The main considerations when approaching the design are directly related with the goal of having a biophilic, low-cost, and environmentally friendly design with high quality spaces that fulfill or respond to the needs of the community. Others include gender segregation in internal spaces due to the Islamic background of the village. I started the design process by exploring the aforementioned areas through model making.
These explorations were what informed the first proposal for an integrated design for the maize processing secondary school. Below is the sketch of the plan and a rough sketch of the initial thoughts on the materials, form and character of elevations. In this plan, the fields where farming activities are scheduled to take place is what connects and at the same time divides the two typologies of functions which are the educational and the processing/vocational functions. The processing spaces are closer to the main street while the educational spaces are farther away and closer to existing residential blocks.
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| Sketch plan |
