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Day 60

Panyaden International School

➨ Function: School
➨ Location: Thailand
➨ Area: 1500 m2

Hello people
Hope you're taking care of your selves 

Today's project was a little bit different, When I first started learning about it, I was really fascinated; the building techniques, the use of natural materials, the relation with the surroundings, and the ability to variate different functions under the same building technique, It was going very smoothly and perfect until I found out something, the real intentions behind the design. Bare with me 

School's site plan

The project is an international school that takes place in Thailand, the school's main principle is to bring students back to nature so It could affect their personal development, Until here everything is good right, but as you see at the diagram below the design was inspired by the lotus flower, personally, I believe that this is a marketing game, to connect the design to a national symbol, like you know using natural materials and blending with nature is not enough, people won't register their children in schools that care about the environment but they will when they know that the shape looks like a flower. 


Don't get me wrong, I'm still fascinated with the design, I've never seen the use of bamboo in this way, they really pushed the bamboo's ability to very different levels, In addition, the design principles were flexible in a way that it can hold in different functions under the same techniques. 
 


No sketches for tonight :)

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