Montpelier Community Nursery
London
AY Architects
Total Area: 136 square meters.
Budget: £476,000
Completed: 2012
The nursery is placed within Montepelier public Gardens in Kentish Town, London. Therefore, in replacing the previous and unsafe portakabin nursery, the design was to be very eco-friendly and fit the surrounding environment.
AY Architects said that indoor-outdoor play was a key aspect to the concept behind the design. This shows through greatly in the form of the exterior’s green space meeting a large interior play area. The building forms an overhang above the full width, full height glass entrance to the outside areas. This combination of large entrance and overhang creates a more seamless transition between indoor and outdoor which brings the two areas into being used as one large space.
Budget: £476,000
Completed: 2012
The nursery is placed within Montepelier public Gardens in Kentish Town, London. Therefore, in replacing the previous and unsafe portakabin nursery, the design was to be very eco-friendly and fit the surrounding environment.
AY Architects said that indoor-outdoor play was a key aspect to the concept behind the design. This shows through greatly in the form of the exterior’s green space meeting a large interior play area. The building forms an overhang above the full width, full height glass entrance to the outside areas. This combination of large entrance and overhang creates a more seamless transition between indoor and outdoor which brings the two areas into being used as one large space.
Below are some hand drawn orthographics I have produced of the building. Please click the images to enlarge them.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
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DS Nursery
Japan
Hibinosekkei, Youji no Shiro
Total Area: 1464 square meters.
Completed: 2014
Inspiration for this project was drawn from the wind. A large part in this is due to the large amount of wind farms found in the region.
The architects have designed the layout of the buildings in the nursery to be like the blades of a windmill. The spread out from a point in the central garden to gain their own identities, whilst still being connected together.
The whole design is kept very light and open, large floor to ceiling windows help with this. All of the corridors are flooded with light and have constant links to the central courtyard.
Completed: 2014
Inspiration for this project was drawn from the wind. A large part in this is due to the large amount of wind farms found in the region.
The architects have designed the layout of the buildings in the nursery to be like the blades of a windmill. The spread out from a point in the central garden to gain their own identities, whilst still being connected together.
The whole design is kept very light and open, large floor to ceiling windows help with this. All of the corridors are flooded with light and have constant links to the central courtyard.
Below are some hand drawn orthographics I have produced of the building. Please click the images to enlarge them.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
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Binh Duong School
Vietnam
Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Total Area: 5300 square meters.
Budget: £1,244,186 (Approx. based off $350US per square meters)
Completed: 2011
A driving force behind the Binh Duong School is the push for green buildings. It is naturally ventilated and very open, featuring corridors which run around the edges of the building that are open to the outside.
This style of green building is especially useful in regards to its lack of relience on electricity for ventialtion (such as air conditioning) as the power frequently cuts out in areas of Vietnam.
As such, architect Vo Trong Nghia says that buildings like this, which use little energy, are the future of architecture for Vietnam. It is also a direct response to climate change, which is having a significant impact on the country through increased flooding.
Budget: £1,244,186 (Approx. based off $350US per square meters)
Completed: 2011
A driving force behind the Binh Duong School is the push for green buildings. It is naturally ventilated and very open, featuring corridors which run around the edges of the building that are open to the outside.
This style of green building is especially useful in regards to its lack of relience on electricity for ventialtion (such as air conditioning) as the power frequently cuts out in areas of Vietnam.
As such, architect Vo Trong Nghia says that buildings like this, which use little energy, are the future of architecture for Vietnam. It is also a direct response to climate change, which is having a significant impact on the country through increased flooding.
Below are some hand drawn orthographics I have produced of the building. Please click the images to enlarge them.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
All scales are correct when printed at A3.
www.archdaily.com www.dezeen.com
Precedence Model
DS Nursery
1:200
I have created a colour coded model to explain the arrangement of spaces in the study of the DS Nursery in Japan. The model was created at a scale of 1:200 with white card clad in various other coloured cards.
I chose this particular study as of the three it struck me as the most interesting. It is of a similar size to the plot that I will be working on and makes strong use of concept and ideas. I favour the courtyard space greatly, especially the positioning of it, allowing light to flood right into the centre of the design. Taking this further the corridors, which all run around the courtyard, then gain an enormous amount of light and subsequently a grander sense of space.
By moving the corridors into the middle of the building, the architects have enabled the placement of every room to be around the outside, creating external views for everyone and a connection to the outside world. This connection is further enhanced by the location of the school, which looks out over fields of nature.
This approach could be remarkably valuable to my project as there are many attributed to combine this with on the site. The canal is a big feature, as is the park, two key natural elements to work with.
I chose this particular study as of the three it struck me as the most interesting. It is of a similar size to the plot that I will be working on and makes strong use of concept and ideas. I favour the courtyard space greatly, especially the positioning of it, allowing light to flood right into the centre of the design. Taking this further the corridors, which all run around the courtyard, then gain an enormous amount of light and subsequently a grander sense of space.
By moving the corridors into the middle of the building, the architects have enabled the placement of every room to be around the outside, creating external views for everyone and a connection to the outside world. This connection is further enhanced by the location of the school, which looks out over fields of nature.
This approach could be remarkably valuable to my project as there are many attributed to combine this with on the site. The canal is a big feature, as is the park, two key natural elements to work with.