{"id":7922,"date":"2026-05-03T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7922"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:19:50","slug":"bernard-tschumi-architects-winds-helical-slides-through-school-science-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/bernard-tschumi-architects-winds-helical-slides-through-school-science-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Tschumi Architects winds helical slides through school science centre"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Philo<\/div>\n

A skylit atrium<\/a> traversed by staircases and slides<\/a> forms the heart of Philo, a ring-shaped science centre at a school<\/a> in Switzerland by international studio Bernard Tschumi Architects<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Philo
Bernard Tschumi Architects has created a ring-shaped science centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The centre is positioned alongside a metal-domed music venue called Carnal Hall, which was completed by Bernard Tschumi Architects<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n

They are described by the studio as “two circular semi-twins”, which deliberately contrast with the architecture of the rest of the campus.<\/p>\n

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It sits next to Carnal Hall at the Institute Le Rosey boarding school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The client’s request was to differentiate the new buildings from the historical campus and its vernacular pitched roof buildings,” said studio founder Bernard Tschumi.<\/p>\n

“Dynamic circulation and movement vectors activate the building inside and outside. The central atrium acts as a covered public square and the project’s centre of gravity,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Philo
Helical slides feature in the central atrium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three concentric layers organise the plan, with a central ring of rooms opening onto communal spaces that overlook the atrium from deep balconies, and an outer ring with views out to the landscape from planted terraces.<\/p>\n

These are punctuated by a central glazed corridor, which spills into what the studio calls “collision spaces”, designed to encourage social interaction.<\/p>\n

\"Atrium
The building contains five storeys of classrooms and laboratories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philo’s classrooms were designed with maximum flexibility in mind, featuring movable partition walls that allow for its 90 individual rooms to be reconfigured and combined.<\/p>\n

Four circulation cores are positioned evenly around the circular plan, while at its centre, the atrium has a spiral staircase and two helical metal slides that wind around each other, accessed from its fourth and fifth floors.<\/p>\n