26/07/2020
Maple International School
This five acre plot has only eight meter wide entry from main road. The visibility from the road was inclined at a specific angle and this inclination became the basic draft of our planning and placement of the school building.
But this limiting draft became helpful to us to create and design internal courtyards with play areas. So, air flow and natural light are utilized in such a way so as to bring down the energy needs of the building when children spend their day time in the school.
We wanted to build two separate buildings to accommodate different levels of the classes separately. But this was a challenge for us to present two buildings in combined façade. So, we design a large corridor all the way across the entire building which can be used for main entrance as well as connecting lobby. Moreover, we used this corridor to connect all floors in such a way that a person at a one floor can interact with a person at another floor
Most importantly we worked upon the internal courts as the main source to bring natural light inside the building. Green concepts and techniques like water re-use, energy efficiency, waste handling, conserving natural resources are followed to enhance occupants health, happiness and well being.
