ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL

DESIGN STUDY CASES

BY : FARAH NSOUR - SHAHID MAAITA

NOUR KHRAIS - DIMA OMAR -BASSAM KHANFAR
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Mälardalen University
Kent state college
Campus Eskilstuna
01. This study case highlights 02. The design focuses on
flexibility , sustainability
relationship between and transparency
staircases .

•BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY,
Higher education , offices
UNITED KINGDOM
03. The impact of color pallet 04. The design focuses on the
learning experience
on design .
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Stanley pauley engineering AARHUS SCHOOL OF

ARCHITECTURE
05. building
Green building and
06. designed as an incubator for
architectural experiments,
material workshop-based learning, and
unplanned synergies between
students

EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE , Oslo university

SUDBURY UNIVERSITY
07. 08.
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University of istanbul , turkey Retaining wall

09. How to design a site on different
levels
10. Reasons to choose a living
retaining wall over a traditional
one
 01.
Mälardalen University
Campus Eskilstuna
Location: Sweden Users: 4,000 students & 350 employees

Architect: 3XN Area: 20,000 m^2

 The bright facade consists of alternating open and closed sections. This variation makes
the facade appear dynamic and ensures that daylight falls appropriate inside the building.

Genius loci: the new building created a clear reference to

the Scandinavian functionalist architecture of the public
bath. Also, the building has been scaled to relate to the
surrounding urban fabric, creating a clear and harmonious
architectural synthesis between new and existing buildings.
The main goal of the design is to create a feeling of
belonging between students and staff and to become a
strong symbol for knowledge in the city.
Internally, the buildings are connected at the first two levels, while lower stories
are left completely open as one functional and spatial whole. the main
swimming pool is retained as the school library, complimented with a café and
student house that becomes a social meeting place for students and teachers
alike. a central atrium, double-height auditoriums, open study areas and inner
courtyards create a building with good visual connections between floors.
classrooms and lecture halls are located on the lower three stories, with
administrative offices positioned at top of the building, creating a more private
working environment
 OUR HISTORY

Exterior and interior vertical circulation Vertical circulation

Relationship OUR HISTORY
between stair
cases
Relationship OUR HISTORY
between stair
cases
 CONCLUSION

CIRCULATION CIRCULATION
01. Variety of vertical 02. Designing a clear path with
movement methods that open planes can lead to better
increase accessibility visual connection

PRIVACY
03. Lower floors should be accessible to all people
whereas higher floors are for staff and professors
offices
02.
Transforms the notion of a
continuous studio loft into a
three-tiered structure that opens to
the city, connects to the public
esplanade and surrounding
landscape, and provides an
abundance of creatively designed,
flexible learning spaces that can be
easily transformed to
accommodate design crits,
exhibitions and events
MORPHOLOGY
The Design Loft is a site for new connections. Sited strategically at the hinge
between campus and city
Site plan and accessibility
 Its transparency is one of Its greatest assets ,and the
open plate concept is intended to encourage more Void : solid
dialogue between the different year levels. A continuous
studio loft forms the heart of the program The efficient
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form of the building maximizes daylight and minimizes
energy use.
The gallery is an ascending sequence of spaces
that can be connected and re configured to support
a range of uses and events including a café,
exhibition areas, a flexible event space, a reading
room, and a resource library.
The efficient form of the building maximizes daylight and minimizes energy use-
-This cantilevered route interweaves the spaces of the building into those of the
campus
Open studios are
configured to
maximize flexibility
Students Professor/Guests Vertical circulation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

studio Critiqu library Lectur cafe galler classro Faculty Advisin Admini semina lab Mecha
e room e hall om suite g suite stratio r nical
n suite room
A continuous stair on the
north façade allows for
generous amphitheater steps
that connect studio critique
spaces and create
opportunities for spontaneous
discussion
(The project gives an Idea about both the visual and functional aspects of our programs)
The massing and materials of the new building reflect the material context of the campus and
the surrounding , maximizes the use of regional and recycled materials, and supports sustainable
maintenance and operations for future generations…
Sustainable
structure
conclusion
Key words:
01 Flexibility Relationship with our site

02 sustainability 1-THE AMPHITHEATRE GROUND

TRANSPARENCY
03 2-THREE TIERED STRUCTURE REPRESENTS
THE THREE SECTIONS (ARCHITECTURE/
INTERIOR/PLANNING)
04 GRADATION

3-THE CONTINUOUS STAIRS ( IN OUR SITE

05 Community –OUTDOOR- , IN KENT STATE –INDOOR-)

06 Continuity 4-GREENERY SURROUNDINGS.

07 Interaction
 conclusion

1 An inspiration to how you can turn your site into a site

of new connections , and create your own
unconventional ways to connect different programs .

Use energy efficiently and as much as possible to

2 create a sustainable pollution free building.
03.
 Concept

•create architecture that acts as a narrative

vehicle, shaping the campus into a sequence
of experiences that showcase education as a
progressive cycle. The three buildings and
central courtyard represent a student’s
progression from higher education to the
professional world
Consists of classrooms and offices distributed along a central path
indicated by an unfolding yellow ribbon
 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
This central space encourages collaboration and
interaction while enabling all CMD programs to publicly
converge into a single creative community.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN AND SECTION
 A courtyard with water features and a
performance stage is showcased in the center of
the complex.
Interior design
 The color yellow is
synonymous with
sunshine, thereby
spreading the effect of
light and happiness.

It symbolizes sunshine Warm tones, like

and nature. Orange and red, orange and
all its shades pretty yellow can energize
much have a positive a space and its
effect on the psyche. occupants.
Interior glass walls maximize light and transparency into
the classrooms, exhibiting students’ ideas-in-formation.
- INVITING AND PRODUCTIVE SPACES -
BRUTALISM USED IN BOTH INTERIOR AND
EXTERIOR:

Audience viewing gallery, and a large performance

studio allow the community more opportunities to
engage with the station through events.A
 CONCLUSION
Consider students as your main priority…
by choosing colors that could make them
comfortable and productive

Make a central common areas that

encourages them to communicate.

Visual designing is as much important as

functional
04.

•BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY,
united kingdom
Area: 4800 m² Year: 2019
•BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, united kingdom

MISSION
Building a pioneering new educational facility
to enable and encourage advanced teaching
and learning

VISION
. The role of the building is to mitigate the challenges
posed by increasing student numbers and increasing
the quality of learning spaces available in a higher
education environment, where students see
themselves as 'consumers' as 'learners'

VALUES
The building is part of the university's ongoing
investment in the quality of the student experience,
providing teaching and social learning spaces that
will accommodate growth in student numbers
 After the appointed time, the building will also host large academic
conferences.Create a motivating and rewarding student experience.
 Conclusion

Providing spaces for students that promote social learning with the aim
01. of increasing self-confidence & spaces that serve students for
self-learning.

Good natural lighting, which should be focused on, because the

02. architecture student needs high lighting in the hall up to (500 lux) at least

Availability of amphitheaters for a sufficient number of students.

03.
 04.

Library in BUCARAMANGA, Colombia

•Area: 4703 m² Year: 2019
The fundamental basis for the modernization project is based on the diagnostic development that
allows evaluating, from the human and spatial component, transversal themes

accessibility functionality materiality

lighting natural ventilation

generating a high social impact and improving the quality of
life of its users, both operational and of the general public.
Principles of intervention. The adjustment of the technical
and functional needs of architectural designs are framed
within principles that make the process of Modernization of
the Gabriel Turbay Municipal Library viable, as follows:
universal accessibility; architectural recovery of the Property
of Cultural Interest through the language of non-structural
elements adapted to current regulations; definition of open,
flexible, illuminated and permeable spaces; incorporate
materiality of high quality and durability while complying
with the acoustic and bioclimatic conditions required for
spatial functionality; projection of networks and materials in
sight that allow to rationalize costs and optimize the
execution times of modernization works.
 Conclusion
providing study spaces
01.
By fulfilling student's needs without having to leave the campus

providing a library
02. that contains all the books, references and resources that the
student may need during his academic years.

good lighting and adequate ventilation

03.
to help the student stay for long hours during school hours if they
want to .
05.

Stanley pauley engineering building

Location : canada architect : stantec

Area : 4275 m ^2 year : 2019

 ENERGY FOOTPRINT

Targeting LEED® Silver ''LEED provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and
cost-saving green buildings.‘’ ,SPEB’s primary sustainability drivers are energy conservation and
occupant wellness, achieved through radiant-slab cooling minimizing summer solar gains,
south glazing maximizing winter solar gains, LED lighting, and deep daylight penetration.
Additionally, 75% of construction and demolition waste was diverted from landfills, 10%
recycled materials, and 36% reduction in potable water use.
Together, SPEB achieved 30% energy savings compared to the University’s baseline,
minimizing the energy footprint while providing a healthy vibrant education and research
space.
ZONING & BUBBLE DIAGRAMS
The basement level houses the
undergraduate study complete with a
two-story light well naturally illuminating the
study below while providing a future ‘light
box’ display at grade, adjacent to the front
entrance. The remainder of the basement
level contains biomedical and electrical
engineering labs.
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 01.

- The material that was used

in this faculty was glass to
increase the daylight and the
sun rays inside the building,
due to the low temperatures
in Canada.

CONCLUSION
03. 02.

The cantilever mass and The Architect's ambition was

the circulation spin work to create a green building
as a wayfinding to which is providing a healthy
emphasize the entrance. vibrant education and
research space.
06.
About the site
 ’’How to refine a design through a few carefully selected materials, and how to allow
architecture to step into the background as a flexible framework for activity, the dream was a
robust structure, a living laboratory of architecture. ‘‘
’Inspired by 21st-century learning principles, the new Aarhus School of Architecture was
designed as an incubator for architectural experiments, workshop-based learning, and
unplanned synergies between students.
The design allows interior and exterior spaces to
blend, not only through literal transparency but also
by questioning what is the school’s space and what
is the city’s. ’’ This means that both the surrounding
urban environment and the curricular activities will
shape the building in the future.

The Concept
The intentional simplicity of the design is a detailed
response to the school’s need for functional and robust
spaces. The completed building allows the tutors to
experiment with new and contemporary ways of
architecture education, while at the same time providing a
stronger spatial identity that matches the ambition of
being one of the best architecture schools in Europe.
The new building is the school’s best showcase allowing activities to become visible to the public, just as
the spatial organization and interior transparency make studio activities visible and present to all the
students. From its former spaces hinting at individuality, this is architecture encouraging communities
and synergies.

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 STRUCTURE
Characterized by its exposed materials and MEPs, as well as
its industrial details, the building design adapts to this
unkempt environment, Settling on concrete as the optimal
solution when responding to the need for large-scale and
resilient spaces, the team behind the project worked closely
with the manufacturer to lessen the use of the material in the
construction as well as to maximize the use of recycled
material. Furthermore, the manufacturer was obliged to work
with sustainable production encouraging zero-waste
production.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SECTIONS
ELEVATIONS

East facade
ELEVATIONS

West facade
 CONCLUSION

01 02 03
The Architect's This project aims to
Illuminate interior
upcycle leftover
ambition was to allow spaces with natural sky construction materials
architecture to step into light from building to
the background as a landscape, testing climate
flexible framework for adaptation solutions and
moving biotopes from one
activity.
location to another.
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE , SUDBURY UNIVERSITY

ARCHITECTS : LGA ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERS

AREA : 72849 FT^2
YEAR : 2018

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 As an architecture student we all believe
that we need a comfortable environment
for us, we can meditate or take a rest in.
Janna Levitt says :“As a discipline,
architecture embodies the ideologies of
optimism and determinism: the belief that
our physical environment both shapes and
influences who we are and how we will
respond to the world,”
A workshop is a mandatory in any architecture school
or college which students could learn about the
making of architecture. Beside the tools and supplies
must be provided
 CONCLUSION

lounge room where In this case there is lots of

the students can rest open area A big lecture hall
and meditate and workshops and this is a
this is my need as an
architects bros because we all believe
that we need a comfortable
environment for us .
 University in turkey
Location : istanbul
Architects :
ARK-tecture , BG
Architects
Area 26000 m^2

08.
 this geometry informs the unique section at the
center of the building where the large plates split by
3m in height to create a vibrant social and critique
space for all the studios.
 CONCLUSION

This case is a real example of how they

have deal with a site of two or more
different levels in site and i’ve studied
the vertical relationship between levels .
 OSLO UNIVERSITY
Location : Norway Architect : JVA Area : 2400m^2 Year : 2001

09.
An access court has been cut out of the existing 1st floor slab, marking the
entrance and bringing daylight into the ground floor foyer. A strip has been
cut out of the existing slab along the inside of the existing building, bringing
daylight to the surrounding functions.
 Conclusion

As known in our site there is a

pedestrian footprint through the ‘’I would design it so it may be a
good entrance to my collage ‘’.
site. We respect that stairs or what Arch.Bassam khanfar
the students did create to save
their time so redesigning the stairs
would be an idea .
 conclusion

As In our case. Our site does contain a

retaining wall. So, a combination of green
architecture and the retaining wall in our
site create a tranquil and peaceful resort
vibe right in us. However, being located on
a narrow concrete retaining wall is a
weakness that requires an adaptation
from a gloomy area into a working vibe of
space.
 RETAINING WALL - GREEN WALL
Solid concrete walls in our site are not easy on eye.

10.
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