A dining room goes from underutilized to multifunctional with the help of a playful all-in-one storage, work, and sleeping unit
Undergraduate Research Paper
Image 21 of 21 from gallery of Chaptal Residence / Nathalie Eldan Architecture. Floor Plan
roof terraces and external staircases penetrate this center's facade providing visitors with an outdoor experience while traveling between levels.
Project "The school" continues the work on learning space that begun with an outdoor classroom design last semester. The object of investigating is a primary school for 200 pupils. The study project envisages moving existing Park Place Primary School to the new site on the Tay Riverside. The most significant features of the site are following. The site is bordered by cobbled and noisy Magdalen Yard Road along its Northern edge and railway along its Southern edge. Trains pass it from 3 directions every 15-20 minutes. The site is well exposed to the sun all day long. Prevailing South - West winds lose a bit of their strong because embankment of Riverside approach works as windbreak. The brief covers 4 main groups of accommodations: communal (assembly/ gym hall, dining room, kitchen etc); teaching (classrooms and all subordinate areas); administration (staff rooms) and ancillary (storage and plant room). The main aspects which have driven the concept of the school's design are the surrounding context and several ideas about an ideal school. On the site particularly significant role is played by Tay bridge whose rhythm of arches and contrasts between structural elements and voids inspired for the main architectural concept and structural design. As life is full of contrasts and contains the full spectrum of colours so school's architecture does. My design reflects these contrarieties and emphasises them through the contrastive modes of expression such as: inside-outside, structure-content, silence-noise, urban-nature, enclosure-openness, dark-light, massiveness-lightness, publicity-intimacy. School provides frame and space within it which then could be filled with content by curriculum, community, staff and pupils. There is strong backbone which holds and protects and there is content which embodies freedom, flexibility and openness. Parti Another important aspect I have borne in mind is Montessori method with its 'free work'. That means active pupil's participation in setting aims and creating learning process. Whereas that means changes in the organisation of classroom. 'Pupil can either work alone, with a partner or in a group'(Muller, 2002:127). Precedents I found inspiring: Montessori school in Delft by Herman Hertzberger Access and circulation Articulated classroom Frankfurt Sossenheim 'Kita' nursery competition entry by Arup Associates Access and circulation Levels of privacy Section All this led me towards multilayered concept where several ideas play equal role. *The edge between urban dynamic and "silent" presence of nature. It is formed by street pattern and surrounding buildings. The site Rigid, massive "backbone" on the street side protects from noise and forms "urban pattern" Loose, light, transparent volume on the South side provides views and natural light. 'Green' roof makes school as part of existing environment and reduces visual impact on surrounding tenements. Glazed contour articulates both inner and outer space *School as a micro-city where children develop and grow accordingly both curriculum given by society and their own inner world. Therefore school is designed as a city where are streets and plazas for socialising, houses for learning and small courtyards and bays for contemplation. This city is open for local community which plays significant role in school's development. Thus "micro-city" is rounded with "public belt" which provides several spaces for public activities and creates tight links with community. It continues within a school where spaces such as gym, dining hall is open for local community too. 'Public belt' In section building relates to the existing topography and 'opens' for visitors gradually with increasing height of space. Building is single storey in order to obscure views from tenements as little as possible. Section through main entrance and dining hall Section through classroom, corridor and administration block Organisation scheme *Classroom as a scale unit for the whole school. It could provide uniformity of the shape, scale, structure and materials. I came to the hexagonal form as very interesting to explore in my design. Structural schemes
An atrium in architecture is a large open-air or skylight-covered space in any interior volume of a building. Atriums are similar...
With community-based participation at its center, an effective Placemaking process capitalizes on a local community's assets, inspiration, and potential, and it results in the creation of quality public spaces that contribute to people's health, happiness, and well being.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth on June 8, the architect's foundation recommended this selection of Wright's top homes open for tours.
One of the biggest casualties of the digital age has been the fine skill of handwriting, and the opportunities to show off one's artsy and satisfyingly precise script are diminishing every day. When was the last time you picked up a pen?
Image 13 of 27 from gallery of Centre for the Promotion of Science / PIKASCH architecture studio. plan 02
Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is regarded internationally as architecture’s highest honor.
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Bioarchitecture ist eine neue Strömung von Architektur, die mit tiefem Wissen über die biologischen, energetischen und geometrischen Grundlagen der Schöpfung arbeitet. Heilige Geometrie führt zu lebendigen, energetischen und heilenden Räumen.
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A student from the University of Strathclyde has won this year’s RIBA Silver Medal – the annual award for the world’s best Part 2 design project
Archstorming, an architectural platform that organizes international humanitarian competitions, has released the results for the Ethiopian Satellite Preschools contest. In this competition, participants were challenged to design a school for the NGO Abay Ethiopia, a non-profit organization from Spain that operates in Walmara, Ethiopia, with the aim of fighting against poverty and promoting equal opportunities, mainly
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