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The new Green School South Africa outside Paarl by GASS Architecture Studios sets a new benchmark for green buildings while harnessing biophilic design principles to create a school that is both beautiful and inspiring.
32 Leading Architecture + Design AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021
INTRODUCTION Green School South Africa in the Drakenstein Valley just outside Paarl in the Western Cape is the first Green School in Africa. It is the third in a growing worldwide network of Green Schools, which educate for sustainability through communityintegrated, entrepreneurial learning in a natural environment. The founders of Green School SA, Herman and Alba Brandt, first heard about Green
