SKUB - Sogaardsskolen School

The Sogaard School is one of the educational institutions included in the development project of the town of Gentofte. Its reconstruction and extension were designed by the Cebra office in collaboration with the users of this institution. Sogaard is a special school for socially disadvantaged children with general learning difficulties. The project is based on the school educational program and specific needs that emerged from a workshop with school staff and students' parents.
The aim was to connect the existing school buildings into a coherent whole that would encourage opportunities for natural collaboration across school departments. The architectural intention was to provide elements that correspond to the scale and characteristics of the surrounding development. Therefore, the new building is divided into sections in its floor plan that repeat (duplicate) the floor plan scheme of the existing buildings. The sections are shifted relative to one another and also differ in size. Each of them has its own gable roof – a characteristic element of the surrounding residential development. The direction of the roofs matches that of the existing buildings, creating the impression of several houses standing next to each other.