Bracho
Giulia Maria Moschen Bracho Trend Researcher | Futurist at Freelance
Struggling to piece together the br...
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4.25
Valérie Boerma
Valérie Boerma Founder at Barde vanVoltt
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4
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5
4.75
Sanxia Zhou
Sanxia Zhou Director at Sunshine PR and Frame China
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5
Daisuke Nagatomo
Daisuke Nagatomo Assistant Professor at National Taiwan Normal University
The perforated metal panel facade c...
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4.5
T.K. Chu
T.K. Chu The Founder and Principle Designer of T. K. Chu Design Group and TK Home at T. K. Chu Design Group
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5.5
Alia el Tanani
Alia el Tanani Founder at Living In Interiors & Don Tanani
This does stand out and would be re...
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5.75
Elena Apiou
Elena Apiou Head of design at Adagio Aparthotels
I like the external and uncommon as...
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5.5
Vincent de Graaf
Vincent de Graaf Co-founder at AIM Architecture
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4.75
William Lim
William Lim Managing Director at CL3 Architects Limited
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Oliver Salway
Oliver Salway Founder at Softroom
The response to the clients brief i...
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5.5
Heidi Smith
Heidi Smith Partner at Gray Puksand
It is difficult to judge as a learn...
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5.25
Cameron Fry
Cameron Fry Creative Director at Liqui Group
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4.5
Client
International school Tumo
Floor area
4000 ㎡
Completion
2020
Chief architect by CNTEZ Architects
Architect by CNTEZ Architects
Photographer
Architect by Alllevels Architecture & Engineering

We were faced with a difficult but interesting task from the head creators of the TUMO school - to create an architectural design of a building based on an iPhone. Minimalistic, technological and recognizable. Modern product design, mostly dictated by the development of technology, ergonomics and marketing is hardly imaginable in fundamental art and large shapes, but we tried the best to transform the principle and approach of design into architecture. The idea formed the basis of the whole project process: from the creation of furniture and interiors, as well as the elements of the facade and the choice of materials. We excluded any non-functional and unnecessary elements, had deliberately sought to contrast with the environment and the existing landscape, creating a self-sufficient unique building - a technological symbol of its time, connecting anyone, the way an iPhone does in the hands of a narcissistic businessman and a simple hard worker.