Project
Rajasthan School
Nomination
Best Constructed Public Building or Facility
About the project
Situated in a remote desert village of Rajasthan, commissioned by the client for the children of their staff, the school design adopts from the character of these villages and contemporaries' the interpretation.
The school is fragmented to create a central courtyard covered in trapezoidal frames and sun-breakers, providing shade from the harsh sun and creating dynamic shadow patterns through the day. It thus creates a relatively cooler micro-climate for outdoor activities and allows the landscape to be interspersed with the built-mass.
The entire circulation is through open naturally ventilated corridors traversing & skirting the focal semi sheltered landscaped court in the centre.
Angled vertical walls act as sun breakers to reduce heat gain from the east, west & south sides generating cooler internal spaces.
The organic layout creates a different character to each part of the school orienting each space with different views & different perceptions.
Location
20 Famous Studio Lane, Mahalaxmi, India
Project implemented in
2020
Applicant
Sanjay Puri Architects are listed in the top 100 architects worldwide by Archdaily. The firm founded in 1992 has won 150 international architecture awards: 6 Chicago Athenaeum Awards, 10 WAF Awards, 31 World Architecture Comm UK Awards, the LEAF, 9 Architizer Awards, 5 Hospitality Design Awards, 14 MIPIM Awards and more. With a firm strength of 72 evolving design solutions that are contextual and creating spaces that revolutionize the way they are experienced form the essence of the design.
Another participants
Client: Shree Cement Ltd.
Structural Consultant: Dr. Kelkar Designs Pvt. Ltd
Service Consultant: Epsilon Design Consultancy pvt. Ltd.
Contractors: Espee Construction
Site Team: Shree Cement Projects Team