Project 3

For this project, our group has decided to go with organic shapes and forms. My building will contain the classrooms, cafe library and science department. I have gone with a shape that is somewhat reflective of sand dunes.

Survey

I took a survey of a handful of senior school teachers to find out the influence of both sustainability and technology on their school as well the curriculum. Here are the major points covered by the teachers:

Sustainability:
- Should be incorporated into each subject
- Could be offered as a separate subject as well
- Currently sustainable projects/competitions are in production
- Need to know how it affects them
- Currently there are water tanks, worm farms and recycling in place.
- Water management plan, land for wildlife, young farmers
- Looking at using more solar generated power, motion sensors in class rooms to reduce electricity wastage


Technology:
- Intranet becoming more and more used
- Computer Labs to become a thing of the past
- Wireless
- Interactive whiteboards
- Art Installations
- Vodcasting and youtube becoming more and more used
- Online classes may be introduced
- The idea of the global classroom
- Possibility for remote teaching (no teacher in classroom)

Project 2 School Planning

The New Site Plan

This is a Block out of the site. We plan to demolish the existing building on the site as it does not fit in with the ideas we are planning. The Red block is to be the admin. building, the green is to be the sports stadium, and the blue is to house the remaining facilities.

Ovalabout

We have incorporated a new ovalabout on the surfcoast highway in an attempt to give a new access point to the school. This will hopefully reduce some of the traffic congestion currently being experienced along Grossmans Road.

Sun Diagram

Sun diagrams for both the summer and winter.

Wind Diagram

Cold South westerly winds are a problem with the current site, so we hope that with the strategic placing of the buildings, that we can shield the outdoor areas from most of these.

Vegetation

We plan to keep all the existing vegetation, as we have managed to place all the buildings in places where there is no current vegetation. In Project 3, we will look more into what vegetation we want to add the site.