Henning Larsen has completed their new campus for the French International School in Hong Kong, offering a ?vibrant green oasis in the dense city.? The 1100-capacity school sits behind a kaleidoscopic façade laid across a grid of 727 multicolored tiles, offering a ?vibrant sustainable environment supporting a world-class multicultural education.?

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Henning Larsen has completed their new campus for the French International School in Hong Kong, offering a ?vibrant green oasis in the dense city.? The 1100-capacity school sits behind a kaleidoscopic façade laid across a grid of 727 multicolored tiles, offering a ?vibrant sustainable environment supporting a world-class multicultural education.?Located in the city?s Tseung Kwan O district, the 19,600-square-meter scheme comprises a series of large open plan spaces called Villas, each with 125 pupils in the same age group. The spaces are arranged around a central Agora, facilitating group activities and collaboration.
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The scheme?s multi-colored, ceramic tiled façade offers a ?material representation of the environment within.? The vibrant patterns symbolize the forward-thinking, international outlook of the school, which offers five languages to a student body representing 40 nationalities. 

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The building form and façade respond to the local climate and conditions, with North or South facing classrooms avoiding the low sun from East ...