Circular Learning Pavilions
In a time of climate crisis, it is essential to rethink the architectural framework of public schools to support the green transition. This includes creating new opportunities for everyday outdoor learning, where children can develop a sense of ownership, a closer connection to nature, and engagement with their surroundings.
Circular Learning Pavilions rethink the spatial framework of schools and propose a new school typology that bridges the structure of the traditional classroom with the openness of the schoolyard and nature. Developed through co-creation workshops with Danish elementary school students and teachers, the project translates everyday learning needs into a modular, flexible system where each unit can be combined, expanded, or reconfigured to support different learning situations—from focused study and workshops to informal gathering and play. As the school evolves, the pavilion can evolve with it.
Using recycled timber and visible, simple joints, the structure is designed for disassembly and reuse. The circularity lies not only in the materials, but in the system itself. Elements can be repaired, replaced, or rearranged without waste, and the entire pavilion can be moved, expanded, or rebuilt in new configurations.
Inside the pavilion, a modular plug-in furniture system allows each school to shape the space to its needs. Benches, tables, kitchen modules, shelving, and plant walls can be added, repainted, or rearranged over time, making change a natural part of the learning environment.
The pavilion becomes both a learning space and a learning tool, showing how architecture can support resource awareness, circular construction, and shared ownership.
Circular Learning Pavilions rethink the spatial framework of schools and propose a new school typology that bridges the structure of the traditional classroom with the openness of the schoolyard and nature. Developed through co-creation workshops with Danish elementary school students and teachers, the project translates everyday learning needs into a modular, flexible system where each unit can be combined, expanded, or reconfigured to support different learning situations—from focused study and workshops to informal gathering and play. As the school evolves, the pavilion can evolve with it.
Using recycled timber and visible, simple joints, the structure is designed for disassembly and reuse. The circularity lies not only in the materials, but in the system itself. Elements can be repaired, replaced, or rearranged without waste, and the entire pavilion can be moved, expanded, or rebuilt in new configurations.
Inside the pavilion, a modular plug-in furniture system allows each school to shape the space to its needs. Benches, tables, kitchen modules, shelving, and plant walls can be added, repainted, or rearranged over time, making change a natural part of the learning environment.
The pavilion becomes both a learning space and a learning tool, showing how architecture can support resource awareness, circular construction, and shared ownership.
LOCATIONCopenhagen, Denmark
TYPOLOGYLearning pavilions
SIZE30-90 m2
STATUSPilot project, 2024-25
CLIENTSelf-initiated project supported by Statens Kunstfond
COLLABORATIONArchitect: Blomqvist Arkitektur
Partner Schools: Lykkebo skole, Korsager skole, Lundehusskolen
TYPOLOGYLearning pavilions
SIZE30-90 m2
STATUSPilot project, 2024-25
CLIENTSelf-initiated project supported by Statens Kunstfond
COLLABORATIONArchitect: Blomqvist Arkitektur
Partner Schools: Lykkebo skole, Korsager skole, Lundehusskolen