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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Kai Tak Primary School in Hong Kong by ArchSDFebruary 8th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ArchSD A school is a community: a micro-society, a mini city within a city. It is an oasis yet has a direct relationship with the city at large. Our idea is simple; the spatial concept for the Kai Tak Primary School is to bring the students and teachers together with the playground and other spaces and activities, to encourage interactions. Breaking away from the typical densely built 8-storey school building in Hong Kong with the ball court on the ground, this school adopts a low-rise 4-storey design, with the basketball court raised on the first floor, sited in the middle of the school campus, creating a focus, pulling together spaces and activities.  Muk Hung Street Elevation, Image Courtesy © ArchSD
 West Elevation, Image Courtesy © ArchSD From the school entrance plaza, students follow a staircase route to encounter the covered playground, central ball court and library roof garden, creating a sense of discovery of spaces, to stimulate the passion for self-discovery. This staircase path connects the three major open spaces of the school, setting the orientation of the campus.  Main Entrance, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  South Elevation, Image Courtesy © ArchSD The old tradition of Hong Kong’s walled village is re-interpreted in the design of the school. In similar way as a village’s ancestral hall, houses and lanes would be strategically laid out within the village wall. Inside the wall of the School campus, the assembly hall which reads as the town hall of the school complex, the library and the classrooms are arranged in different blocks around the central ball court, with link bridges, courtyards, street and colonnades, an internal streetscape is created, shaping the school as a micro polis, conceived as a whole by using major urban design elements of a city. Courtyards, streetscapes and overlooking terraces bring closer the different spaces and activities, encouraging interactions.  Grand Staircase, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Basketball Court, Image Courtesy © ArchSD Gardens and roof gardens are arranged on different levels throughout the campus to provide green scenery for the interiors and attract communications between the indoor and the open spaces. Gardens and vertical greening together with fair-faced concrete, metal and timber screens compose a variety of spatial experiences to be discovered, to stimulate learning. The selection of materials and generous use of greening also create an oasis in the city.  Classroom, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Assembly Hall, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Corridor on 1F, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Stair near Main Entrance, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Corridor on GF, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Library Green Roof, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Site Plan, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Cut away Axonometric, Image Courtesy © ArchSD  Section, Image Courtesy © ArchSD
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