This project is about a restructuring of the Priary school of Oslos eastern inner city. The area is struggeling to meet the demands of it´s rappidly growing population, due - primarely - to the lack of appropriately sized plots in where to build new “traditional schools”.
The present school structure is split into a series of small neighborhood schools, that are able to adapt and find it´s place in the dense urban fabric.
The current school buildings are partly redeveloped into central “resource centers”, to complement the smaller local units.
The strategy intends to aid some of the alarming social and academic challenges in these parts of the city, wich have a high level of finacially challenged families and immigrant children.
The “Neighborhood school” adresses both the childrens need for a safe and inspiring learning environment and the local communiy´s need for a “people´s house” and a sense of affiliation.
We developed five Naighborhood Schools to explore the potential of this new typology.
You can read more about this project here: http://kvartalskolen.wordpress.com/
You can find articles on the rising challenges of young schoolchildren in Oslo here: http://kvartalskolen.blogspot.no/
( the project was developed in close collaboration with the great architect Hans Bjørn Holther).
