Part C
St. Micheal’s Proposal
Kyle Wentzel 210123346
I suggest that the internal classroom area should be one big open space for the use of assembly or a large school briefing. This should be an elongated shape like a rectangle. The large single classroom should have two dividers which can close and split it into three separate smaller rooms to split different age pupils for teaching. This way the students can get more individual attention and different grade teaching can take place. One long end of the structure should be north facing to allow the necessary natural light into each divided class. Each classroom should be able to open up entirely on one end under the roof. This whole structure should be timber framed (pre-built frames put together) with a swerved roof system. The timber wall frames are cladded with plywood, corrugated sheeting and timber panels in different shapes. The roof system should dip on one end and rise on the other and then swap again and again creating a ‘wavey’ motion, representing the farmland and hills. This will carry on across and overall building.
The ablution and kitchen facilities should be separate from the classroom structure located to the shorter side of the classrooms. There will be a single straight masonry wall for sanitary ware to be fixed to while the rest of the kitchen and ablutions is timber framed. The external side of the masonry structure can be used as a tennis wall. The masonry wall will extend past the use of the sanitary structure with gumpoles imbedded into it and holes to create a jungle-gym which will extend partially under the covered area. This way the children can still use the jungle-gym in rainy weather. Lines can be painted on the tar driveway and parking area to make mini-roads for the children.
There should be a large external covered area constructed from timber and sheet metal as mentioned above. This roof system will create a covered area between the classroom structure and the sanitary structure as well as a large area between the external play area and the structure. The covered area between the playground and classrooms is used as extended class space because the classes open into that area or covered play area. Large lightweight, sliding, folding panels hung from the rafters can also divide the external space however suitable or can be used to partially enclose the face of the structure. These top hung lightweight panels must be able to lock into place. This is a different way of combining internal and external multi-use spaces.
Keeping the covered area down to ±200m² and the fact that there is only one masonry wall with the rest of the structure being lightweight frame construction with Simple slot and bolt fixings , it should only take 6 days to construct.
