The Siprosa School in Nairobi, Kenya provides global progressive education in spaces that negotiate between regular classrooms, flexible program areas and outdoor learning environments. These spaces are distributed through a
collection of stacked and shifted voids that are wrapped by a terracotta screen that connects diverse spaces, buffers
the school from the city, and responds to environmental needs.

 

The flexibility of this formal solution responds to powerful environmental conditions: a warm climate that encourages outdoor time and dramatic monsoons that require sheilding from nature. With a mixture of contained classrooms and sheltered or exposed outdoor spaces, Siprosa provides spaces in tune with the local climate, and fosters green learning opportunities for students through various ecological systems.

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Collaborators: Pablo Hernandez, Rudabeh Pakravan, Kristen Sidell

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Winner of Architizer 2016 A+ Awards, Honorable Mention