穹顶学校是Nabhangan基金会的创始人Rajshri Deshpande的一项倡议。该基金会致力于农村复兴和社区建设领域，以增强村庄的自力更生能力。Dhorkin Tanda是马哈拉施特拉邦的一个小村庄，居住在Aurangabad的Paithan附近的砍蔗工人，学校就建在那里，离这里只有几分钟路程。该村有一所学校，共容纳30名学生，已经破旧不堪。旧结构缺乏的东西，新结构都有了：在拱形屋顶的帮助下实现了充足的照明和通风，独立的卫生设施，用于午餐的厨房，以及一个有利于知识居住的整体环境，培养 “游戏和学习 “的思想。
The Vaulted School is an initiative from Rajshri Deshpande, Founder of the Nabhangan Foundation. Working in the fields of rural regeneration & community building to empower villages to self-reliance. A school is built just minutes away from Dhorkin Tanda, a hamlet in Maharashtra inhabited by sugarcane-cutting labor near Paithan, Aurangabad. The hamlet had one school accommodating a total of 30 students, which was dilapidated. What the old structure lacked, the new structure had it hacked: ample lighting and ventilation achieved with the help of vaulted roofs, a stand-alone sanitation facility, a kitchen for mid-day meals, and an overall conducive environment for knowledge to reside in and foster the ‘play and learn’ ideology.
拱形学校的设计是为了唤起和满足孩子们的好奇心，并以最自然的方式回答他们：因为文丘里效应而在他们脸上流动的微风，切断强光的绿色缓冲区，以及在学校内和周围种植本土动植物的重要性。规划为学校最基本的需求之一–操场提供了充足的空间，操场就在场地的一侧。总面积为305平方米的场地提供了一间教室，配备了书籍和教育玩具的储物架，为教师提供了一间教员室，设计了试卷和学术期刊的存储单元，最后是一个多功能厅，在需要的时候可以作为额外的教室或餐厅。
The vaulted school is designed to evoke and satisfy the curiosities children are capable of, and answers them in the most natural way possible: the breeze on their faces that flows because of the Venturi effect, the green buffer zones that cut off the glare, and the importance of planting native flora and fauna in and around the school. The planning provides ample space for one of the most essential needs of a school—the playground, tucked on one side of the site. The overall site of 305sq. m. offers a classroom equipped with storage shelves for books and educational toys, a staff room for the teachers, designed with storage units for examination papers and academic journals, and lastly, a multi-purpose hall that doubles up as an additional classroom or a dining hall if and when need be.
从长远来看，可以通过临时拆除拱形屋顶来增加一个楼层，以便施工。同样的东西可以组装成下一层的屋顶，中央的水沟梁可以展开来延伸板楼。即使有这些变化，动态也只会受到积极的影响。目前所有的空间都是在这个前提下提供的102平方米的建筑面积中精心设计的。教室的方向明显地响应了微风模式和阳光路径。考虑到现有的土壤条件，建造了一个桩基，以加强承重砖墙赖以生存的下部结构。拱形的金属板屋顶进一步推动了这一过程，它最大限度地减少了沉重的结构成本，并使该形式在结构上具有最小的支持力度。当人们深入研究结构的形状和教室的设计时，半圆形的体量作为噪音缓冲区，以防止相邻道路上的车辆经过时产生的干扰。
In the foresight, an additional floor can be added by dismantling the vaulted roof temporarily for construction. The same can be assembled as a roof for the next level and the central gutter beam can unfold to extend the slab floor. Even with these changes, the dynamics will only be affected positively. All the current spaces are carefully designed in the 102 sq. m. built-up area the premise offers. The classroom’s orientation responds evidently to the breeze pattern and sun path. Considering the soil conditions present, a pile foundation is constructed to strengthen the substructure on which the load-bearing brick walls find their ground. The process is furthered with the vaulted metal sheet roof that minimizes the heavy structural cost and makes the form structurally rigid with minimal support. As one looks deeper into the shape of the structure and the design of the classrooms, the semi-circular volumes serve as noise buffers to the disturbances caused by vehicles passing by on the adjacent side of the road.
高高的天花板为通风和采光创造了一个自由的通道，其外侧是由不反光的屋顶材料组成的，以减少热量的吸收。每面墙都画上了一些信息，孩子们即使在闲坐时也会吸收这些信息；其中一个突出的例子是在教室的低矮天花板上描绘的北斗七星，这是通过在石板上插入一根丙烯酸棒而进行的工艺干预。黄色有光泽的环氧树脂地板增加了额外的乐趣，上面画着数学知识和传统的地板游戏，以最好地利用地板区域。
A free path for ventilation and light is created by the high ceilings, which on the outer side are made up of non-reflective roofing material to reduce heat gain. Each and every wall is painted with pieces of information the child will imbibe even while sitting idly; one of the prominent being a depiction of The Big Dipper on the classroom’s low-height ceilings which is a craft intervention made by inserting an acrylic rod within the slab. Yellow glossy colored epoxy flooring added an additional layer of fun and is painted with mathematical learnings and traditional floor games to utilize the flooring area at its best.
此外，操场就像教室一样，是有心理支持的设计思想的产物，巧妙地将露天剧场的概念引入到它的小用户中。当学校要进行需要舞台和观众区的娱乐活动时，悬空下的台阶可以作为座位。上层建筑围绕着当地的砖块&；传统图案作为填充材料，在技术性和根深蒂固的美学之间架起桥梁。
Moreover, the playground, just like the classroom, is a product of psychologically backed design thinking, subtly introducing the concept of an amphitheater to its tiny users. The steps under the overhang double up as seats for when the school is to conduct a recreational activity that requires staging and audience areas. The superstructure revolves around local bricks & traditional patterns as infill materials to bridge the gap between technicalities and rooted aesthetics.
Architects: Craft Narrative
Area: 102 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs:Studio Recall & Studio Sohaib
Design Team: Bharat, Shubham, Ajay, Vijay & Yatindra
Client: Rajshri Deshpande, Nabhangan foundation
Structural Consultant: Sonal Nimbalkar
Photography: Studio Recall&Studio Sohaib
City: Aurangabad
Country: India