位于泰国乌隆府农村社区的Buddhanimit寺，是一所寺庙学校，为无力承担公共教育的家庭提供免费教育。 由于入学的学生人数越来越多，需要扩建一座宿舍楼，作为新手僧。 项目的最初简介要求在捐赠的600万泰铢（15.4万欧元）预算下建造一座两层的宿舍楼。 经过彻底的现场勘察和与僧侣及新手的研讨会，建筑师们提出了一个经济的方案，将现场现有的一个废弃的教室建筑改造成宿舍。这样一来，就有足够的资金为初学僧侣提供额外的图书馆和盥洗室。新生儿生活区打算产生一个环境友好的设计，各自的背景，并为新生儿僧侣的生活方式作出贡献。
Buddhanimit Temple, located in a rural community in Udon Thani, Thailand, is a temple school that provides free education for families who are unable to afford public education. Due to increasing number of students enrolled as novice monks, an extension dormitory building is required. The original brief of the project calls for a two-storey dormitory building under a donated 6 million baht (EUR.154,000) budget. After thorough site inspections and workshops with monks and novices, the architects proposed an economical scheme to renovate an existing abandoned classroom building on site into a dormitory. This leaves enough money to provide additional library and washroom for the novice monks. Novice Living Quarters intends to produce a design that is environmental friendly, respective to context, and contributing to the novice monks’ ways of living.
宿舍楼曾经是一座废弃的建筑。建筑师保留了现有的钢筋混凝土梁和柱子，同时只增加了必要的建筑元素，为大约40名新手僧侣提供新的共用卧室。卧室的设计中，在特定的位置安装了半透明的屋顶瓦片，以获得自然的日光。这些卧室与一条大走廊相连，作为新手僧侣的休闲公共空间。宿舍的一个显著特点是水泥通风块，它被设计成一定的角度，以提供远离公众视野的隐私，并提供采光和通风的开口。
The dormitory building was once an abandoned building. The architects kept existing reinforced concrete beams and columns while adding on only necessary architectural elements to provide new shared bedrooms for approximately forty novice monks. The bedrooms are designed with translucent roof tiles installed at specific locations for natural daylight. These bedrooms are connected with a large corridor that serves as leisure common space for novice monks. One of the noticeable features of the dormitory is the cement ventilation blocks which are designed at an angle to provide privacy from public view and provide openings for light and ventilation.
宿舍楼后面是公共浴池，以支持寺庙地面上的所有新手，并唤起一整天的休闲聚会和谈话交流。公共浴室的屋顶设计通过交替放置半透明和实心的屋顶瓦片，将日光均匀地分配到建筑内部。因此，自然光和空气流动增加到适当的水平，从而改善了整体的卫生状况。
Located behind the dormitory building is the communal bathing area to support all the novices within the temple’s ground and evoke casual gathering and conversation exchanges throughout the day. The communal bath’s roof is designed to evenly distribute daylight into building interiors by having alternating placements of translucent and solid roof tiles. Hence, natural light and airflow increase to appropriate levels, resulting in an improved overall hygienic condition.
作为对要求的补充，建筑师建议在现有的教学楼基础上扩建一个图书馆。抬高的楼层和倾斜的屋顶，图书馆考虑了被动的设计决定，以更好的风流，减少湿度，冷却地板表面，并防止来自南方的阳光直接照射。通过相邻的教学楼的墙壁，阳光被反射到图书馆的内部空间，使书籍不至于变质，并保持新手僧侣们的舒适。
As an addition to the required brief, the architects proposed a library extended from the existing school building. Raised floors with slanted roof, the library considers passive design decisions to better wind flow, decrease humidity, cool floor surface and prevent direct sunlight from south direction. With the adjacent school building’s wall, sunlight is reflected into the library’s interior space, keeping books from deteriorating and maintaining comfort to the novice monks.
僧侣、新手和建筑师之间的合作使Buddhanimit寺的新手生活区有可能超越其必要的功能。它提高了新手僧人的生活质量，并为他们留下了空间，使他们能够将自己的个人生活方式融入其中。
Collaboration between monks, novices and architects made possible for Novice Living Quarters in Buddhanimit Temple to answer beyond its required function. It improves the novice monks’ quality of life and leaves room for them to contribute their own individual lifestyle into character.
Architects: Rina Shindo, Skarn Chaiyawat, Witee Wisuthumporn
Area: 620 m²
Year: 2017
Photographs: Chaovarith Poonphol Photography
Manufacturers: A.P.K., CASA ROCCA, SCG
Energy Consultant: Achareeya Chaiyasamut
Architects:Skarn Chaiyawat, Rina Shindo, Witeewisuthumporn
City:Kut Chap District
Country:Thailand