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4 COPPER ARCHITECTURE FORUM 30/2011
From the very start, the main goal or both client and desig-ners
was to create a modern school, well adapted to current
and uture needs, and with the fexibility to change and meet
uture challenges. Functional and aesthetic considerations
were also important, leading to an attractive building and
inspiring workplace or both students and teachers.
The total area o the building is 14,000 m2 with room or 800
students and 150 sta members.
The Nordahl GriegSecondary SchoolEarly in 2006, Hordaland
County, on the west coast of Norway, instigated an
architectural
competition for the design of a new high school in the Srs
district of Bergen. The winners
against stiff competition from seven other entries were the
architects LINK.
The buildings architecture is a clear statement o intent,
provi-ding a long-lie and durable copper and glass enclosure able
to
accommodate changing requirements. It symbolises a youthul
energy: dynamic, sel-assured, colourul, resh and
challenging.
A skin o green pre-patinated copper embraces the buildings
transparent volume, designed to give the impression o
lightness
and dynamism. This is heightened by the main glass acade
which
incorporates narrow elds o coloured glass. These elements
symbolise each student as an individual and independent
being.
Photo: Daniel Clements
