Primary School: Literature Review & Case Study
Primary School: Literature Review & Case Study
Primary School: Literature Review & Case Study
Presented By:
Smriti Bhujel
Table of
Contents
2. Evolution 1.
5. Comparative
of school Introducti
design Analysis
on
3.
4. Case
Literature
Studies
Review
Introduction
• Primary School
• For whom?
PAST PRESENT
double-loaded corridors
• Corridors no longer exist.
• Build up area should not exceed more than 25% of site area.
•Public zone:
Parking, reception, toilet,
•Semi private zone:
Library, principal room,
meeting hall, auditorium,
canteen.
•Private zone:
class room, staff room.
Bubble Diagram of Primary School
Anthropometrical Aspects of Designing Primary School
Spaces Area(m2)
Classrooms 50-60/room
Library 72/room
Canteen 48/room
CLASSROOM 1 2.5
LIBRARY 1 3
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 1 3
CAFETERIA 1 0.7
SCIENCE LAB 1 4
TEACHERS ROOM 1 3
SECURITY ROOM 1 12
MEETING ROOM 1 3
HALL WAY 1 3
• Students
• Teachers
• Parents
• Non-teaching staff
Users 3. Area
Provision of(sq.
(Room) waiting
m) area
guards,
Principal 20-25
Caretaker 20-25
Medical staff 15
Security 12
Indoor Space Requirements
1. Classroom Sizing
• Stairs width=1m
Indoor Space Requirements
3. Library
8. Multi-Purpose Room
9. Toilet Facilities
Science Laboratory:
Computer Laboratory:
• 2.4 sq. m per student
• Tilting of pupils head to 15-20
degree to the monitor.
• North facing and not on the ground
floor.
Outdoor Space Requirements
1. Play Ground
• Fence 1m high.
2. Parking
• Proper circulation space
• Wider space for disabled peoples
• Not in reach of walking and playing area.
• Separate parking should be provided for
students, staff and visitors.
• Area must be as per vehicle and the no. of
students and staff.
• For bicycle
0.7 m2 per pupil
• For bus
Depends upon parking angle if 90°
area: 35-40 m2
• For car
Area: 12-15 m2
NAME PARKING NUMB REQUIRE
OF AREA/ ER OF D AREA
VEHICL VEHICLE VEHIC FOR
E (sq. m) LE PARKING
(sq. m)
Bike 3 5 15
Car 15 5 75
Bus 50 3 150
Outdoor Space Requirements
3. Landscape
4. Outdoor Teaching
• Improve mood of
students.
• Increase retention of
subject materials.
• Children learn to
develop a love,
appreciation and
respect for nature and
all that is living.
• Enough seating space
for a whole class.
Circulation Spaces
Vertical Circulation
1. Stairs
• Treads: 30-32cm
2. Ramps
• Max gradient: 1 in 20
• Width not less than 1300 mm.
• Light ramp and landing surface to
150 lux
Circulation Spaces
Horizontal Circulation
• Corridor
3. Open areas and trees can be used as a buffer-zone to give acoustic separation.
• Orientation:
• Windows:
1. Large windows with heads close to the ceiling are always desirable. A
2. Glazing ratio (glazing area/wall area) of 40% is recommended for south, east and
west facing windows, 55% is for north facing ones.
Design Recommendations
• Layout
2. Thicker slabs/beams
• develop the lever-arm needed to resist
increased bending moment.
• weight increases to combine with imposed
loading, leading to increased bending moment.
• development of coffered (or hollow core) slabs
in order to control weight increases.
• slab in effect devolves to a series of parallel T-
beams which, as well as unidirectional, may
run in two orthogonal directions and spans
(and depths) can then be increased almost at
will.
Source:https://www.quora.com
/It-is-possible-for-a-concrete-slab-to-span-1
0m-without-columns
National and International Space Analysis
• REQUIREMENT FOR LABS AND LIBRARY
TYPE NEPALI STANDARD 1 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
School School
form.
MULAN PRIMARY SCHOOL
• Architects: Rural Urban Framework
• Year: 2012
• Expand an existing
primary school of 5
classrooms by adding an
additional building of 6
classrooms.
Nearby
Buildings
Strategy of design
• to extend the school
•to extend the courtyard
•organize the site
through a series of open,
linked spaces.
New Building
• 5 classrooms
• defines the edge of the site
as a U-section.
• roof plane used as a series of
steps forming a new public
space.
• steps are punctuated with
small micro-courtyards that
continue into the library.
Plan
Development
Form
Development
Site Details Site Plan
•Sloped land
•Use of reed bed to
Classrooms
prevent slippage of
the earth.
Library
•Irregular site
Stairs+Play
Space Division
•1o classrooms with
later addition. Concrete
Staff room
seats
•3 teachers room
Play Area Entrance
•1 library
Garden
•Wetland garden
•Playgrounds with
basketball court.
•Toilets Classrooms
Classroom 1 58
Teacher’s room 3 33
U-shaped Building
Inner 1 410
courtyard
Spaces Number Area(m2)
Classroom(big) 1 69
Classroom 1 58
(Small)
Library 1 97
Micro- 1 118
courtyard
Toilet - 40
Pie-chart representing spaces
3% Classroom
7%
Staff room
50%
38% courtyard
library
2% toilet
Features
• The roof tiles become vertical walls and
help direct runoff water to the ground.
Mirror Tiles
Features
Concrete seats
Toilets
to collect rainwater so
that the toilets can be
flushed regularly;
Inner courtyards
Steps
Play areas
Construction Materials
Profile Section
HIGHGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL
• Architects: Adrian Iredale of
iredale pedersen hook architects
• Site Area: 2100 m2
• Build Up Area: 1082 m²
• Completed Year: 2017
Form Development
•Solids and cavities composed of matter
that are rhythmically and proportionally
arrayed.
•Clustered formation
Site Details
•The school site is on the
state heritage list.
•Architect selected a location Entrance
for the building on high Parking
contours;
a new school entry and
laneway,
a staircase that rises and
falls back down to playing
fields,
Play Area
enjoy sweeping views of the
city.
Site Plan
Zoning of Spaces
• night purging,
PV Cells
Vertical
Circulation
•8 classrooms
Division •1 activity room
of •1Undercover play
spaces •1 hall
•Separate bathroom and
•Void so that light will be
kitchen for each class room
sufficient inside
Approx. Area of Spaces
Ground Floor
Play 9%
Undercover
Store 1 17 play area
15%
Room
Stage
Kitchen 1 15
Bath 1 21 stairs
room
Stage 1 30
Approx. Area of Spaces
First Floor
Spaces Number Area
of room (m2)
classroom
Class 1 68
Store room
room
Limestone
East Elevation West Elevation Plinth
South Elevation
Construction Materials
• Architects: SGA-STUDIO
• Area: 4500 m²
• Year: 2017
• Location : Akbarpur,
Site Details
• Rectilinear plot
• Oriented parallel to the main
road.
Music/dance
• Building on the north. room
Administrative
• South for the : Entrance Area
playfield,
tyre park,
service block
vehicular parking.
Parking
Site plan
Zoning of spaces
Approx. Area of Spaces
Spaces Number of rooms Area(m2)
Classroom 1 80
Admin support 1 80
area
Admin office 1 64
Principal’s office 1 22
Courtyard 1 251
Kitchen 1 75
Library 1 180
Toilet(separate) 1 48
Features
Circulation space
Stairs
Roof
Library
Classrooms
Classrooms
Classrooms
Classrooms
First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan
Sections
at Y-axis
Comparative study
Spaces Mulan Highgate Taksila Standard
Primary Primary Roots Data
School school Primary Area(m2)
Area(m2) Area(m2) School
Area(m2)
Classroom 64 77 80 50-60
Toilet 40 16 48 35
Kitchen - 16 75 90
Library 97 - 180 72
Teacher’s 33 - 80 24-50
Room
Store room - 19 - 24
Comparative Analysis
Type Required Mulan Highgate Taksila Roots Inferences
Primary Primary Primary
School School School
Site Type Flat/ Slopy land Flat Land Flat Land Flat
levelled
Surface Less Hard; More hard; Less hard; Less hard; Less hard;
Coverage more soft less soft more soft more soft more soft
No. of 11 08 31 As per
classrooms requirement
Playground Large and open Open as well as Large and Both open as
covered open well as covered
• Schools with open spaces with natural landscape helps children connect with the
nature and which develop their understanding of nature
• The built up area should be 25% of the total site area other area should be used
as playground and gardens
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school
• https://www.elevatusarchitecture.com/the-evolution-of-school-building-organization/
• https://www.slideshare.net/kishannaik3/design-of-primary-school
• https://www.academia.edu/9228398/Ernst_and_Peter_Neufert_Architects_Data_Third_Edition_E
dited_by
• https://sagecreekpac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/School-Building-Space-Standards.pdf
• https://www.education.ie/en/School-Design/Design-Guidance/bu_tgd_22a_pdf.pdf
• https://www.slideshare.net/dhirajsalhotra/guidelines-for-primary-school-01
• http://www.moepiu.gov.np/downloadfile/School%20Design%20Guidelines_FINAL_1474869069.p
df
• https://www.humanitarianlibrary.org/sites/default/files/2014/02/101760e.pdf
• https://www.archdaily.com/891919/highgate-primary-school-iredale-pedersen-hook-architect
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• https://www.sgastudio.org/weite/qm5xett02tcuemo099fwp9g9aajbru
• https://www.archdaily.com/897839/taksila-roots-sga-studio?ad_source=search&ad_medium=se
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Acknowledgement
&
Lecturer
Architecture Program
School of Engineering
Kathmandu University
THANK
YOU