tulum plastic school
2nd PRIZE
[david nee zhi kang]
sibu, malaysia
The concept of the Tulum Plastic School focuses on the children‐centred design and the wellness of the community. When we see the architecture from the context of children’s school, often we will find the scale and proportion of the spaces or rooms do not respond to the characteristic of the primary user which is the children. Unlike furniture, it needs to be small enough to comfortably fit the children as they need to use it routinely.
So imagine if children can use the space like how the use the mini furniture which they are able to reach the wall, the ceiling or even the roof instead of just stepping on the slab? Therefore, the idea is to redefine the architecture of the learning environment for children through the ergonomic volume of space wherefore the children could feel their sense of presence in sync with the learning environment.
The design emphasizes on building volume that can fit both adult and children through the inclination of the roof height. Providing an intimate space for the children and sufficient room for the adults to carry out activities with children. Lower ceiling involves adults to bend and crouch their body when approaching children, gives a sense of equality, comfort and secure to the children.
The proposal involves ground and a mezzanine floor connects to the rooftop of the existing building. Lifted classroom and office to the mezzanine to maintain ground floor as the public space/multipurpose space for social and gathering like what it used to be to enrich the social sustainability of the neighbourhood. Double volume ground floor at the corner of the secondary road can be modified into a proper stage whenever there is an occasion. Utilizing the flat rooftop of the existing building beside the proposed site by linking it to the mezzanine/classroom. Rooftop is an exciting space by default which can be celebrated by children’s activities such as yoga or kite flying. Access point/staircase to the mezzanine floor is gated from the extended existing security grill so the classroom and office space are fully secured.
The construction will not use any processed recycled plastic material but focusing on the simple solutions using common plastic waste such as bottle without the need of heavy machine or professional. So that it can be practised easily and widely by people of Tulum in the interest of reducing plastic wastage.
So imagine if children can use the space like how the use the mini furniture which they are able to reach the wall, the ceiling or even the roof instead of just stepping on the slab? Therefore, the idea is to redefine the architecture of the learning environment for children through the ergonomic volume of space wherefore the children could feel their sense of presence in sync with the learning environment.
The design emphasizes on building volume that can fit both adult and children through the inclination of the roof height. Providing an intimate space for the children and sufficient room for the adults to carry out activities with children. Lower ceiling involves adults to bend and crouch their body when approaching children, gives a sense of equality, comfort and secure to the children.
The proposal involves ground and a mezzanine floor connects to the rooftop of the existing building. Lifted classroom and office to the mezzanine to maintain ground floor as the public space/multipurpose space for social and gathering like what it used to be to enrich the social sustainability of the neighbourhood. Double volume ground floor at the corner of the secondary road can be modified into a proper stage whenever there is an occasion. Utilizing the flat rooftop of the existing building beside the proposed site by linking it to the mezzanine/classroom. Rooftop is an exciting space by default which can be celebrated by children’s activities such as yoga or kite flying. Access point/staircase to the mezzanine floor is gated from the extended existing security grill so the classroom and office space are fully secured.
The construction will not use any processed recycled plastic material but focusing on the simple solutions using common plastic waste such as bottle without the need of heavy machine or professional. So that it can be practised easily and widely by people of Tulum in the interest of reducing plastic wastage.