Text description provided by the architects. The Protestant primary school with sports hall in Karlsruhe was completed in April 2013, after building work lasting for a good year. The school ensemble is immediately adjacent to residential buildings, an old peoples’ home, technical college, kindergarten and church, and represents a new and important urban building block for north-west Karlsruhe.

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这种设计产生于一个竞争(多个委员会)和两层小学是发展的蒙台梭利教育原则。所谓的学习大楼就是这样的典型：它是在教室前面建造的，它的形式是宽敞的，开放的使用区域。

The design emerged from a competition (multiple commissions) and the two-storey primary school was developed on Montessori educational principles. The so-called learning building is typical of this: it was built in front of the classrooms in the form of generous, open usage areas.

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这两座新建筑都被设计成清晰、直角的结构，它们的特殊外观来自于高层的彩色铝型材。这些鳍，自由放置，但有节奏，意味着外观出现在一个不断变化的相互作用的阴影，红色和绿色-无论你如何看待它们。

Both the new buildings are designed as lucid, right-angled structures that derive their special look from storey-high coloured aluminium sections. These fins, placed freely but rhythmically, mean that the façades show up in a constantly changing interplay of shades of red and green – whichever way youlook at them.

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在37x37米的学校大楼底层，一座两层高、开放的大会堂迎接着学生们。靠近大厅的楼梯上的落地是用海松建造的，可以为特殊活动提供座位。这意味着会议厅是学校的中心，它是为容纳八个班级而建造的。一段楼梯通向楼上，里面有一间音乐室，一间创意空间，一间图书馆，还有教室。这层楼外一直环绕的阳台加强了与露天的连接，也可作为紧急逃生路线。

Pupils are greeted by a two-storey, open assembly hall on the ground floor of the 37 x 37 m school building. The landing on the stairs adjacent to the hall is in maritime pine and can be adapted to provide seating for special events. This means that the assembly hall is the centre of the school, which was built to accommodate eight classes. A single flight of stairs leads to the upper floor, which houses a music room, a creative space and a library, as well as the classrooms. The balconies running all the way round outside this storey reinforce the connection with the open air, and can also serve as emergency escape routes.

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c.Brigida González

邻近的运动场已沉入现有土地约3米处。它的屋顶面积可以用作休息时间空间和额外的比赛场地.这一层由一条有屋顶的、有角度的人行道构成。

The adjacent sports hall is sunk about 3 metres into the existing land. Its roof area can be used as a break-time space and additional playing field. This level is lucidly framed by a roofed, angled walkway.