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Kalbod Design Studio

Kalbod Design Studio

Tehran, IR

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LEGO African School

In this project, we designed a modular school, taking into account the
wishes and values of enko, inspired by lego games, and linking the space
with students' childhood memories, in addition to achieving a system
with high flexibility. It can be used in other parts of Africa to reduce
construction costs as much as possible

Formation

Due to the limited project space and the existing physical plan, we had to expand the school building vertically.

On the other hand, the climatic studies of the region showed that the
weather in Bamako is warm and in parts of the year it is sunny with a
lot of rain. As a result, there was a need for openings and air flow in the space.

Therefore, due to the prevailing wind flow in the region, which is from
east to west in the most of the months during a year, we have created
openings in the total volume.

Then, due to the need to receive adequate natural light and its high impact on the learning process,

as well as in order to create empty spaces for the dynamism of students
and also more playgrounds, we reached a central courtyard system.

Stability

Sustainability was one of our main concerns in designing this project, and in this regard, we considered the use of labor and local materials.We also tried to reduce energy consumption by increasing the use of
sunlight and wind flow in the area as much as possible, and to create a
green school by collecting rainwater from the roofs and using it in
services and irrigation of green spaces

Explode Plan

In the spatial staining of the school, we have considered two things in particular

1. Separate the spaces needed by primary school students from high school students as much as possible.

2. Placing less used spaces on higher floors.

Vertical access

Vertical access of the floors through the exposed stairs helps to increase the dynamics of the space.

Visual communication of floors

Playgrounds and corridors on different floors give us different views of different floors.

Playground

Existance of playgrounds in different floors and opening of classrooms to increase the vitality and dynamism of the space.

 
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Status: Competition Entry
Location: Bamako, ML
Firm Role: designer
Additional Credits: mohamad rahimizadeh- shaghayegh nemati- sara rajabi- amirhosein bagheri