Collège Champittet School Building Model

We made Collège Champittet’s own school the subject of a shared building project. What began as a student’s idea became a model for students to assemble together in Switzerland. The student who initiated the project would lead the work on site. With that plan, the brief was about both the school’s architecture and the experience of building it as a group.

The school’s long facade and steep roof give the model its shape. We built it from original LEGO® elements, including the grounds around the entrance. Details familiar to the school community bring the campus into the model, from the path to the dolphin sculpture. The school’s Head of Arts approved the design for the students to build themselves.

We shaped the building experience around shared work, with digital instructions that students could consult on different devices. The model could be built in separate sections, giving the group a common subject to work on together. Their own campus provides that connection. The design makes the school itself the focus of a practical activity, with its students taking on the task of assembling the place they share.