GYB Intercantonal college of the Broye region
Payerne, Switzerland
Competition 1st prize 2001
Realisation 2002-2005
Payerne, Switzerland
Competition 1st prize 2001
Realisation 2002-2005
Cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, Switzerland
Boegli Kramp Architekten, Fribourg, Switzerland
Jörg Brändlin, Ana Maria Eigenmann, Antje Käser-Wassmer, Helmuth Pauli, Caroline Wiesbrock, Alfred Schläpfer, Andreas Zachmann
Bauwelt Preis 2007
best architects 08
Nominated for DRA 2006, Distinction Romande d’Architecture
The intercantonal college's long structure with multiple bends and perforations sits on a hill overlooking Payerne and the Broye region. This school complex for around 800 pupils from 2 cantons accommodates over 70 rooms for classes and groups, administration, a library, a multi-purpose room, an assembly hall, a cafeteria and a triple gymnasium.
Its multifaceted nature is not instantly apparent on the outside. The concept is based on functional partitioning into four spatial areas, each with its own entrance and foyer. The spine of the complex is formed by a corridor that is around 300 metres long and flanked by classrooms on each side. Spatial caesuras with views of the surroundings and courtyard provide zones in which to linger.
The support structure of the school complex and gymnasium is made of concrete and pre-stressed concrete. The gymnasium's roof structure consists of wooden trusses. The farm's barn was traversed with spatial supporting structures made of timber slabs.
The seamless double-skin exposed-concrete facade, dyed an earthy ochre hue and enriched with dark gravel, has an outer span of 420 m and when the temperature changes, it moves freely around the window frames that are attached to the load-bearing inner skin. For this purpose, a system that combines fixed and floating bearings was chosen. The structural design, which came about as a result of aesthetic requirements, has proven itself in both a structural and economic sense – because maintenance costs are significantly reduced by the uninterrupted seamless design.