Architecture at Everest-Semester 2: Week 2 Post 4

Intersession
Architecture and Design
Audie Santos
5/30/13

May 30th, 2013

Short Project: Institution for  Independent Adulthood Preparation

A view of the back of our school (W.I.P.)

Today, Rafael tasked us with a short project that prompted us to create a learning institution for teenagers to learn how to become independent. We started off with different compounds with different purposes. We separated the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th, graders from each other because we don't want students to be running around everywhere to get to class. Each one of the student compounds contains many other classrooms inside of it, so depending on a students schedule, all the students have to do is move around their compound. Everything is supposed to gravitate around the central library. This is where all of the students will be reading, researching, studying, and using computers during the day. Also on the library we have a hexagonal shape for a skylight. We felt that this shape provided the most angles for sunlight to come through where students don't have to use lamps but natural light.


Behind the library are the fields that are dotted with trees and benches and seats, some with umbrellas. There also multiple shacks and restaurants for teenagers to learn how to provide themselves with food. There also simulation centers for teens to try out activities from the adult world, without the real stress. This gives teens a sense of what awaits them later in their life. Compared to other projects, our school does not have dorms. The students must visit our facilities every day. Also, our school does not have a single rectangular building or structure. The whole build site was circular, because we believed that the idea of free-flow was very important in the fact that transitions between classes occur quickly.