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Classroom Interior and Southern Corridor

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The building is designed with climate sensitivity, using passive measures like orientation and cavity walls. A deep
corridor all along the south face of the building provides ample shade from the harsh south sun. The openings
provided on this face are also made slender in order to reduce heat intake from this facade. The north facade is
provided with larger openings to bring in natural light and ventilation. Apart from this, the building materiality is
meant to create a direct connection to the context both visually as well as environmentally. The overall concept of
the building was to create a building that could exhibit to the villages the strength of their own local materials and
their construction knowledge systems. The stone masonry carried out in the region and it adapts to create a
composite structure bringing in some contemporary techniques blended with the traditional.
The structure of the building is designed to be load bearing stone masonry with RCC beams and slabs. This is done
to reduce the cost of constructing columns, thereby reducing concrete as well as steel in the building. The slab is
further designed to be a filler slab using earthen pots. This further reduces the amount of concrete needed in the
slab as well as provides an aesthetically richer look to the classrooms.
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