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Sezin School

Atölye

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Learning Space
5.31
6.46
5.92
6.54
6.06
Catalina Soffia Baeza
Catalina Soffia Baeza Creative Director at Yáneken
7.05
7.94
6.65
8.24
7.47
Mauro Brigham
Mauro Brigham Founder and Creative Director at ncbham
Beautiful bedrooms with cleverly in...
6.5
7.75
7
7.5
7.19
Ad de Hond
Ad de Hond Founder and Creative Director at ADH.design
modern, respecting culture and natu...
7.04
8.17
7.41
8.11
7.68
Katie Kasabalis
Katie Kasabalis Cofounder at Kasawoo
8
8
7
8
7.75
Asha Sairam
Asha Sairam Principal at Studio Lotus
6.5
6
5.5
8.75
6.69
Philip Staszewski
Philip Staszewski Partner Architect at Ivy Studio
7
8
7.5
8
7.63
Daniel Kaven
Daniel Kaven Co-Founder at William Kaven Architecture
5.86
4.19
6.81
6.62
5.87
Simon Schmolling
Simon Schmolling Head of Architecture at Meiré und Meiré
6.26
7.03
6.55
7.99
6.96
Darren Xu
Darren Xu Founder and CEO at Spider Creative
7.14
7.89
6.98
7.06
7.27
Mark Bithrey
Mark Bithrey Founder and Creative Director at B3 Designers
If these roof shapes have been in e...
7.5
7.5
8
7.5
7.63
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin Founder and Creative Director at AMD Interior Architecture
As architecture should be, consider...
8
7
7
8
7.5
Zhongli Wang
Zhongli Wang Partner at Catanian
7.26
6.79
6.91
7.04
7
Lindsay Roth
Lindsay Roth Design Director at Gensler
The architecture has great form and...
6.5
7
6.5
5
6.25
Pengzhan Du
Pengzhan Du Chief Architect at Engineering Design Management Center of Bureau of public works of Shenzhen Municipality
Nice design, I wish the living room...
7
7.5
7.5
8
7.5
Steve Lastro
Steve Lastro CEO and Future of Living Advisor at Linq-X
7
8
7.5
7.5
7.5
Designer
Client
Private Sezin School
Floor area
1600 ㎡
Completion
2020
Architect
Aydan Serbest
Architect
Begüm Ural
Architect
Can Görgün
Architect
Elif Karaköse
Architect
Gizem Akın
Architect
Nesile Yalçın

A multi-disciplinary team conducted over 100 hours of fieldwork and analyzed trends in education. The design research included interviews with teachers and students, cultural inquiries, and collaborative workshops. Innovating its way beyond the conventional educational space design practices, ATÖLYE aimed to transform the primary and kindergarten areas of the school into flexible pedagogical areas that encourage learning and collaboration. A mental model that guided the knowledge-centered experience towards the student-centered was used. To tap into the creativity of all the stakeholders involved, we organized visualization and modeling studies with the teachers, administration, kindergarten and primary school students. The drawings emerging from these works, reflecting the imagination of the students, helped to understand the needs and expectations. It inspired innovative architectural and furniture scale designs. With an eye towards utmost functionality as well as sustainability, ATÖLYE developed modular classroom furniture made from ecologically sustainable and locally sourced materials that allows students to shape their bodies, with carefully designed angles and contrasts with the static seating arrangement in traditional classrooms. To emphasize a student-centered approach, the teachers’ desks are designed as the same size as the students' desk. This way, a new dynamic was created that equalized the relationship within the classroom. Realizing in our research that current schools prioritized the needs of an extrovert student, we team developed an inclusive loft-within-the-classroom approach with cushion seating that allows for multiple functions such as reading, peer-to-peer learning, resting, or an intimate conversation. The spatial graphics used throughout the primary school area contained a playful and genderless character that emphasizes inclusivity and challenges the idea of ​​schools as an "overly serious" institution for both students and teachers.