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SQUARE, The Learning Centre St Gallen University Switzerland
30 Nov 2022
Location: Guisanstrasse 20, 9010 St.Gallen, Switzerland
Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Tokyo

photo © Peter Wuermli
Photos by Peter Wuermli and Chris Mansfield
SQUARE at St Gallen University Switzerland
SQUARE, The Learning Centre of University of St. Gallen

Swiss architecture and design studio Evolution Design has completed the fitout for the University of St. Gallen?s learning centre SQUARE. Designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects, the building is based on the concept of unbroken connectivity and multifunctionality and models new ways of learning and interaction between students and lecturers.
photo © Chris Mansfield
Experimental field for future learning

SQUARE is an experimental field for new, future-oriented forms of learning and teaching. Built as an open grid, the centre is designed to enable innovation and dialogue and has become a place of surprising encounters and mutual inspiration. In order to achieve this, SQUARE?s executive team commissioned Evolution Design to develop a furniture concept that enables experimental learning and teaching and to fit out the building and several roof terraces.

photos © Peter Wuermli
Fit out concept for enabling flexibility

SQUARE consists of open plan areas ? designed as an inspiring journey through bustling squares and loun...