Bernard Tschumi Architects designs ring-shaped science centre with helical slides at Swiss boarding school
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Jon Astbury
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Summary
Bernard Tschumi Architects has designed Philo, a ring-shaped science centre on the campus of the Institute Le Rosey boarding school in Rolle, Switzerland. The building features a skylit atrium with staircases and slides, and contains five storeys of classrooms, laboratories, and social spaces. The design integrates helical slides winding through the atrium as both a functional circulation element and an architectural feature.
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Philo sits on the campus of the Institute Le Rosey boarding school in Rolle, near Geneva, and contains five storeys of classrooms, laboratories and social spaces.
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