If i were today, on the first of september to go to school again i would definitly make it happen in Viimsi highschool . Not only is it a stunning piece of contemporary architecture by Eero Endjärv, combining a Frank O Gehry like feeling with skandinavian influences . It also has the ability to make you feel at ease from the minute you walk in. Fear of school seem to be unnecesairy at first glance . You walk past a glasdoor that has fishes painted on it and you find yourself in the big commonhal which is filled with plants and even has a waterfall that looks like a big black meteorite ( space oddeseystyle no kidding).
The rusty, coppercoloured exterior of the building tends to spark a creative, playfull yet hardworking flame, the exact thing one needs at school. It tends towards the futuristic, with its shape, but then wisely sticks into a more earthly even countryside like feel . Well its not exactly a summerhouse, but wood is an important component to the feel good of this school, more exactly in the windowframes, that have this Mondrianish style of warm balanced logic . The structure of the building is based on an island concept having a central space with four long arms in rotating shape, so at each moment of the day the light integrates to the rooms where it is most needed . More info on architecture is found at www.aet-arhitektid.ee for Viimsi Keskkool look at http://www.viimsi.edu.ee/
entering Viimsi highschool : aquariumstyle
when nature meets logic : a waterfall inside the school
funky coloured outside of the toilets : OXO style !
the outside holding a playfull ,warm and logic fashion
a spacestation desire , just cherised and not overexpressed: wonderfull !
mind the cute design chairs behind the butterfly ...a classroom
the commonroom : a place to eat amongst the sound of falling water
the amazing exterior : looks a lot like an artmuseum !
a different look at the commonroom
the clock on the schools aula : a distinctive skandinavian charm
a comfy chill out space : well done !
ever wondered how the ceiling looks like ? notice the librarybox on the right
the librarybox : wonderfully integrated in the space of the commonroom
impatiently awaiting pupils : 31st august
Text and pictures : Thomas Viaene