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PATTERNS
ATTERNS TO TAKE IN FROM UTRE
⁃ ACCESS AFFORDABILITY→ OCCUPIED IN -BETWEEM SPACES FOR ACCERS TO HILL AND FARM ROADS
⁃ BOWING UPOM ENTRANCE→ LOW HEIGHTENED LINTELS
⁃ THICKENED THRESHOLD WALL BECOME SEATS
⁃ SHARED SPACES
⁃ LOWERED PLATFORM FOR HOUSE VERANDA AND VICE VERSA STEPPED LEVELS IN HOUSE FOLLOWING CONTOURS
⁃ SENSORIUMS: COOLNESS IN HOUSE → MATERIAL (STONE)
⁃ SLOPED ROOFS FOR DRAINAGE
⁃ SCHOOL AS A SMALL VILLAGE
⁃ SHARED VERANDAH LEARNING SPACE VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SPACES
THE DIMENSIONING AND CONFIGURATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CLASSROOM
STEPPED AND SHADED VERANDAHS AS OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES, 400MM THICK WALLS WITH NICHES ON 5000MM SIDES FOR BLACKBOARD AND STORAGE, 1500MM FENESTRATIONS ON THE 6000MM SIDES FOR CROSS VENTILATION.
TWO CLASSROOMS ARE ARRANGED SLIGHTLY SPACED AND NON-PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER WHICH ENABLES STAIRCASE ACCESS TO THE COMMON CORRIDOR OF THE CLASSROOMS ABOVE. THIS PATTERN COMES FROM THE CASE STUDY OF THE HAMLETS SCHOOL, NIROBI.
THE INITIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE UNITS ON SITE, AS THE VILLAGE HAD CURVED BUT LINEAR ARRANGEMENT OF THE HOUSES, HAVING A ROAD BETWEEN THE STEPPED UP AND STEPPED DOWN HOUSES. THE GAPS IN BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS AS SEEN IN HOUSES, WERE ACCESS PATHS FOR THE VILLAGE ROAD AND THE IN BETWEEN COURTYARDS.
AFTER MULTIPLE ARRANGEMENTS, I GOT THIS ARRANGEMENT WHICH EFFICIENTLY WORKS IN TERMS OF ACCESS, IN BETWEEN SPACES, CONTOURS AND VERANDAHS. THE OPEN SPACE WITH NO MASSES BECOMES THE OPEN GROUND USED AS PLAYGROUND AND GATHERING SPACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. STAGGERINFG OF CLASSROOM ENABLES A COMMON PARTITION WALL AS SEEN IN SETTLEMENT HOUSES.
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