Sasaki
Sasaki principal Dennis Pieprz, Honorary ASLA recently served on the jury for an international design competition to design a new Special Education School affiliated with the College of Education of Kongju National University in South Korea.
The new Special Education School will accommodate students with learning disabilities in a forward-looking, accessible, and sustainable environment. The firms invited to participate in the competition were Grafton Architects of Ireland, Steven Holl Architects of the United States, Carlo Ratti Associati of Italy, and Nameless Architecture of Korea. The competition was run as an all-digital process, and the final presentations took place via Zoom. The First Prize was unanimously awarded to Grafton Architects, who, according to Pieprz, “designed a remarkable response to a complex program and site.”
The new school is expected to open in 2023.