SOLAR & GREY WATER MANAGEMENT 

DESIGN ITERATIONS

In this iteration i tried experimenting with the form of the school. The roof of is a staggered slope, because i want to make use of both, rain water harvesting and solar power. The angle has been adjusted so that the incident sun rays fall almost perpendicular on the solar panels and no other mechanism is needed to move the solar panel in the direction of the sun.

The site is oriented as such, the longer side faces south-west, which is to my advantage, since, the sun lies in the south-west direction at the site.

I thought what if the school was divided in 2 buildings, one would have administrative functions, and the other would have classrooms.

The building on the left, would have terrace gardens which would be accessible via a staircase along side the right face of the building. the same staircase would have a bridge network which would connect to the other building, which would also have terrace gardens.

Terrace gardens have been utilised to keep the interiors cooler and also help in shade and shadow when students access the garden for any activity .

I then further tried changing the orientations of the buildings and making use of the longer dimension of the site. What if the building which hosted the classrooms was across and infront of he administrative building.

The school would have a longer form, which would help me increase the catchment area, and also would help in having larger terrace gardens. Which would also here be accessed through the stairs running along side the building

Both the buildings ; school and administration, would be connected via a roof, which would shelter the sensory garden, which i was eager to design and involve into the whole project.

The sensory garden would be accompanied by a reed bed system, which would collect grey water from both the buildings, treat it and then let it out towards the sensory garden, thereby developing a holistic sense of the water management system and plants.

FINAL ITERATION