Due to its central location directly at Rotkreuz railway station, the Kantonsschule Rotkreuz becomes a key meeting place. Together with the developments at Bahnhof Süd, the Dorfmatt Centre, and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, it strengthens and consolidates the town centre of Rotkreuz.
The building responds volumetrically with a head and a wing; its head to the centre of Rotkreuz, and its wing to the neighbouring sports facility. A generous forecourt extends around the building, creating a transition to the sports grounds and the school’s outdoor areas to the east. An external staircase leading to a large rooftop terrace and landscaped pergola further expands this outdoor space. Along the west and south façade, arcades mediate between the interior and exterior spaces.
The new building for 44 school classes provides flexibly adaptable rooms and open areas for the implementation of new cooperative and interdisciplinary learning methods. The head contains the public spaces, such as the auditorium, media library, and the four-part sports hall, while the wing accommodates the general teaching classrooms.
The school building is characterized by a large public atrium in the head and several smaller atria in the wing, around which the individual learning clusters are arranged. The timber-hybrid construction remains visible and defines the character of the interior spaces.
The façades are equipped with photovoltaic elements on three sides, while the north façade integrates vertical greenery formed by climbing plants rooted in the ground.
