ENTER - secondary school and vocational training college

Enter
Enter is an IT-college in a distant Helsinki suburb. The L-shaped pavillion like building forms the last corner of an existing school campus.
The urban setting is dominated by two curved yards. A larger one towards the campus garden and a smaller court yard connected to the main road. The two curved glass facades open up the school towards the community. The students and teachers see the community and are seen. The campus garden serves as learning area through wireless network and green islands. Fruit trees with white flowers celebrate the graduation in the end of may.
The street side facade is broken in to smaller volumes to relate the scale with the surrounding villas. The warm colored wooden surfaces are reminescent of early 20th century school buildings.
The wooden surfaces are of local pine.

Cast on site concrete stair forms the center of action in the building. It is topped by a large cone shaped top light. A small mediatheaque and a café in the southern wing open up towars the central lobby.
Since the budget of the client was very limited the focus in architecture had to be well targeted. The urban solution, glass facades and the central space dominate while the class rooms are reduced in their material palette into industrial IT-workshops.
K2S Architects Ltd.