South Africa 2005: Utopia. Nowhere. Close.

Usazasso Secondary School
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa - Noero Wolff Architects

This secondary school was commissioned by the Provincial Government and consists of 37 classrooms, a library, computer room, hall and an administration section. The brief was expanded by the architects to allow the school to be adapted to new education legislation which calls for more entrepreneurial training. The site is in a densely populated informal settlement or favela. In response to the incredible need for land, the school occupies the smallest possible area and leaves the remaining land for a communal sport field and productive agricultural use. The L-shaped forms of the classroom blocks protect the open spaces from the strong directional winds.

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