Post by luca on May 31, 2016 4:46:01 GMT -6
ENTRY #512772626
INFINITELY REPRODUCIBLE CLASSROOMS
DESIGN A SCHOOL FOR GHANA
Design by: Luca Buonora - Rome (Italy)
Design Statement
The project idea was born from the “Ubuntu” expression and its meaning, which is "benevolence towards others".
Ubuntu is an ethic which focuses on loyalty and the mutual relations of people.
The ubuntu urges support themselves and help each other, to become aware not only of Their rights but also their duties, since it is an ideal drive for the whole of humanity, a desire for peace.
The best expression and form that comes closest to this concept, it is definitely the circle.
Shape at the base of the module, destined to the classrooms.
Every classroom has dimension of 44 metres square (internal diameter 7,5 mt).
The walls are build by bricks (brick: 40x20x20) for a total of 750 bricks, for a total amount of 650 USD.
The foundation is made to cement and stones, it is 0,8 metres wide, and about one metres in depth, for a perimeter of 24 metres (about 19,2 cubic metres).
Total amount of 600 USD included sand and aggregates.
Inside the walls there are 6 wooden pilot of varying height, depending upon inclination of the rooftop.
Moreover, there are 6 wodeen pilot external at the walls to give structural stability.
The total amount for the pilot is 416 USD.
The roof structure is composed to 5 primary wooden beams , of variable length, by a linear lenght of 31,5 metres. Total cost 210 USD.
And it is composed to 8 secondary wooden beams, of variable length, by a linear lenght of 78 metres for a total amount of 256 USD.
The roof is composed by corrugated sheet steel. The number of the sheets is 26, where there are 2 panels cutted crosswise and reused always for the roof, so each sheet metal panel will be cut and re-used, so as to have no waste and loss of material.
Total cost 360 USD.
On the roof sides there is a eaves which draws water in the tank located in the ground. The cost of the eaves is 60 USD.
Moreover, there are other extra cost like:
- 1 door and 4 windows = 100 USD
- Floor = 70 USD
- Mixtures and aggregated = 225 USD
- Attachments = 125 USD
- Eaves strut = 124 USD
- Furniture (desks, chairs, board) = 500 USD
Total amount for one module is 3.636 USD.
This design is designed to be a reproducible module and modules interacting between them.
The roof has been so designed with the purpose of having infinite possibilities of connection and aggregation.
Each module has a eaves for collecting water and a storage tank.
The module is very simple and economical to produce.
With this type of module it is possible to fit best with the orography of the land and it is possible to expand at any time, going to connect a new module to an existing one.
INFINITELY REPRODUCIBLE CLASSROOMS
DESIGN A SCHOOL FOR GHANA
Design by: Luca Buonora - Rome (Italy)
Design Statement
The project idea was born from the “Ubuntu” expression and its meaning, which is "benevolence towards others".
Ubuntu is an ethic which focuses on loyalty and the mutual relations of people.
The ubuntu urges support themselves and help each other, to become aware not only of Their rights but also their duties, since it is an ideal drive for the whole of humanity, a desire for peace.
The best expression and form that comes closest to this concept, it is definitely the circle.
Shape at the base of the module, destined to the classrooms.
Every classroom has dimension of 44 metres square (internal diameter 7,5 mt).
The walls are build by bricks (brick: 40x20x20) for a total of 750 bricks, for a total amount of 650 USD.
The foundation is made to cement and stones, it is 0,8 metres wide, and about one metres in depth, for a perimeter of 24 metres (about 19,2 cubic metres).
Total amount of 600 USD included sand and aggregates.
Inside the walls there are 6 wooden pilot of varying height, depending upon inclination of the rooftop.
Moreover, there are 6 wodeen pilot external at the walls to give structural stability.
The total amount for the pilot is 416 USD.
The roof structure is composed to 5 primary wooden beams , of variable length, by a linear lenght of 31,5 metres. Total cost 210 USD.
And it is composed to 8 secondary wooden beams, of variable length, by a linear lenght of 78 metres for a total amount of 256 USD.
The roof is composed by corrugated sheet steel. The number of the sheets is 26, where there are 2 panels cutted crosswise and reused always for the roof, so each sheet metal panel will be cut and re-used, so as to have no waste and loss of material.
Total cost 360 USD.
On the roof sides there is a eaves which draws water in the tank located in the ground. The cost of the eaves is 60 USD.
Moreover, there are other extra cost like:
- 1 door and 4 windows = 100 USD
- Floor = 70 USD
- Mixtures and aggregated = 225 USD
- Attachments = 125 USD
- Eaves strut = 124 USD
- Furniture (desks, chairs, board) = 500 USD
Total amount for one module is 3.636 USD.
This design is designed to be a reproducible module and modules interacting between them.
The roof has been so designed with the purpose of having infinite possibilities of connection and aggregation.
Each module has a eaves for collecting water and a storage tank.
The module is very simple and economical to produce.
With this type of module it is possible to fit best with the orography of the land and it is possible to expand at any time, going to connect a new module to an existing one.