Stefano Boeri Architetti Designs 3 Schools in Tirana That Will Be Open 24 Hours a Day

Stefano Boeri Architetti has revealed the design of three new innovative schools to be built in Tirana, Albania, that will be open 24 hours a day, everyday of the year, transforming them into essential social centers for residents of all ages.

The three new structures will be integrated into Stefano Boeri Architetti’s competition-winning masterplan for Tirana, positioned within key social nodes of the Albanian capital’s northwest quarter: the neighborhoods of Don Bosco, Kodër-Kamëz and Shqiponja Square. Multiple schools will be housed within each of the three structures, which will also contain meeting and social spaces open and available to the entire community.

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“The school must be open to a new rhythm of life,” explains Stefano Boeri. “It must be an active place in all the hours of the day, every day of the year, for everyone, at all ages: grandparents, young people, local associations, creative enterprises, institutions. The open school is the heart of our society, that beats together with the life, that flows in and around it. “

“The new school hosts meetings, discussions, dialogs for associations without head offices. It opens the doors to those seeking a space to start a social and cultural venture. It welcomes book clubs and organizes courses to explore the most intriguing, bizarre and extreme depths of knowledge.”

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The new schools will use traditional materials found in Tirana – red brick and white cement – and will cover a total area of 29,609 square meters. The Don Bosco School Complex will house nursery, pre-school, middle school and high school (9,812 square meters); the Kodër-Kamëz School Complex nursery, pre-school, middle school and high school (11,898 square meters); and the Shqiponja School Complex nursery, pre-school education and middle school (7,898 m2).

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Project Manager Francesca Cesa Bianchi describes the schools as new “local epicenters” where public life of the area will congregate:

“Our schools will be the true urban squares of the neighborhoods, used by students during school hours, and by the community on weekends and holidays.”

  • Architects

  • Location

    Tirana, Albania
  • Partner

    Stefano Boeri
  • Project Director

    Francesca Cesa Bianchi
  • Project Leaders

    Carlotta Capobianco, Jacopo Colatarci, Julia Gocalek
  • Team

    Jona Arkaxhiu, Orjana Balla, Daniele Barillari, Moataz Faisal Farid, Yulia Filatova, Paolo Russo, Mario Shilong Tan, Elisa Versari
  • Client

    PPP Agikons Construction Company – Municipality of Tirana
  • Photographs

    Stefano Boeri Architetti
  • Architects

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Cite: Patrick Lynch. "Stefano Boeri Architetti Designs 3 Schools in Tirana That Will Be Open 24 Hours a Day" 21 Feb 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/889485/stefano-boeri-architetti-designs-3-schools-in-tirana-that-will-be-open-24-hours-a-day> ISSN 0719-8884

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