PHOTO: ADAM MØRK

 

Home away from home

Approximately 80 disabled children, many of them with multiple disabilities, attend the special school in Schwechat near Vienna. The building created by architects fasch&fuchs establishes a balance between the imperatives of protecting the children and allowing them to make contact – not only with other pupils but with nature outside the building. Entering the building through the numerous windows, natural daylight illuminates the interior and penetrates right down into the basement.

 

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