Concordia International School
A four-storey expansion of Concordia International School's High School in Hanoi — flexible, interconnected learning spaces wrapped in a climate-responsive, daylight-filled building that earned Lotus Gold green certification.
A high school built around daylight and connection.
A four-storey high school, shaped by daylight and sustainability.
Concordia International School set out to expand its High School in Hanoi into a building suited to the way students learn now — collaborating, working independently, and pursuing questions across subjects. EDI designed a four-storey learning environment built around flexible planning rather than rows of classrooms, with a variety of interconnected spaces for teamwork, inquiry, and personalised study.
Each floor mixes settings so students can shift between working alone, in small groups, and in larger studios, with room for goal-setting and close contact between students and teachers. The plan treats the building as a single connected learning landscape rather than a stack of separate rooms.
Sustainability shaped the design from the start. Indigenous materials, climate-responsive strategies, and a careful approach to daylight make the building healthy and energy-efficient while tying it to its Hanoi setting — work that earned the project Lotus Gold certification from the Vietnam Green Building Council, completed in 2019.
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