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Terracotta tiles positioned by student and teachers according to the climate. When more shading is needed , the art classes produce more tiles. This ties in with the binary climate in Nepal of Dry and Wet season. In the wet season, classes produce the tiles ready for the dry season. Each year these are remade by new students, so the scheme appears different each year.
Climbing wall to North, where solar shading is not required.
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Electrical underfloor heating emplued in specific floor plates. Controlled individually. Panelised 20mm Polycarbonate twin wall system. Terracotta Tiles to the South facade in order to act as shade devices. Stack ventilation employed in the long section to maximise ventilation. Cross ventilation utilised in the short section in order to maximise ventilation. Water reservoir maintains a constant thermal mass, ensuring a stable temperature througout the year. A centralised CHP plant located to Northern perimeter of site. This serves hot water and power to each floating unit. Passive ventilation and airflow maintained via simple screens. The Bamboo screens in the Wet areas maximise airflow and maintain pivacy. Cables and servicing follow A-Frame direction
Water supply from either the scheme’s purification plant or via the mains (although this is temperamental in Kathmandu). The schemes sanitation programme is important to the project, and thus needs to work independently from the mains grid. Water services are routed throughout the floating units, however, the majority of the water services are in the pontoon or ground floor level in order to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible for stability purposes.
Every unit has Hot & Cold water, Electricity, Foul waste removal and Grey waste removal. These all transfer to the mains grids and scheme sub-grids via a waterproof, flexible submerged service route.
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