ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN –VSENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

LITERATURE CASE STUDY :SELAQUI SCHOOL, DEHRADUN

SUBMITTED BY : Anurag Kamal 1304006

S.I.U.P.A, B.Arch

SELAQUI SCHOOL

• It is a co-educational and fully residential school.

• Client’s programme : o Promote equality of gender o Train future leaders in multi-cultural and secular

environment

LOCATION• It is located in Doon Valley (Dehradun), heavily forested on the

foothills of middle Himalayas.• The school campus is located on Dehradun-Chakrata road

about 20 km from Dehradun.

CLIMATE AND SITE SPECIFICATION• Summers are hot and temperature

ranges between 27-41 degree celcius.• Winters are more pleasant and may get

cold. As the temperature ranges from 5-27 degree celcius.

• Site area : 52 acres• Architect : Gurgaon based architect

Amardeep Singh• Built up :

o School building area – 3 acres (5.8%)o Facility – 1.3 acres (2.5%)o Residential – 3.5 acres (6.7%)

• Open area :o Parking and playground – 44.2 acres (86%)

SITE PLAN

PLANNING ANALYSIS• The layout of the building and the intensive amalgamation

of landscaping element adds to a quiet and learning environment to the school.

SPORTS FIELD HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN MASTER PLAN WITH SOME OF THEM BECOMING A PART OF HOSTELS.

STAFF SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PLANNED ADJACENT TO THE PERIPHERY WITH A SEPARATE SERVICE ENTRY.

VEHICULAR MOVEMENT IS IN SUCH A WAY THAT MINIMUM TRAFFIC COINCIDE WITH REGULAR ACTIVITIES HENCE, ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT.

AROUND THIS COURT ARE THE MAJOR BLOCKS THAT FORMS THE BACKBONE OF THE CAMPUS.

THE ACADEMIC BLOCK IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ENTRY THE ENTRY ROAD LEADS TO THE

ASSEMBLY AREA WHICH IS PLANNED AROUND THE FAMOUS PEEPAL TREE OF CAMPUS.

THE HOSTELS ARE PLACED SEPARATELY ON THE REAR SIDE OF THE SITE WITH MINIMUM DISTURBANCE AND INTERFERENCE.

ZONING• The various blocks consist of :

o Academic – Offices, Classrooms, Labs, Teacher’s room, Toilets

o Hostel Block – Separate hostels for boys and girls with common room and warden residence

o Staff Housing o Dining Block – Common dining for

students and staff, Kitcheno Sports Facilities – Swimming Pool,

Tennis, Basketball, Cricket, Squash, Horse riding, Football

o Other Facilities – Infirmary auditorium, sculpture making workshops

DESIGN CONCEPT• The philosophy of school emphasise on tradition and this is translated into the architecture of the school,

which works in harmony with the tradition of the local architecture.• Campus type planning has been involved with the integration of clusters and courtyard forms.• Interconnection of various activity zones is achieved so as to make all the zones easily accessible.• The application of the concept is achieved by incorporating traditional Indian concept of building elements like

courtyards, verandahs, terraces, jaalis, deep overhangs, local materials, tradition and craftsmanship.• The architecture of the campus incorporates the variation of scale that in-turn is an expression of building

function and indent as dining and academic block has more imposing scale compared to the others.• Confirming to the region as well as to achieve traditional architectural expression, sloping roofs have been

incorporated into the entire complex.• These sheltering roofs have large overhangs to protect the building from region’s fairly heavy rainfall.

ACADEMIC BLOCK

The informal seating spaces are provided so that they can be used by students during their free time.At the exact centre of this academic building lies the data centre. Being at the lowest level, the roof of the centre becomes the connecting bridge between the blocks.The academic block is organised around four courts.Corridors are singly loaded with good lighting and are 1.8 m wide.

The architecture is placed in front of the main entry and side of the court of assembly.Named Nalanda, after the famous Indian University, the academic block is designed in various levels. These levels are negotiated by steps that are on each of the four sides of courtyard.

CLASSROOMS

• Classrooms are bright and airy, are square in plan with a chamfered corner.

• All the classrooms are provided with natural lighting and display.

• Classroom size – 7.5 m x 7.5 m• Strength of students – 25-30 i.e.

56.2 sq m for 30 pupils.• Chalkboard size – 1200 mm x

2100 mm

LABORATORY

• Laboratory size – 7.5 m x 12.7 m• Students strength – 33 i.e. 95 sq m for 33 pupils.• There are labs for computer, physics, chemistry, biology in the

school.• Besides working area, technician space, preparatory space and

store is provided.

LANDSCAPING

• There is a perfect integration of architecture of school with its landscape.

• There is an interesting blend of hard and soft landscape.

• All the parts are lined with shrubs and trees thus helping to soften the look.

• The layout of the building, the extensive and luxurious landscaping emerges beautifully with the surroundings.

• All this adds to a quiet, serene and pollution free environment which further enhances the living and learning environment in the school.

LANDSCAPING

• Materials o The buildings are largely built of locally available stone.o This is the river stone which has been cut and dressed and used as random rubble masonryo Exposed brickwork has been used in certain buildings to cover RCC elements and to provide

a contrast to monolithic character of stone.o In certain part of academic block, funicular shell roofing has been used. These provide

distinctive character to the academic building and also reduce the cost of construction.

• Extensive use of hedges and climbers in the school.

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