VIKASA WORLD SCHOOL

Main School Block & Master Plan

CONCEPT & EXPLANATIONS

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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Concept & explanations call
for a separate presentation
on its own which I might do
later after TCE reopens and
if time permitted at TCE
arch dept. As, so much more
details have to be shown &
explained to you.
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Hence a brief explanation is
given now to explain certain
aspects only which you
should understand during
this visit.

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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The explanations are also about
why certain facilities could not
be provided owing to certain
practical difficulties and also
by financial & site’s
constraints.

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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Educational Institutions fall into 2
categories:
1) Philanthropic, which are built
by huge corporates and the
institutions subsidised from the
earnings of the corporate
companies and usually they are
built on very huge land area and
costs are not great constraints.
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2) Non Philanthropic: These are
started by educationists to
promote education in a very good
manner and also have a decent,
fair earnings from them and so the
affordability & constraints are
higher and are on smaller land
area because of cost constraints.
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Vikaasa World School, a
Cambridge Education
School, (which is just one
step below true International
Board), is under the 2nd
category.
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Now let us see the Master Plan.

You’ll better understand this by

seeing the A3 size print out
given to you. Also from other
drawings given to you as hard
copies. The intention of this
brief is to be able to read the
presentation on Presentation
smartby P.R.S.
phones.
Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
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Vikaasa World School Master Plan – yellow color shows
buildings. Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
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The buildings are compactly
designed with small foot prints
as required by the clients to gain
maximum area for sports
facilities since the land area is
relatively quite small – just 7
acres. And with foot ball ground
as requirement, the land is
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For this type of Cambridge
School, about 20 students
only would be in one class
room of about 45 Sq.M. (450
to 500 S.Ft.)

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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And all the buildings are to be
fully air conditioned in the near
future. To be economical too,
compactness becomes necessary,
& for providing courtyards,
space was a constraint & also
the heat gain from the
courtyard would boost the cost
of air conditioning.
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VAASTHU TOO PLAYED
SOME ROLE !
(which is not explained here)

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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So, the whole master plan, along
with the buildings and the
sports facilities were done with
these constraints, and IMHO,
with all the constraints, an
effective planning & a decent
architecture has been brought
out in this school design.
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At present, the main building has
been completed with its
surrounding landscape and the
Indoor Sports cum Auditorium
building & Swimming Pool are in
progress. Major out door sports
such as the Foot Ball Field, skating
rink etc., and 2nd block of class
rooms are yet to be done as 3rd
phase construction.
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Salient points to be noted
are:
As you enter from the main
gate, and walk towards the
building, sequential
revelation of architectural
details get seen.
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This is as per the
philosophies of one of the
noted Japanese architects
Yoshinobu Asihara, who
was one among the designers
of the famous World Trade
Center in U.S. which was
bombed.
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You will see these in the
following pictures. You will
also see the play of light &
shadows which happen
because of the pergolas of
portico, in the forenoon.You
would not be seeing it as
your visit is in the afternoon.
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Outside view from main road
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As you enter through the entrance canopy
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As you further enter through the entrance
canopy Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
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Exterior View of the Main Building – you see
the over all massing.
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Going around the Portico

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Main classroom block next to Portico

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NOW INTO MORE CLOSER
DETAILS

Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.

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Portico with Pergola – a dominating feature
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Play of Light & Shadows – under portico
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Framing of Views between the columns – the
trees are still growing
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EVERY DETAIL & FEATURE
HAVE BEEN DONE
CONSCIOUSLY,
VISUALIZING RIGHT
FROM THE INITIAL
CONCEPT STAGES.

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Another Framing of View

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Play of Light on the Red Wall – keeps
changing interestingly during the forenoon
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Sequential exposure of details
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Sequential exposure of details – 2 as you
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Sequential exposure of details – 3 as you
look up Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar,
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B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
Composition of overall shapes of this area
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Composition of the grey element alone – the
voids/openings. Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar,
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B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
More features / details as you approached
still closer. Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar,
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B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
NOW INSIDE THE BUILDING –
Foyer – this is not a type of school
where there would be crowd
during admission time. Interviews
are timed in a way that at a time 2
or 3 parents cum student are in the
foyer. So, there was no need for a
reception counter.
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Reception Hall – high ceiling – again framing
of view Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar,
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B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
Library at First Floor seen from foyer
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Reception Hall – another view
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Main Stair – Each landing has Framed View.
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Main Stair – lot of “picture windows”.
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Colorful Library – notice the covered AC
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B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
Floor design on corridor floor
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LKG / UKG colorful corridor – light is not
as bright as it looks – explained later.
One of the UKG / 1st std class rooms.
Labs – under the floor plumbing lines to
sinks – Floor slab is sunk by 25 CM.
Labs – power cables come up from the floor
slab to electric power points.
View looking down from terrace.
Excepting the UKG/LKG
classrooms and the Admin area &
Foyer, final interior furnishing will
be redone after completion of the
Indoor Sports cum Auditorium
building & Swimming Pool. Hence
what you see now are furniture
they already had with them.
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Similarly, the wall pictures you see
in the Foyer will be replaced by
large relief wall murals done by
professional muralists in the near
future – probably when the air
conditioning facility gets done.
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Now the small drawbacks:
The KG & 1st Std block corridor
has only just sufficient light for
walking.

The original concept plan had a

large cut out on both sides of
corridor as open spaces to allow
light. Presentation by P.R.S. Sivakumar, B.ARCH., F.I.I.A., F.I.V.
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Because the govt map of the
boundaries were different than the
actual site boundaries, the
boundary behind this block was
wrong and as per the govt topo
sketch, it did not allow minimum
side open space of 6M. LPA
insisted on the govt boundary only.
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Hence, the open space cut outs had
to be eliminated and the classroom
blocks joined. Open space in-
between toilet block & classroom
block also got reduced. In reality,
there is a huge space behind this
block.
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But to still get light inside the
corridor, toughened frosted double
glazing walls were suggested by me
on both sides of corridor and for
the doors too, to allow light from
the classroom windows (large
windows) to spill over on the
corridor.
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This too did not happen as there were
apprehensions of the glass getting
damaged / broken by the kids.

Hence, ceiling lights have to be ON during

daytime too, even though ventilation is not
affected at the moment because of
openings above lintel.

And the entire school is provisioned for

Solar Electricity.
You will see the original plan with
cut outs in the following picture.
Original plan with cutouts & larger gap
between toilet block & classroom block.
Before thanking you, let me say
that there are lot of relevant design
details which I would like to
mention to you in a separate
presentation if time permitted.

Thank you !