School Goes Green

Location: Daegu, South Korea

Year: 2009

Type: Design Competition

Award: Korea Sustainable Design Award 3rd Prize

Green or sustainable architecture means environmentally conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Today it is not only matter of design of economical and political issues of our world. A new school design in Daegu, South Korea will seek both to build a comfortable educational place for your children and be the example of future elementary school.

Design Process

1. Stack

7mX10m module is created. It could be added or subtracted to form 3.5mX10m, 7mX10m, 10.5mX10m,etc. The single mass is perhaps the direct representation of typical Korean school.

3. Rearrange & Addition

Once the mass is separated a system is developed, using class rooms, green spaces, and hallways. One module is now consisted with the three previous spaces. Then the modules are rearranged to create voids to allow natural light into the lower levels.

2. Split

The mass is split into two masses. The program is divided into two halves. One half houses classrooms where the other houses the special rooms (labs, auditorium, etc)

4. Connection

The two masses are connected by bridges that were derived from the patterns of a leaf. The patterns were alternated to create a strong connection between the two masses.

Roof Plan

Roof plan shows the green roof on top of the building, modular masses and treebranch-looking bridges between two buildings.

5. Final

Since the building is designed based on a modular system, the building components could be prefabricated, which will reduce site damages and building waste but increase recycling and quality

Integration of Double Facade and Photovoltaic

Double Facade

Double Facade working from intake to outtake vent, is energy-efficient ventilation system that naturally lets warm or cool air in to a building with the least dependence on electrical power in summer and winter.

The vents on the inner-skin could be opened during Summer to allow the wind to naturally travel through the building, and also could be closed in order to minimize the heatloss. The insulated glass (double), which is made up of two or more glass panes connected by one or more spacers so that are air tight. This creates a dry-air-filled gap that works as a heat buffer, isssued for the inner glazing.

Laminated glass with photovoltaic modules can convert solarenergy in to electricity and provide sun screening at the same time. PV modules usually consist of silicon solar cells (Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline, and amorphous solar cells).

Green Roof

Green Roof on the top of building collects rain water and releases it to the plants on the roof. The plants also slow the process of drainage.

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