DAY 3
The design has now moved off of the drawing board and a model is starting to develop. Amazing how you get an instant perspective of size when you start to build your model knowing the size of a freight container compared to the compound. Our layout seems to expand every time Noel, Kemi or Poorang pass by; and we are doing our best to satisfy them all, but we are either going to run out of modelling material or space soon……….
After three days of hard work, we had finally come to an agreement on our layout plans, and after countless research and ideas on what our structure would look like and the materials we would use, we started laying out the plans on our board on a scale to 1:50 to start building up our structure.
A space frame structure with detachable membranes for walls, a few good examples and studies have been done to see how the structure worked before and how well it functions.
Day one consisted of our design brief being revealed, which is to create an easily transportable medical treatment centre, this whole centre has to fit into a shipping container. After this we were split into groups and introduced to college pupils who we are working in partnership with.
Our main aim for the day was to discuss and develop ideas, in doing so we came up with the idea of a walling system which would easily fit together. Collectively, it was decided that simplicity was a vital element of our design.
Throughout the day, we researched and sketched ideas which would set us up well for day two of the project.
Architects: Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa
Location: Southeast Asia
Thinking about flat packed buildings this project is a great and succeed idea, which consist in the same thought the Fry team is following to design a flexible structure. These schools are located in the borders of Thailand and Burma, in the southeast Asia. They result of a competition for non-profit charity Building Trust to give immigrant and refugee communities in those areas a kind of self-assembly educational facility.
The main proposal is to offer them the possibility to dismantle the structure and reassemble it over and over again on other sites, in a way it becomes adaptable to any place, due to the problem with land rights they face. Moreover, it should practice not only the function of educational space, but also symbolize the community space.
The structure in itself shows to be quite simple. Bennetta and LaRossa choose to use prefabricated steel frame and local crafted bamboo panels, making the cost of construction lower, since they did not need to spend so much money transporting the bamboo. The bamboo panels allow sun light to go inside the building, providing natural illumination. The roof compound of two roofs, where a gap between the first and the second receives natural ventilation.
The Building Trust is a international body that basically aims to give people’s welfare promoting quality and creative design works to solve problems. In this context, they have developed projects in many countries, such as Cambodia, Honduras, Brazil, Bangladesh and England.
As our design proposal lays emphasis on the need of using flat packed buildings it is too important to know more how it works and for who it is used for. This structure system offers flexibility, practicality, adaptability, functionality and reversibity all together!
References:
Dezeen, 2013. Moving school by Amadeo Bennetta and Dan LaRossa for Building Trust. [Online] Available at: <http://www.dezeen.com/2013/10/30/flat-pack-moving-school-by-amadeo-bennetta-and-dan-larossa-building-trust/> [ Accessed 11 November 2014]. 
Building Trust, 2010. Moving Schools, Mae Sot, Thai-Burmese border. [Online] Available at: <http://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/project200.html> [Accessed 11 November 2014].
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Day 2:
The layout of the compound space took a little time to sort out, but we now seem to all have agreed on a plan.
The main design concept is all going amazingly smoothly. We overcame a few little design hurdles and now, team Fry are ready to start on our model. (I’m a little worried about the combination of School kids, Stanley knifes and student all in the same room……………)
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