Post by okki on May 30, 2016 16:21:22 GMT -6
ENTRY # 499670770
CornerDorm, a dormitory proposition
Design Team: Vjekoslav Moscatello, architect (Croatia)
DESIGN STATEMENT
School dormitories are places for children who have abandoned their homes and villages for education. This school dormitory has been designed with the scope to give a sense of home, a neighborhood to belong to.
When designing multiple equal units, it is important to design the way the units interact with each other as well as the units themselves. Rather than a big courtyard unit, a new layout is proposed, inspired by the image of a traditional Ashanti house, more specifically the shaded corner on the street. A space that is at the same time public and private. Thus, the layout revolves around the idea of corners along a street. Corners become spaces which 2 units share, and children gain a sense of community within the layout.
It is also influenced by the structuralist approach and theories of the architect Herman Hertzberger, most notably the Montessori school in Delft. The corners are placed opposed to each other forming a courtyard between four units, creating space for a larger community. The courtyards are then connected through a street which is undulating in order to divert the gazes of its walkers from where they are going to where they are.
It is also proposed for children to shape their own courtyards through various workshops to increase their level of identification with their units, as well as coloring the foundation base of the units in shades of a different color depending on the courtyard. A green courtyard, for example, rather than courtyard “A4”.
The units themselves are built from rammed earth walls, and rammed earth bricks, both reinforced with local dry hay if necessary. The foundation is made of local stonework, and the roof construction out of local timber wood. The roof is covered with corrugated zinc plates.
Budget units/price per unit/total
foundation
concrete foundation bed 4,65 m³ / 70$ / 325$
foundation of local stone 26,60 m³ / 2$ / 44$
mud cover of the foundation 75,00 m² / 1$ / 75$
paint on the mud cover 75,00 m² / 1$ / 75$
rammed earth floor 7,00 m³ / 70$ / 490$
walling
rammed earth wall 16,70m³ / 0$ / 0$
reinforced concrete beam 1.90m³ / 100$ / 190$
framing wood for windows 90 feet / 2$ / 180$
brise soleil wood 1x1' 150 feet / 2$ / 300$
1 wooden door frame piece 1 / 10$ / 10$
1 wooden door panel piece 1 / 30$ / 30$
roofing
local heavy wood beams 4'x8' 775 feet / 2$ / 1550$
local heavy wood beams 4'x4' 1020 feet / 2$ / 2040$
currogated zinch panels 10 packets / 130$ / 1300$
fittings
estimate 500$
miscellaneous
bug wire mesh 13,55m² / 10$ / 136$
*NOTE: all costs are an estimate
10 % added in case of overlooked elements and unforseen circumstances
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF MATERIALS: 7156 $ + 10% = 7871 $
Budget units/price per unit/total
foundation
concrete foundation bed 4,65 m³ / 70$ / 325$
foundation of local stone 26,60 m³ / 2$ / 44$
mud cover of the foundation 75,00 m² / 1$ / 75$
paint on the mud cover 75,00 m² / 1$ / 75$
rammed earth floor 7,00 m³ / 70$ / 490$
walling
rammed earth wall 16,70m³ / 0$ / 0$
reinforced concrete beam 1.90m³ / 100$ / 190$
framing wood for windows 90 feet / 2$ / 180$
brise soleil wood 1x1' 150 feet / 2$ / 300$
1 wooden door frame piece 1 / 10$ / 10$
1 wooden door panel piece 1 / 30$ / 30$
roofing
local heavy wood beams 4'x8' 775 feet / 2$ / 1550$
local heavy wood beams 4'x4' 1020 feet / 2$ / 2040$
currogated zinch panels 10 packets / 130$ / 1300$
fittings
estimate 500$
miscellaneous
bug wire mesh 13,55m² / 10$ / 136$
*NOTE: all costs are an estimate
10 % added in case of overlooked elements and unforseen circumstances
TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF MATERIALS: 7156 $ + 10% = 7871 $