School for ornamental metalwork and blacksmithing

School for ornamental metalwork and blacksmithing

Sketches © Laure Nashed

Site plan

© Laure Nashed

Construction Section & Axonometric drawing of the bearing structure

© Laure Nashed

Perspective from Kernstrasse 

© Laure Nashed

Section – Perspective

© Laure Nashed

Workshop

© Laure Nashed

School library

© Laure Nashed

Sketches © Laure Nashed
Site plan © Laure Nashed

› 2016, Master’s thesis at ETH Zurich with Prof. Miroslav Šik.

 

› In the vicinity of Zurich’s creative scene around Langstrasse, a training centre for art smiths is to be established. As the professional title suggests, the work of an art smith is characterised by the duality between art and craft. At the Kunstschmiedeschule Zürich, the students receive an education that encourages the fusion of fine arts and crafts in the spirit of the Bauhaus.

 

The colourful neighbouring houses were mainly built during the years of industrialisation. The building complex of the school integrates itself into this very heterogeneous environment in terms of urban fabric. The division into two contiguous building volumes is used to divide the school into two areas. The high volume facing Kernstrasse contains the rooms of the art school and the lower courtyard building is where the workshop is located. Pedestrian passages attract potential customers and students to the inner courtyard. Visitors are led past various showcases, the shop of the Kunstschmied School and the workshop. Impressive works by the students are displayed in the large shop window on the ground floor facing Kernstrasse.

 

The façade design allows the separate areas of the art school and the workshop to merge. At the same time, it picks up on the theme of the material used inside. Shingles create an artistic pattern that covers the entire building. The metal shingles give the building a unique architectural expression and give the school an identity-forming character. The metal, which originally sprang from the world of engineers and industry, shines in the friendly brown tone of the brass shingles. The metal cladding rises above the concrete ground floor area. The longitudinal volumes on the roof serve as light catcher for the library and smoke catcher for the workshop. The volumes extend over the entire length of the building and merge into a chimney at the interface between school and workshop. The chimney symbolizes the heart of the school for ornamental work and blacksmithing.

Construction Section & Axonometric drawing of the bearing structure © Laure Nashed
Perspective from Kernstrasse © Laure Nashed
Section - Perspective © Laure Nashed
Workshop © Laure Nashed
School library © Laure Nashed

› 2016, Master’s thesis at ETH Zurich with Prof. Miroslav Šik.

 

› In the vicinity of Zurich’s creative scene around Langstrasse, a training centre for art smiths is to be established. As the professional title suggests, the work of an art smith is characterised by the duality between art and craft. At the Kunstschmiedeschule Zürich, the students receive an education that encourages the fusion of fine arts and crafts in the spirit of the Bauhaus.

 

The colourful neighbouring houses were mainly built during the years of industrialisation. The building complex of the school integrates itself into this very heterogeneous environment in terms of urban fabric. The division into two contiguous building volumes is used to divide the school into two areas. The high volume facing Kernstrasse contains the rooms of the art school and the lower courtyard building is where the workshop is located. Pedestrian passages attract potential customers and students to the inner courtyard. Visitors are led past various showcases, the shop of the Kunstschmied School and the workshop. Impressive works by the students are displayed in the large shop window on the ground floor facing Kernstrasse.

 

The façade design allows the separate areas of the art school and the workshop to merge. At the same time, it picks up on the theme of the material used inside. Shingles create an artistic pattern that covers the entire building. The metal shingles give the building a unique architectural expression and give the school an identity-forming character. The metal, which originally sprang from the world of engineers and industry, shines in the friendly brown tone of the brass shingles. The metal cladding rises above the concrete ground floor area. The longitudinal volumes on the roof serve as light catcher for the library and smoke catcher for the workshop. The volumes extend over the entire length of the building and merge into a chimney at the interface between school and workshop. The chimney symbolizes the heart of the school for ornamental work and blacksmithing.