Saturday, August 2, 2008

P1 - Early Design Ideas

Here are some sketches of early design ideas that we have had to this point, trying to incorporate sprung architecture and exploring ideas of folding out shipping containers:




Two sections to the classroom with a central courtyard for outdoor learning/extra lighting.


A classroom + covered courtyard area.


Different ideas for folding out a shipping container to expand the space.


This was exploring allowing louvered lighting and cross ventilation, as well as a cladding system to hide the steel container.

Ideally we were looking at a classroom at least to containers wide, we have decided to only go with 1 classroom. Also, we would like an outdoor learning space to be included and potentially maximise water catchment and storage, so that needs to be figured out in a devised roofing system, whether it be using sprung or not.