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Post by anaamaral on May 30, 2016 21:04:07 GMT -6
ENTRY # 50782242
Adaptable Classrooms in Abetenim, Ghana
Design Team: Ana Araujo Amaral and Joana Lobato Lagos, architects (Portugal)
DESIGN STATEMENT
This design presents a classroom prepared for the challenges of inhabiting presented to students and meets the local culture and site premises in an innovative, yet traditional, way.
The base idea, for each module, is to divide the classroom in two spaces with different essences and appropriations. These spaces are divided by different heights - a low wall breaks the volume in two. There are wood windows which have a folding system - these enable the two spaces to be completely separated or to form a whole, heterogeneous, volume.
The higher space is the classroom, as traditional, the lowest is flexible, allowing different appropriations such as studying lounge; small amphitheater; lockers room/passageway.
As the modules are aggregated, they forms a corridor that roams through the school. This can be used as a promenade for students' exhibitions or presentations.
One of the primary purpose of the base heights’ idea is to cross the eyesight through the building. The classroom has windows in the two facing elevations, one facing the outside, the other facing the patio. That gives the design permeability, allowing you to feel the outside being inside.
The aggregation reads inside semi-private patios. These bring to the school the local nature and culture of living the exterior. So they are revealed as lounge wild spaces.
As to the materials, the design focuses on local resources privileging the local hard wood and rammed earth. For the roof, corrugated roofing sheets.
The different heights, the openings and inside patios allow a natural ventilation system. These, as the extended roof, protect the module from rainwaters.
Budget
Foundation, wall + flooring – 1200$ Walling (rammed earth) - 850$ Structure Bamboo (local hard wood) + door and window frames - 2000$ Roofing (Corrugated zinc panels) - 1 100$ Miscellaneous Tables/lockers/benches, others - 500$ Transport (materials) - 700$
TOTAL: 6350$
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Post by anaamaral on Apr 14, 2016 16:54:09 GMT -6
Hello NKA and everyone!
Hope all things are going well with your projects! Here we leave some questions we have about the competition: 1) Open Spaces/patios are included in the defined areas?
ANSWER: No. They are a part of the landscape design to enhance the building.
2) If one is designing the classrooms: one unit (for 8000 usd) is for a single room (40m2) or is it for the on of the 4 blocks of classrooms shown in the masterplan and marked with the number 6?
ANSWER: This question has been answered severally in above threads. Simply stated, your task would be to design one classroom.
3) For the dormitories: one unit (for 8000 usd) corresponds t0 500m2? Or 250m2? Or less?
ANSWER: The budget for each building is $8,000. You can design your dorm of the dimension, 500m2 or 250m2 but the budget must not exceed $8,000.
4)If we can chose between different programs (classrooms, cafeteria, dormitors, …) it means the teams that are competing with each other will be presenting different desgins with different functions and different programs. Our question is, given this, what are the criteria to compare and evaluate them (having in mind the different programs)? ANSWER: The criteria are stated in the design brief as follow: "The jurors will use judging criteria involving functionality, aesthetics and technical matter to select three prize-winning designs." And here is more: Judging Criteria: (1) Functionality: space patterns and usage, climatic performance, and sustainability over time; (2) Aesthetics: visual/aesthetic appeal; and (3) Technical: adaptive / creative use of abundant local materials and labor to the degree they enhance the design, resource efficient construction process, and attention to scalability. Decisions of the jury will be final and binding.
5) What prototypes will be built? One of each type or just one chosen between all projects? ANSWER: One of each type will be built. Thus, every design team has a chance to collaborate with us to run a workshop to build their design. It is hard work, but of higher learning gain.
6) In this site there is a board “WELCOME TO ABETENIM SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECT”, posted September 29, that describes the school, the plan for building, the phases, etc. Should we countt on that information or is it outdated? Are those the intentions for building? ANSWER: That platform is outdated. It was used by our Online design volunteers to ideate and create design the preliminary plan for school.
7) Sometimes it appears on your site some information about the workers cost per day, should it be accounted for in our budget or not? ANSWER: No. The general labor will be supplied by the community. Some specialized labor may not be in the community, so you would have to budget for such. This will depend on your construction needs- there is a local mason, electrician, etc. There may not be a carpenter or plumber who is not living in Abetenim. Or you design may be complex for the rural electrician to handle. So, my suggestion is to budget an bulk amount for Special Labor (plumbing, electrical, etc); this amount will depend on your design.
What about the specialists for the earth blocks? ANSWER: There is local labor for mud brick. We have a manual press for this.
8)What about the cost of the transportation of the materials till the construction site, should it be accounted for on our budget? And, if yes, how can we get that information? ANSWER: Yes, the cost of the transportation should be a part of our budget. You can allocate about $200- $300 for this, according to project.
9) About the furniture for classrooms – tables etc., is it in our budget? ANSWER: It is optional.
10)The Submission format mentions a text file with 300 words. What should count for these 300 words – all things – description of the project + budget information + personal information about the team? All of that should be under 300 words? Because we are experiencing difficulties doing so, it seems too little words for the 3 things. 11) If the information about the budget is not in those 300 words, how should we hand in that? ANSWER: This question has been answered in two threads above yours. Please, take a look. Mathematically, the design concept+construction ends+budget summary = 300 words. If you are doing itemized budget, add on as ITEMIZED PROJECT BUDGET as a separate a heading. The personal information about the team is data (name, profession, address, and email address) and may not count toward 300 words limit.
12) What text information should be in the A1? ANSWER: The answer is in the design brief: " (2) One A1 presentation board submitted as a JPG file of high-quality resolution (15 MB) to be printed in landscape format....The presentation board includes the floor plan, roof plan and elevations."
Best regards, Ana Amaral Joana Lagos
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