JOURNAL OF VERTICALISING
HIGH RISE SCHOOL Studio 01
Isabel Lasala
ZHE LI 1106500
Introduction
Content
What is a high rise school? What are the pros and cons to have a comprehensive building on a narrow site but can go taller? Playgrounds in the air? Interior playground? Or even challenge the boundary of outside and inside play? Atriums function as a circulation part and another kind of playground?
Site Analysis
How and where do different group of students play and communicate with each other?
Precedent study Proposal development Mid Review Ground Floor planning Facade and Structure Landscape Design Final Review
Site Analysis Site Location
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Field trip No.1-Week 1
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- A place with covenience transportation and good view: Multiple access to public transportation; 4km to the city of Melbourne; 2.5km to the bay;
Chapel vs Skateboard court A site of confliction and combinition
Site Analysis Public Transportation & Access
Greenspace
Bus/tram stop Railway station Tram route Site
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Green space Site
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250m
Site Analysis Building Heights
Land use
30-50m
Commercial
25-30m
Public use
12-25m
Service
6-12m
Residential
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Site
Site Analysis Shadow and View study
Keeping the same height as the residential buildings to the north provides a proper massing in this community and clear views overlooking the commercial areas to the west and the gardens and lower residential areas to the south.
Site Analysis Field trip No.2-Week 2 Timeline and activities
On a sunny day around 4-5pm, much more people and more kinds of activities(wallking a dog/ exercising in the sports facilities in the park/or just sitting on the benches...)
Topography and activities
Various outdoor activities happen in the up and downs
Precedent - Pranham Square
Artificial topography landscape design
Empty stairs vs Fully occupied grass slop
Precedent - YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten / MAD Architects
Student : 390 Age: Pre Level: 2
Key points to take: - A topography landscape strategy that provides various kinds of play.
Precedent - Hongling Experimental Primary School / O-office Architects
Key points to take: - An underground stadium with natural light access and ventilation
Precedent - Roskilde Festival Folk High School /MVRDV
Key points to take: - Box in Box concept The gaps and communal space left by the different size of rooms forms a central atrium space to be the heart of the building. Interesting colour codes for different programme of activity rooms, reflected in the material choices and interior arrangements.
Precedent - Open Air School | Amsterdam | 1927 /Jan Duiker This is a precedent of a long history but currently we can rethink open air spaces during a Covid time. Key points to take: - Open air classroom ( Natural Light & Ventilation, Street View )
Precedent - Xi’an Jiaotong–Liverpool University Information
Key points to take: - An outdoor atrim garden accessing natural light and ventilation - Two departed parts of building in a intergrated envolope
Proposal
Precedent & Concept Precedent - Smart School | CEBRA Architecture | Russia | 2015
- Classrooms are classified by activities rather than disciplines; - Activities that have similar features or requirements can share one space, so that multifunctional classrooms are applied; - Different activities combine into one specific plaza; - From small plaza to large district, all facing the central outdoor garden;
BIOLOGY
PHYSICS CHEMISTRY
Science Square
GROWTH LAB
CINEMA/ AUDITORIUM
LIBRARY/ MEDIA
SCHOOL KITCHEN
GYMNASTICS
Performance Square
VISUAL ARTS
PRATICE ROOMS
MUSIC/ DRAMA
CAFE
BIOLOGY Workshop Square
Key points to take: - Personal learning preference - Classification model based on Activities Student : 1040 Age: 3-18 Pre - Y12 Site: 200,000 ㎡ =100x current site
Plaza concept
CRAFT
PHYSICS CHEMISTRY
Science Square
GROWTH LAB
CINEMA/ AUDITORIUM
LIBRARY/ MEDIA
SCHOOL KITCHEN
GYMNASTICS
Performance Square
VISUAL ARTS
PRATICE ROOMS
MUSIC/ DRAMA
WOODWORK
CAFE
CULTURE SERVICE
SENIOR
PRE-SCHOOL
JUNIOR
SPORT
Workshop Square
WOODWORK
CRAFT
Proposal
Plans- Week 3
PRE-Y1-Y2
Y3-Y6
BALL PIT
WOODEN SAND
TOY ZONE
COMPUTER
Private/ Special care ROBOT/ PROGRAM
BIOLOGY PHYSICS LAB
Science Square
Office/ Adminstration
Brief 1.0 - developed from Precedent
PLANT GARDEN
OPEN TO PUBLIC CLIMING WALL
Sports Square
PLAYGROUND
CINEMA/ AUDITORIUM
LIBRARY/ MEDIA
TABLE TENNIS
BASKETBALL COURT
GYMNASTICS/ DANCING
Performance Square
VISUAL ARTS
INSTRUMENT PRATIC
CHORUS/ DRAMA
Original Class
SCHOOL KITCHEN
Workshop Square
SUPERMARKET
CAFE
PAPER/CERAMIC CRAFT
IMITATIVE ENGINEERING LAB
Notes: - Priority- Students ＞ Community; Supermarket may be inapropriate - Labs/Craft workshops/Drama can be turned into programmes that are more friendly and suitable for primary school students; - Rethink about the possibility of combining the activities with play.
Student : 500 Group : Pre - Y2 (4 classes each)/ Y3- Y6(3 each) Districts : Pre / Junior / Sports / Performance / Science / Workshop / Library / Administration/ Servie Acticities/ Classrooms : 15 + 24 (4x3+3x4) Supposed that there is a chance for the studentsto choose classes on their own.
Brief 2.0
Student : 420=20x21 classes Age : Pre - Y6 Group : Pre - Y2 / Y3- Y6 (3 classes each) Districts : Pre / Senior / Arts / Library / Administration/ Servie Acticities/ Classrooms : 10 + 21 (3x7) Rationalize and simp
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Proposal
Plans- Week 4
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NOTES: -Priority & Circulation - That 12 levels of transfer from classrooms to playground is too far ; -let the students have easy access to play; -Playground does not have to be standard, it can be sloped, it can even wrap around the whole buildings (running tracks).
6F6F-Music/Arts Music/Artsclasses classes+ + Library Library
GFGF-canteen canteen
7F7F-Lab Labclasses classes+ + Library Library
1F-Mini-football 1F-Mini-football
2F-Basketball 2F-Basketball / Badminton / Badminton
3F3F-Music/Arts Music/Arts Pre Preclasses classes
8F8F-Lab Labclasses classes+ + Library Library
9F9F-Lab Labclasses classes+ + Sports Sportsclasses classes
10F10F-Lab Labclasses classes+ + Sports Sportsclasses classes
4F4F-Music/Arts Music/Arts Pre Preclasses classes
11F11F-Lab Labclasses classes+ + Sports Sportsclasses classes
5F5F-Music/Arts Music/Arts Pre Preclasses classes
12F12F-Sports Sportsclasses classes
Proposal
Rethink the size of a classroom & Design a multi-function classroom module
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Seminar
Precedent- Hongling Experimental Primary School
Multiple Groups
Groups of 4
A 9mx12m Flexible classroom module
Proposal
Plans- Week 5
-1F-Basketball / Badminton -1F-Basketball / Badminton GF- canteen FTF 8.5M(8.3 Standard) FTF 8.5M(8.3 Standard) FTF 4.5M+3M
GF- canteen 1F- canteen FTF 4.5M+3MFTF 4.5M+3M
Canteen
Cafe
1F- canteen 2F-Playground FTF 4.5M+3M FTF 6M
Canteen
Cafe Kitchen
Lobby
Administration
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3F-Y3456 + Lab4F-Y3456 + Lab
Lab
Lab
Lab & computer
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Lab & computerLab & computer
Storage
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Kitchen
AdministrationAdministration
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5F-Y2 + Music 6F-Y1 + Music
Office Lab
Playground
Administration Administration
Office
Office
Playground
Lobby
Y2 Classroom
Office
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NOTES: Rethink about the entrance. Maybe move the lobby to the first level with wide stairs as the entry from the ground level. Rethink about the size and location of the playground storage . Rethink about the form of the playground. Formal/ Informal ? Try to resolve the circulation from the classrooms to the rooftops with outdoor ramps or stairs.
Lab
Office Climbing net
exhibition
Office Lab
Y2 Classroom
Stage
Lab & computer Music & practice
Office Climbing net
exhibition Stage
Y1 Classroom
exhibition
Stage Practice Practice
Music & practice Music & practice
Administration
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Y1 Classroom
Office
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exhibition
7F-Pre + Music 8F-Library
8F-Library
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Library/ Media Center
Drama Chorus Stage Practice Visual art Dancing Practice
Drama Chorus Visual art Dancing
Music & practice Music & practice
Music & practice
Library/ Media Center
Mid Review Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Programme Diagram
Till mid presentation I mainly focused on massing design and the basic programme distribution. The concept is to make different kinds of outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces for students to play, in the stacking and shifting of the boxes and voids. Each box is containing classrooms and activity rooms as developed from the previous brief.
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And two basic circulation systems with departed stairs/ramps for study/play is introduced in this stage of design.
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Mid Review Level 4 Plan
Level 6 Plan
Level 7 Plan
Circulation Diagram
Library Playground
Pre-2
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Adiministration
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Underground stadium
Mid Review
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Circulation
Mid Review Perspectives from Malven Road
Mid Review Photo of model
Reflection Notes
Design to go
- About the Canteen: Is it necessary to arrange a canteen here in a primary school building? Is there any possibility to create a more comfortable and active space for children to have a quick lunch and save time to play? Where do them store or recycle lunchbox?
- Sunshade study on the current massing - Rearrange the classroom areas for better access to play and sunlight - Think about the journay during a day, a week, a year... - Think about people's experience and human scale( scale for different ages of children) - Landscape design and programme design for the open rooftop/ playground areas. (previous topography study involved) - Timetable arrangement and time control.
- About the classroom areas: Is there a way to combine study areas with play areas rather than depart them in seperated spaces? is it possible to add atriums, ramps or stairs, landings rather than simple corridors between the classrooms? _ About the entrance: Be careful with the entrance design because it needs to held 500 people for a short stay and get distributed to different classrooms in a rush. Rethink about the size, position and circulation. - About the massing: Rethink about the relationship of the surrounding environment and the overall school massing. Rethink about the height of each void and the function of the covered playground with no walls. -About the site: How to respond to the architecutral style of the site? especially the chapel off chapel. Be conscious of the surrounding building heights when designing the height of each level. For example it is better to make one rooftop playground aligned with the roof of the building right next to the school. -Keep in mind of the priority Students vs Community; Play vs study.
Rearranging the classroom areas Precedent - Garden inbetween classrooms
Strategy - Small playground/ leisure space in between classrooms W7 attempts Suggestion: Break down the classrooms can be a good idea but it is unnecessary to add extra long ramps or spiral stairs in the middle of the corridor.
W8 Keep exploring different layouts
SHIBUKAWA EDER Architects, Kurt Kuball · SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEULENGBACH
Ground Floor Planning
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W8 Adjusted the stairs and level heights, enlarged the entrance lobby to make it more welcome to the street.
Rearranging the entrance GF- Lobby FTF 3.6M
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Facade and Structure
Staircase Lift
Lift
Library
Library
Classroom Pre12
Lab
Classroom Pre12
Art Classroom 3456
Classroom 3456
Adiministration
canteen Stadium
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NORTH
Lift Staircase
Lift Staircase
Library
Library Toilets
Toilets
Toilets
Toilets
Toilets Toilets Toilets Classroom 3456
Toilets
Toilets
Classroom Pre12
Inspiration Double face facade
Lab
Lab
Art
Art
This remind me of the cultural icon of our site - A historical chapel with a modern school, which can have contrast as well as consistency.
WEST
Ramps
Toilets Toilets
Toilets
Toilets
Toilets
Adiministration
This is a commericial building located right near out site, with the a Victorian style northern and western facade(facing the street), and another two grey modern facades that hiden behind the Victorian street front.
canteen Stadium
canteen Stadium
Adiministration canteen Stadium SOUTH
W 9-10 Try to explore the double face idea. Think about which facade fs more representing the street or which facade is facing more to the pedestrians. Look back on the site photos I was reminded that lourvers might be a possible way of representing the original architecture language of the site.
Current West facade
Building on the South
Facade and Structure Precedents of arch facades - Early attempts
W 7-8 Tried to rationalize the shape of arches and make them regulated, both in forms and position. Elevation sketches were applied to test different arch layouts. An elevation Grid system gradually merged through this process.
MID The shape of Arch is mostly inspired by the chapel, the Victorian style shopping street and the skateboard court.
Facade and Structure Precedents of arch facades - Toyoito TAMA Art University Arches that have different spacing but same scale, which help keep consistency of the whole architecture. Structural columns and beams hidden in this twisted arch grid systems.
Facade and Structure W12 Adjusting the grid and rationalize cantilever. Original facade with a 4.5m /6m cantilever is not quite proper for keeping the shape of arch, which nornally need to apply a truss structure rather. To keep the arch facade language I decided to move forward with a shorter cantilever of 3 meters on both sides.
Adjusted grid : 6x9 or 9x9m with 3m cantilever on either sides.
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Landscape Design How and Where to play As our aim in this studio is to explore different ways of play, so in my school design there are three kinds of playground is included: e x t e r i o r, s e m i - e x t e r i o r, interior. Precedent study on different kinds of playground are applied in this process, while scale and age limit also need to be take in account.
Hanging appliance which need a roof structure or support can be applied to semi- outdoor spaces.
Rather than outdoor large bublble playgrounds, small bubble and net can be attractive as an interior playground.
Landscape Design
My original start to make a landscape design is to simulate the topography of the current site. Whiel after certain anallysis I found that the scale might be too big. These are some inspirations of another kind os topography landscape.
A mini climbing net tower could be applied in the double-height exterior playgournd in my current design.
Final Reviews Floating Box/ Multi-level Playgrounds/Double face facade
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