Architects: Salto AB
Location: Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia
Design Team: Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke, Andro Mänd, Margus Tamm, Eva Laarmann
Competition Team : Maarja Kask, Karli Luik, Ralf Lõoke
Area: 5,900 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Karli Luik
Interior Designer: Pille Lausmäe Sisearhitektuuri Büroo
Client: State Real Estate
From the architect. The extension to Viljandi State High School makes for a discreet, lowest possible backdrop for the heritage-listed historic building. The solution is based on the characteristics of the plot, situated in a low lakeside land.
Orientation towards East-West ensures good natural lightning conditions and enables pleasant views towards lake and theatre and the historic building.
On the site of the missing historic wing, an entrance square has been formed. The lakeside works as a more private recreational area wirh sports grounds. The spatial program has been reorganized with almost all classes in the extension and administrative functions in the historic building. The layout avoids conventional atrium and densely packed classes with narrow corridors, opting for a more vaied solution.
Viljandi State High School / Salto AB originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 27 Feb 2014.
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