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What is Reggio Emilia approach?

At the core of this philosophy is an assumption that children form their own personality during the early years of
development and that they are endowed with "a hundred languages", through which they can express their ideas. The
aim of the Reggio approach is to teach children how to use these symbolic languages (e.g., painting, sculpting,
drama) in everyday life.
The Atelier:
Site Area : 1955 sqm
City : Bengaluru
Architects: Biome Environmental Solutions
Age group- 5-13 years

The school sits in a neighbourhood with constant construction

activity and a godown is in its immediate vicinity. Creating a learning
space for a young age group on such a site required that the school
be an enclosed and protective space. The site factor played a key role
in the design, along with the Reggio-Emilia education approach itself,
on which the school is based.

Interiors:

• 4 classrooms, a studio, childhood stimulation centre around a central piazza,

washrooms.
• walls of varying heights enclosing curvilinear classrooms and common spaces
under a skylight-dotted roof.
• Roof supported on 8 columns which are reinterpretation of learning under a
tree.
• Light durable furniture made of honeycomb boards and paper tubes further
encourages kids to explore and play with the environment.

Exteriors:

• It includes seating area, play area, tree deck, fishpond, car parking.
• Rainwater is harvested from the entire roof area, filtered and
collected in the sump tank which overflows into a groundwater
recharge well, effecting water security.
• Solid waste from the school is disposed of in twin leach pits
which are effective in returning nutrient to the soil.

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Case Study – THE ATELIER 20SA156 Yuvraj

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Materials:

• chappadi granite stone slab foundation, paver block flooring, paper tube
partition walls, and bolted steel supports.
• The external fabricated façade is a tack-welded mild steel frame with panels of
perforated metal sheet, pinewood, reflective glass, operable louvres and
sliding windows, planned with regard to light and ventilation.
• CSEBs made of soil from different sites in the locality create pleasing patterns
which harmonize with the floor colours.
• GI sheet is used in consideration to the roof slope, with a false ceiling of
bamboo mat plywood for thermal and sound insulation

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What is Montessori education?
Based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play. Its
fundamental point is to empower the kids to settle on inventive decisions in
their learning.

Beehive Montessori School:

• Architect: EHDO Architecture
• Location: Western Australia
• Site Area: 12,277 sqm
• Floor Area: 1687 sqm
• Type: Public-Independent school
• Age level: 3-15 years

Concept:

Ariel view
DEVELOPING THE MASTERPLAN
Some of the site features that required consideration from masterplan design all the way through
to detailed design include –

1. Ocean to the West

2. Curtin Ave (high traffic volumes at commute times)
3. Railway line to the East
• The main agenda was to create a space where the community could come 4. 'Bush Forever' to the north
together. 5. Port views to the south
• The built form was to entail a mix of differing scale, similar to a village 6. High exposure to south-westerly winds off the ocean
where the more 'public' buildings (the Hall) are larger, and the 'houses' 7. High exposure to the western sun from mid-afternoon
(classrooms) are smaller scale. Connecting these elements and forming the
'heart' of the school is the Village 'Piazza'.

Laneway

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SPACES

ELEMENTS OF CLASSROOM:
• Each classroom comprises of three areas of solar orientation with variety of light conditions aligned with use:
1. Outdoor classroom
2. Active indoor space
3. Quiet study space
• Each classroom is provided with a courtyard of its
own which becomes an extension of the learning
space
• Gives an outdoor sheltered learning space

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NATURE AT THE CENTER:

The following choics were made through out the design:
PURPOSEFUL DETAILS:
• Long life low maintenance materials used. Plantation timber in structure.
• Power generation- Solar PV Big concrete gutters: Window shade strategies: Window orientation:
• Classrooms oriented to reduce air conditioning
• Buildings positioned to allow greater inddor outoor connections • Durability and strength • Heat load control • Heat load control
• Buildings placed strategically so that any new built up does not affect the ventillation • Enhances visual presence • Blocking sun and providing view of • Offers tangential view to the sea
sea • Divides the area

Southern windows: Rammed earth:

• Ventilation and • Thermal mass, long-life, beauty

delineation of space
• Allows col breeze to
flow and offers view of
sky

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Type: Private school

Age group: 3-18 years
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• School is in C shape orientation
• Goes in the basement, which comprises of classrooms
• Classrooms on both the arms of C and stairs and washrooms on the central part
• Facilities provided: classrooms, computer lab, chemistry lab, physics lab, playground, stage

Cons:
• A simple box.
• No provision for ventilation in the basement.
• Minimum amount of ventilation in the basement.
• The colour of walls was pale white which made it depressing and
lifeless.
• Just an open ground as for the landscaping.
• No extra curricular activity.

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