Michál Cohen’s inspiration: Hellerup School

By Michál Cohen2010-07-02T00:00:00

Michál Cohen stands at the centre of the school —a large roof-lit stairway atrium. Lots of different activities take place here, including teaching, assemblies and socialising. Students and teachers change into indoor shoes once inside the school so they

Source: Ed Tyler

Michál Cohen of Walters & Cohen Architects explains why this Copenhagen school, built only eight years ago, transformed her notions of what a school could be like, and tells how she has fared trying to introduce its ideas to British clients

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