Post by lenkoro on May 28, 2016 18:10:29 GMT -6
“ANOIGMA”
Entry #504437032
Teacher Dwellings for the School of Ghana
Entry #504437032
Teacher Dwellings for the School of Ghana
Design team: Nikolaos Karagiannis and Eleni Korovesi, architects (Greece)
Emphasis was given in designing teacher dwellings, named ANOIGMA, a very significant sector; as good sheltering of the teachers would provide them with motivation for a more sufficient teaching of the students. The design philosophy of the building mainly followed two paths. Firstly, the idea was that the teachers would be isolated from their surrounding environment and basically from their working environment, the classroom and the students. Thus, creating a communal space from which individual private bedroom spaces unfold, was the designing solution given. Secondly, completing the idea of isolation, the idea of creating communal gardens, shared by two teachers, was introduced. In this way, both private life and communal space (gardens, living room, kitchen, and library) coexist.
Final design originated by a playful degradation of the basic geometry. That resulted in the division of the communal space into individual activities (living room, kitchen, and library) without need of separating walls.
A notable moment of the designing process was the design of the openings, on the walls as well as on the roofs for natural light and ventilation purposes. Studying Ghana's culture inspired the shape and the patterns of the openings.
Approximate costs of the materials used:
• Cement: $52,17 per 1m3
• Cement and gravel for the mixture of rammed earth: $27,5 per 1m3
• Timber roof: $2,7 per 1m2
• Zinc roof: $130 per 20 sheets of zinc
• Timber floor: $2,7 per 1m2
• Wooden doors: $10 each
• Wiring mesh: $5,2 per 1m2
• Bathroom tiles: $4,4 per 1m2
• Washbasins: $32 each
• Basins: $65 each
Total cost is $ 15,746 and we propose so that is built in two parts of approximately $8,000.