Winning campus design: low buildings around a curved, snow-covered courtyard

Bishkek International School New Campus

Client
Bishkek International School
Location
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Year
2019
Scale
10–15 ha campus, about 15,000 m²
Our role
Competition design, with Tom Brock
Services
Campus masterplanning, architectural concept
Award
Overall Winner, international open competition
Sector
Education

DELIVERY STAGES

Scope and brief
Feasibility
Design
Construction
Procurement
Handover

Bishkek International School ran a worldwide competition for a new campus of 10 to 15 hectares, with about 15,000 m² of learning space for up to 750 students. The winning entry was co-designed with Tom Brock.

CHALLENGE

The brief asked for a happy, creative and inspiring campus with full facilities for every subject and sport, built to zero carbon with natural, low-maintenance materials, in a city with long, cold winters.

APPROACH

Low, timber-screened learning buildings gather around a sheltered, curving courtyard that works as a meeting place in every season. A timber canopy marks the entry court, and the campus steps down into its landscape rather than standing over it.

OUTCOME

Selected as overall winner from an international field and published by architecture media platform Bustler in November 2019.

1st

overall winner

750

students

15,000 m²

learning space