Micro Cosmos
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Site plan esc 1:1000
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place that celebrates the diversity of cultures, religions and ethnicities, promoting the human development of students, learning through experience and interpersonal relationships. A space with a pronounced horizontal character, of mutual respect and spiritual growth, based on fellowship, empathy and generosity. Micro Cosmos aims to create a learning environment, educational, social and sporty community, a place that represents the cultural and social diversity of Kenya, bringing together the religions, its different ethnicities, languages and customs, as well as the abundance and variety of landscapes and its exuberant flora and fauna. Micro Cosmos is a patchwork of collective cultural constructions, forged in a space that represents the union in a whole, microcosmos refers to the philosophical idea that every human being is a cosmos itself, therefore we’re all born equal and with the same rights. A laminated wood grid its intersected by a bamboo maden circular fence wich defines the limits of an ordered-modulated system. The program requirements occupies each module according to some parameters, defining an non hierarchical and horizontal space. The bamboo circular fence its not only a green belt of courtyards that acts as a transition between the interior/exterior, but also a filter and termal regulator, with a series of leisure areas.
Exterior view
Multi-sport athletic space and future building expansion area.
Interior view
code: G081MG
code: G081MG
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Plant Level +0.50m esc 1/200
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Plant Level +4.00m esc 1/200
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code: G081MG
code: G081MG
Elevations esc 1/200
Green belt
solar panels
The whole building is surrounded by a green courtyards belt that provides shadow, cooling the air and decreasing inside temperature
Solar Farm. Up to 292 solar panles of 100 w, providing a rated power of 292 kw
Multipurpose open space
Section BB
An Outdoor sitting area that can be use as a open theater, a conference place or school plays.
Rainwater Storage Tank
Section AA
Continuous Guttering A internal and external continuous gutter system will feed the rainwater tank, previously passing through a ďŹ lter systems
A 30 m3 underground rainwater tank will save water for toilets use, sinks, cleaning and irrigation system.
Classrooms expansion area
Section CC
A future expansion can hold up to 6 more learning spaces at the building second level.
Courtyards and buildings openings were projected in order to maxime the sunlight and cross ventilation
Facade
code: G081MG
code: G081MG
Design Process 1.
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12 LEARNING SPACES
ADM DINNING ROOM
LEARNING FACILITIES
PLAYGROUND
STAFF ROOM
ACCESS
CONFERENCE ROOM LIBRARY COMMONS
EATING AREA KITCHEN STORAGE
FAB LABS PRAYERS ROOM PC ROOMS
6 x 6 m grid
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An inscribed circle defines the interior space of the exterior
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the circumference becomes not a limit but a filter defining a morphology for the Micro Cosmo
the grid becomes a structural system
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entry
Program requirements
Program interpretations
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Learning commons
Learning commons
main stairs & elevator
entry Green areas (courtyards+green belt)
Circulation diagram
Axonometric view
w.c Learning space
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w.c Learning space w.c adm.
Program Diagram
Rainwater haversting system
Solar Farm
Security post & emergency exits
Interior view
Structure diagram Laminated wood beams (2d level)
200x200 mm Steel columns (2d level)
Laminated plywood lintel
Laminated wood beams (1st level)
Bamboo fence
Rainwater harvesting system diagram
200x200 mm Steel columns (1st level)
Laminated plywood sill
Underground tank
Laminated wood beams (Foundation)
Shallow concrete foundations
code: G081MG