ASSIGNMENT -1

NAME : SHIVANSH RATTAN

CLASS : 2-A
ROLL NO. :14
SUBJECT : ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
 WHAT COMES TO YOU MIND WHEN
YOU THINK OF SCHOOL ?
• Various Or Contrast Activities Happening At Different Spaces : In One
Class There Is Pin Drop Silence While In The Other Class There Is Loud
Disturbance By The Students. During Games Period, In Playgroud Some
Students Playing Sports While Some Just Chilling Doing Nothing Or
Studying.

• Unforgettable Memories(both Good And Bad )

• Wistful Atmosphere : Bored Of All Those Similar Routine - Entering The

School Then Waiting For Assembly To Happen, Attending The Assembly
This Boredom Was Until Something Uncertain Or Exciting Happened.
 CASE STUDY- 1
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
VIGYAN VIHAR, DELHI
A. PAVEMENT
 A. PAVEMENT

The Biggest Reason I Am Fascinated By This Space Is Because It’s A Part Of

The School Even If It’s Not The Part Of The School Means It Does Not Belong
To The School Premises Yet It Played An Integral Role In Proper Functionality
Of The School, As This Is The Area Where Students Used To Wait Before The
Opening Of School’s Gate And After The School For Their Respective Mode
Of Transport To Head Back Home. And This Space Even Served With If Not
To Be Termed Fruitful Then Not Atleast Useless Kind Of Waiting Time. In
Morning It Was Filled With Some Students Playing Together, Some Staring
At The Surroundings And The Morning Sun, Some Pacing Around, Some
Doing Homework Sitting On The Benches. In Afternoon, After School,
Various Kinds Of Food Stalls Were All Over There, So Students Enjoyed That
Time Together Chatting, Eating, Etc. And This Pavement Was As Wide As The
Adjacent Road Means It Really Helped In Reducing The Chances Of Any
Accident As The Pavement Was Wide Enough That Not Student Went On
The Roads. Proper Natural Light And Ventilation Was Also There.
B
 B. CORRIDOR OPPOSITE
LIBRARY
This Is The Corridor Outside The
Library, We Can See That The Jaali
Work Done Above The Parapet Railing
(Which Wasn't There From The Very
Beginning, Done Only Few Years Back)
Created A Sudden Sense Of
Uncomfortable Closure.
Even I Wasn't Used To Such Closed
Corridors, Because I Had Seen Those
Open Corridors For 10 Years And This
Sudden Change Gave Me And Other
Students A “Trapped In A Cage” Like
Feeling. This Wasn't The Case For Only
This Corridor But All The Corridors
Above Ground Floor. However This
Never Hindered The Proper Lightening
And Ventilation Which Used To Be
There.
C
C. CLASSES AT GROUND FLOOR
 C. CLASSES AT GROUND FLOOR

The Two Depressions Along The Opposite Edges Of The Ways Adjoined With
The Corridors(Perpendicular To It ), Leading To Classrooms. Were Like
Skylight As On Each Floor There Was A Void Just Above These Depressions
On Ground Level. Thus Allowing Diffused Light To Lighten Up The Otherwise
Enclosed Seeming Space. These Also Helped In Ventilation Of Air Coming
From The Front And Above Floors.
This Space Thus Gave Ambient, Relaxing Feeling To The Students And If The
Classrooms Is To Be Seen As Private Space Then This Space Was Semi Private
Space.
During Rainy Season When Water Used To Filled In These Depressions,
These Seemed Like Small Swimming Pools And Students Used To Make
Paper Boats And Make Them Float In This Water.
D
 D. CHILDREN’S PARK

This Space Used To Be An Open For All

Space, because here The huge trees
provided shade from the sun, cool breeze
and proper ventilation, The Students
used to come and Relax here, Had fun
time together, they used to come at this
place while recess to each lunch
together, until the day when the
administration decided to covert this
place into “Children’s park” where only
the students of primary sections were
allowed
 CASE STUDY- 2
PANYADEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND
• Chiang Mai is a province located in Northern
Thailand.
• Chiang Mai province encompasses both fertile
plains along the Ping River and high mountain
ranges.
• It Has A Warm to hot weather year-round,
though nighttime conditions during the dry
season can be cool and much lower than
daytime highs.
• The maximum temperature ever recorded
was 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) in May 2005.
• Cold and hot weather effects occur
immediately but cold effects last longer than
hot effects and contribute to higher cold
related mortality risk among old people aged
Location of the municipality more than 85 years
within Thailand
 ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
• Designed by Markus Roselieb - Principal, Chiangmai Life
Architects & Construction (CLA), A Firm Who Specializes In
Bamboo And Earth Architecture. He Is The Husband Of The
School’s Founder – Mrs. Yodphet Sudsawad.

Dr. Markus Roselieb Mrs. Yodphet Sudsawad

IDEA OF DESIGN
TOP VIEW
SITE PLAN
 ANALYSIS FROM THE PLAN
• The Assembly hall and the kitchen- canteen area divides the school
premises into two halves of kindergarten and primary section.
• The Assembly Hall is given at the entrance so that for an occasion or a
celebration if any guest has to be accommodated then he/she wouldn’t
disturb the discipline of any ongoing class. It also provides a sense of
direction to students as in whether to go in primary section or
kindergarten after the assembly is over.
• Kitchen is given at such a place that it is accessible from kindergarten,
primary school and assembly hall easily.
• Two way roads are given along with parking so that the easy movement
of transports isn’t hindered. They are given along one edge only that too
away from the premises so that there’s no disturbance inside the
premises.
FOUNDATION DESIGN
• Pillars are formed by keeping a bundle
of bamboosticks in a tapering
downwards orientation so the load is
transferred to downwards direction
and Clay Soil is used to make the
foundation of the pillars. When the clay
soil dries up it hardens and provides a
firm grip to hold the bamboos together
and also it transfers the load to earth
below
ROOF CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUE
DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL
 • A Multi-functional hall
SPORTS • It Has 3 Mini volley ball courts, 2 Badminton
courts, 1 futsal court and 1 Basketball court
AND • Converts into assembly hall during assembly
and sports hall during games period
ASSEMBLY HALLS • Open area, diffused sunlight, and proper
ventilation
 This reduced to scale
small cave like cavities
given in walls of
kindergarten
give a sense of closure
and privacy for a particular
student or a particular
group of friends creating
memories and thus a
sense of belongingness

STUDENT
CAVES
KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM
Eventhough the room has a monotonous colour that is gray-brown but the
colourful props, seating etc create a sense of nostalgia among the
students and their such arrangements increases the interactivity among
the students
 HARMONY WITH THE
CONTEXT

The Structures In This Picture Are Showing

Harmony With The Context Of Mountains In
Background
 VERNACULAR ETHICS AND BELIEFS
The Chhatra(parasol) is the Buddhist symbol for
strength and for protection from harm, illness,
obstacles, and difficulties. Which may symbolize ROOF UMBRELLA
that the school will provide the students with
strength of knowledge to face difficulties and will
AND
protect or help them when they are stuck. CHHATRA
 The Symbol represents :
THE CEILING MOTIF
•The perfection of the dharma, the AND
Buddha's teaching.
•Meditative concentration DHARMACHAKRA
•Mindfulness

Which are the main objectives of the

school.

We can find many variations in illustrations

of dharmachakra around the world, and as
they have been used in jaali work, or on
top of the roof. Hence using it as motif on
one of the ceilings of the school can be
because of the strong influence of the
symbol on native people.
 PHILOSOPHIES OF THE SCHOOL
Yodphet Sudsawad, The School Founder, Once told that
“We all go barefoot here”
• as walking on the grass massages the sole.
• helps them to overcome any fear of nature.
• Teaches them to be more careful in the future.

a dream and desire, “to see the children grow not only
physically but mentally and spiritually.”
 PROBLEMS AND TACKLING THEM
• Eighty per cent of the area is mountains and 70 per cent of the land is forest area.
Chiang Mai has been facing the problem of haze pollution over the past decade,
particular during the dry season from February to May. forest burning (60 per cent)
and waste burning (50 per cent) are the main causes of haze in Chiang Mai.
According to a report AirVisual app, published on March 10,2020, Chiang Mai
became the most air polluted city in the world
• True to its principles the whole school was built only with natural materials to bring
the kids closer to nature and show them these materials are actually superior to
the main construction materials as they keep the rooms cool and are pleasant to
look at and touch. At the same time they reduced the carbon footprint by 90%
compared to the standard techniques of construction.
• The Architect Has used natural earth, clay, stones and bamboo to create an
internationally acclaimed cluster of structures on 14 rai (5.53 Acres approx. ) of
land to echo and complement his wife’s philosophy for the school — green
materials, natural airflow and ventilation for cooling, low carbon footprint and
environmentally mindful.

Note
• carbon footprint : the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as
a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community.
• Haze : It is an air-borne mixture of pollutants that includes soot particles, carbon
dioxide and other toxic gases.
 A

MAJOR SETBACK
 MAJOR SETBACK
• Chiang Mai is a flood-prone urban area in northern Thailand with around
1 million residents. In November 2017 a devastating flashflood swept
away the earth foundations of the school buildings causing damage of up
to 40 million baht(9.5 Crore Indian Rupees approx. ). The school was
temporarily closed, but it soon moved to a compound behind Kad Farang
while Dr. Roselieb and his team worked to rebuild. The aim was to be
back and fully functional by the beginning of 2018, though school life
went off-campus. the national government announced major
investments aimed at helping Chiang Mai become Thailand's first “smart
city.” Though The Flood risk is increasing due to growing population,
unplanned development, and climate change.
• If The Design Would Have Been Flood Proof That Would Have Eliminated
Almost Every Problem For The Design, So This Seemed To Be Its Major
Setback Or Drawback
THANK YOU