11/01/2012

Class building process

                                  






































HIDE & SEEK Bal Mandir - Presentation status












Spontaneous temples growing into stable structures with time

 














HIDE & SEEK Bal Mandir - Introduction



Bal-Mandir – literally meaning "Child's Temple" – is a place that aspires to create a sense of relevance for its users, the kindergarten's kids. Doing that by adjusting the building's scale to their measure and creating a challenging and playful environment for them.

In the Hide & Seek Bal Mandir the kids could pass on their fours through a colorfully paved tunnel to the untouched area, joined to the wall and the plinth level with a sand slope. Another passage is created by a narrow gap that divides the wall in two, which they can squeeze through. A little window, positioned at their eyesight level, allows them to peep to the natural surroundings from the interior of the structure, whilst the grown-ups can watch it over the lower wall.  

  Positioning two classrooms opposite to one another with a one meter offset from the
  school gate in order to define the school entrance.


The four main principles that guided our design








HIDE & SEEK Bal Mandir - Building Process



  Working bottom-up, we set up the chronological process required for elements
  that intersect with each other. 

1. Foundations
Technical section describing the foundation


2. Tunnel*
   Tunnel reinforcement before applying the ferrocement



3. Wall
Wall during construction
 4. Roof

 Roof construction is lying on a beam which passes through the wall

Roof beam - wall intersection detail


Roof - wall intersection
5. Finishing - polished cement flooring and hay roof cover
Applying polished cement flooring in IPS technique
Covering the roof construction with hay

Summarising all the building process for a minute and a half stop-motion, we got the following: