DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL
..."create a sustainable school for the surfcoast community that provides an optimum learning environment for students"
During our design deveopment of the masterplan, our group decided to have 6 building spaces for the different areas of the school. The buildings spaces are: the administration, gymnasium,library/multimedia centre, classrooms, technology centre and visual & performing arts centre.
Im designing the library, Multimedia centre & student recreational room.
Some sketches of my design...
what is in a "Multimedia centre"??
Special multimedia lab
Recording studio
Computer labs for desktops
IT office
Storage space for housing Laptops
what is required in a Student Recreation room?
-kitchenette
-couches
-tables and chairs
-internet access "wireless"
-North facing,
-Large enough space to have one year level of about 150 students for year level assemblies.
what does a Library need to house?
-small group study rooms
-lounge
-catalogue search computer areas
-photocopiers, scanners, printers
-small computer lab to hold small informal classes or for students to use in their frees.
-shelved books areas
- including outdoor chill out space for reading & relaxing, holding small focus learning groups
what is a library space??
- gathering and meeting together
- read quietly
- study space
- social space
- research
Some sketches of my design...
what is in a "Multimedia centre"??
Special multimedia lab
Recording studio
Computer labs for desktops
IT office
Storage space for housing Laptops
what is required in a Student Recreation room?
-kitchenette
-couches
-tables and chairs
-internet access "wireless"
-North facing,
-Large enough space to have one year level of about 150 students for year level assemblies.
what does a Library need to house?
-small group study rooms
-lounge
-catalogue search computer areas
-photocopiers, scanners, printers
-small computer lab to hold small informal classes or for students to use in their frees.
-shelved books areas
- including outdoor chill out space for reading & relaxing, holding small focus learning groups
what is a library space??
- gathering and meeting together
- read quietly
- study space
- social space
- research
Improving Indoor air quality
Placing specific types of indoor plants can improve indoor air quality
Plants remove carbon dioxide & dangerous airborne chemicals
VOC's (Volitile organic compounds) eg. Benzene & formaldehyde
These 3 plants are great non-toxic indoor air cleaning plants:
1. Bamboo palm
2. Lady palm
3. parlour palm
Other helpful benefits of indoor plants
-make area more welcoming
-reduce light reflection
-help in noise absorption
Below is a diagram of the Circulation of the Ground floor spaces
The large glass fascade on the north side is the main entry to the building.
there are two other entries to the building on the east and west as well.
Circulation diagram of the first floor spaces
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