This time round, I took a more direct approach to the locality, the needs of the client, and the values of its purpose as an educational facility. A 'form follows fucntion' approach, detailed below, allowed me design from the following parameters:
- It must harness and exploit the landscape and it's natural beauty/features
- It must take the shape of landscape
- It must sit within landscape
- It must pays homage to the spirit of the locality
- It must provide explicit and ample private and public spaces
- It must consider the physical, cognitive and developmental needs of the child
- Interior is catered to the developmental needs of the child according to the EYFS.
- Clear relationship between researched and observed themes, real world context and brief
- Effectively embodies the values of its purpose (symbiosis, interdependence, growth etc)
- Symbiosis between client (child) and brief
- between architecture and nature (ramp) - between private and public
- between Parent and Child
- Addresses geography of the locality directly
- Addresses needs of the child directly
- Addresses the concept of learning from landscape directly
The subsequent process of design is detailed in the sketchbook images below, where the final proposal begins to manifest.
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