DASHMASH SCHOOL

Location
• The Academy is located four
kilometers away from the famous
Gurudwara Takhat Sri Keshgarh
Sahib at Anandpur Sahib..
• lt is well connected by rail and road
and is 80 Kms from Chandigarh
towards Nangal Dam.

CLIMATE
• Characterized by its general dryness, a hot summer and a
bracing cold winter.

• The temperature ranges from minimum of 4° C in winter to 45° C

in summer.
 ABOUT THE SITE
SITE AREA : 200 acres
ARCHITECT: Satnam Namita And Associates , Chandigarh
COMPLETION YEAR: 1982

• The site has a gradual slope of 5-6m which has well incorporated in the design of the
school especially through landscaping
 CONNECTIVITY

• RESIDENTIAL AREA - Dashmash Colony is 3km away from

the the DASHMASH ACADEMY.

• RAILYWAY STATION – Rupnagar station is 46.2km away from

the DASHMASH ACADEMY.
SITE PLAN
Entrance is through 32' wide road west facing.
The entire site has been laid out as a mix of formal and informal
areas. DASHMASH
SCHOOL
 ZONING
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
reception, visitors lounge , offices , conference room

ACADEMIC BLOCKS - - consists classrooms , labs, teachers room .

toilets , student's lounge , library , open air theatre etc.

RESIDENTIAL ZONE

• HOSTEL BLOCKS - separate blocks for girls and boys.

BUILT - UP -7.3%
PLAY FIELDS - 30%
• FACULTY HOUSING
• OPEN SPACES - 63.7%
SERVICE ZONE
•DINING BLOCK — dining hall , kitchen canteen

•STUDENT CENTRE - gymnasium, table tennis. swimming pool , tuck shop

•SERVICE AREA — Water tank , electric substation, etc.

RECREATIONAL ZONE
Athletic track football field . cricket stadium . gymnasium,
Hockey fields.
 FLOW DIAGRAM
STUDENT
• ENTERING IN THE SCHOOL.
• GOING TO THE
CLASROOM.
• THEN TO THE ASSEMBLY
ROOM.
• BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
• IN THE HALF TIME GOING
TO THE CAFETERIA OR
MESS.
• BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
• AT THE END OF THE DAY
GOING BACK TO THE
HOSTEL/HOME.
TEACHER
• ENTERING IN THE SCHOOL.
• GOING TO THE RECEPTION FOR
MARKING THE ATTENDENCE.
• THEN TO THE STAFFROOM.
• THEN GOING TO THE
CLASSROOM TO THE ANOTHER
FOR THE GIVNG THE LECTURES.
• IN THE BREAK BACK TO THE
STAFFROOM OR TO CANTEEN
FOR THE LUNCH.
• BACK TO THE CLASSOOM FOR
THE LECTURES.
• AT THE END OF THE DAY BACK
TO THE RECEPTION FOR
MARKING ATTENDENCE.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
• The Architecture of the campus
incorporates variation of scale that in turn
is an expression of the buildings function
and intent. as dining and gymnasium has
more imposing scale.
• Different shapes of buildings
are used to identify its dignity.
• A bond between enclosed,
semi enclosed , open to sky
spaces i.e. added to the
richness of spatial character..

• Natural contours have been used

as an inherent part of landscape.
 • Largely built up from locally
available material stone.

• The structure is framed RCC in

certain buildings.
ACADEMIC/ADMIN BLOCK
• Consists administrative block, school blocks . library , open air theatre

• Separate buildings blocks for each junior , middle , senior blocks

• Junior block nearest to the public entrance.

CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM SIZE= 7.3X8.5 M
NO. OF STUDENTS= 24
USE OF MOVABLE FURNITURE
LABS
• LAB SIZE= 7.3X11.5 M

• NO. OF STUDENTS= 52

• PREPARATORY AND STORAGE

SPACE PROVIDED ALONG WITH
LABS

HOSTEL BLOCK
• CONSISTS OF THREE SEPARATE HOSTELS BLOCKS

• EACH HOSTEL CONSISTS 8 DORMETRIES, COMMON ROOM.

WARDEN'S RESIDENCE
COURTYARD TYPE PLANNING.
DORMITORY
• DORM. AREA= 140 SQ.MT.

• NO. OF STUDENTS= 26

• COMMON TOILETS AND

DRESSING FOR 2 DORMS.
INFERENCES

• The site has many contour land and has a gradual sick's of 5.6m which has
well incorporated in the design of the school especially through
landscaping.
• Because of mixing of formal and informal areas there is some lack of
barriers.
• Very eco friendly environment with is very benificial to the site.
• There is more open spaces were provided which is providing us the
maximum amount of the natural energy or passive cooling is there, its also
reducing cost.
• Largely built up from locally available material.
DEEPALAYA SCHOOL
 DEEPALAYA SCHOOL
It is a Co-educational School.
This school was meant to cater to an extremely
impoverished community located in the dirtiest area
of a slum settlement.

LOCATION
The Deepalaya School is located in one of the largest slums of Delhi at
Sanjay Colony, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi.

The route passes by Okhla Estate Marg and it is located

19 kms away from New Delhi railway station.
It had a very poor access, but was the only piece of land
available in the dense settlement.
LOCATION
 CLIMATE
The climate of Delhi is a monsoon-influenced
with high variation between summer and winter temperatures
and precipitation and has relatively dry winters and has a prolonged
spell of very
hot weather.
Extreme temperatures have ranged from -0.6 °C to 47 °C.

ABOUT THE SITE

SITE AREA : 2200 SQ.MT.
ARCHITECT: Anil Laul, Faridabad.
• The site is approached via the industrial land of the region. The site is
located in the dirtiest area of a slum settlement right next to a
community toilet, in the dense settlement of 600 dwelling units per
hectare, housing approximately three thousand families.
 DESIGN CONCEPT

• The School was built to exemplify a creative. cost-effective design with spatial
configurations and interaction spaces to match the scale of a growing child. It is
a conviction that providing well planned, designed buildings would inspire a
positive response in the children.

• The idea was that an inspiring building does not have to be

expensive and that innovative materials. color and texture can
generate a built quality that would actually change human
behavior.
• The school building for the Deepalaya Education
Foundation was built in two major Phases. In first phase,
the ground floor, was framed around a central courtyard.
The first phase was built by the Nizamuddin Building
Centre (sponsored by HUDCO and the Slum Dept.)

• In the second phase. the courtyard was covered with a

large span of Funicular Shells and the other blocks
were added gradually. The second phase was designed
and built by the Anangpur Building Centre.
FLOOR PLANS
• The ground floor is framed around a central semi-open space and
built with pre-finished Blocks in order to ensure permanent finishes
at low cost.
• A variety of stones and broken tiles to achieve color and texture
were used to form patterns so as to integrate art into the built
form. The roofs with brick Funicular Shells of varying patterns
generate a warm and colorful environment.
• On first floor , a series of classroom built as cubes
on Vertex, Only using the top half.
• In plan these forms generate a series of Hexagons. The
steel trussed structures are covered with Mangalore tiles.
The A-Frame is construced over the assembly area.
HOLLOW CORE INTERLOCKING BLOCK
This walling system employs the concept of "Surface
Engineering" by using an impervious diaphragm on the
exterior surface exposed to weathering with a lean back up
material constituting the main body of the blocks.

This walling system employs the concept of "Surface

Engineering" by using an impervious diaphragm on the
exterior surface exposed to weathering with a lean back up
material constituting the main body of the blocks.

The blocks have these Qualities:

•Impermeable non-erodible diaphragm with lean back up material for the
body of the block.

•Aesthetically pleasing with the use of waste material like stone pieces,
broken tiles, marble chips
Additional Benefits:
• Involves simple procedure.

• lower maintenance costs.

• Filling the hollow core with

waste polythene can increase thermal insulation.

• Appropriate and cost

effective.

MOULD SIZE
8“ X 8“ X 8"
8” X 6“ X 8"
8“ X 24“ X 8"
 Process
1. Rich cement slurry is poured over the desired colour and pattern.

2. Lean concrete mix Is then laid over.

3. Then compacted.

4. A pipe is Inserted in mould.

5. Balance mould is filled leaving enough space to finish the Second

Impermeable diaphragm

6. Marble powder is spread over the finish and pipe is gently removed.

7. The block is demoulded after few minutes and cured

8. Waste polythene filled in hollows provides insulation.

FUNICULAR SHELL ROOFING
A funicular shell is a doubly curved structure on edge beam.
• The funicular shell roof is one such compression
structure, which ensures conservation of natural
resources by utilizing waste materials effectively and
optimizing the use of expensive steel and cement.

• Further, the arch distributes the point load in all directions equally
thus, is able to withstand impact loading at any point.

The rise to span ratio is 1:6 and the span of shell is 1.5 m
Casting of Funicular Shell Roof
Cement slurry in the ratio 1:2 is used to keep
the materials in position.
• Interesting patterns have been created by artistically mingling the chosen materials
along with waste by-products like edging of marble / granite slab and broken tiles.

• To achieve flat surface, cinder has been used as filler material over funicular shell.
• It eliminates use of high-energy steel reinforcement used
in the conventional RCC roof.
• It allows efficient use of waste materials and
provides personality, color and texture.

• It minimized the requirement of internal plasters. It

provided roofing at a comparatively lower cost i.e. 15%
cheaper.
• The upper half of the edge beam is casted along with the
funicular shell.
A- FRAMES
• This manner of construction allows for flexibility,
and also offers different spatial compositions.

• The idea behind this form of structure is the

triangulation of cuboid that uniformly distributes the
Load.

• The skeleton of the structure is a steel welded

truss member that is connected with cuboid nodes
used as connectors.
Process
• The A-Frame structure is lifted off the
ground on columns having standard RCC
footings,

• The members of the structure are 6 ft in

length with a cross section of 8"x8-.

• All inclined members are made of 8 mm MS

square bars with 6 mm trussing, while all
horizontal members are made of 10 mm MS
square bars, again with 6 mm trussing.

• These components have been left exposed

without any concreting.
 Additional Benefits
• This form of reinforcement consumes 30% less steel.

• They are stable without concrete as concrete is reduced to a filler

material.

• The members can be filled with concrete at any point of time

subsequently.

• A variety of structural combinations are possible using the same

principles and techniques of the standard A- Frame structure

• These members are more resilient than Reinforced Cement

Concrete and have a larger strength even without the concrete
component.
OCTAGEODULE
• Octageodule is a low rise dome with four-point support. Based on the
triangulation, the octageodule has an advantage that it is low rise and has four
supports, providing a more efficient and convenient usage of space below.
 Hexagonal and
THE PLATE JOINT SYSTEM Pentagonal plates

• Simple mild steel plates are used, which are easy

to fabricate

• The members of the domes have been

fabricated using single and double T
sections upon which the roofing is laid. Single and Double
T- section members
• A simple hole and slot in the plates
provide for variations in angles.
• The hole fixes the distance and the slot
provides adjustment for the angles.
DISREGARDING CONVENTIONAL BALL NODE SYSTEMS

• The ball itself is expensive.

• When used for domes, the variations in angles makes the

ball joints a complex component to fabricate.

• The ball joint relies heavily on specialized steel, threading

of bolts made of special steel.
 CUBE ON VERTEX
A series of classrooms are built for the School using the
Cube on Vertex framing system.

• The inclined faces of the "Cube on Vertex" behave as deep beams, resulting in a
structure that utilizes

•A skeleton comprising the full potential of form.

•of 8" X 8" X 6'-0" trussed beams with corner assembled using a cube of size 8"
X 8" X 8" as
assembled using a cube of size 8" X 8" X 8" as connector..

•Removal of the three lower surfaces of the "Cube on Vertex" results in

hexagonal plan.

•These are lifted on stub columns to achieve clear height.

ROOFING

These steel trussed structures are covered with

terracotta 'Mangalore' tiles which are fixed over timber
purlins which in turn are fixed over the ply. without any
unnecessary false ceiling.
INFERENCES

•TheMost Important Lesson Learnt Was That Human Behavior Can Be

Changed Through An Innovative. Approach To Design And Use Of
Materials. And A Variety Of Interesting
Spaces. The Project's Success Can Be Measured In The Children's Work
And A Transformation In Their Attitude Towards The School.

•The Nature Of The Building Is Playful And Imaginative. It Is Interesting

That One Finds No Vandalism And Very Little Graffiti In The Building.
Thus Indicating The Children's Respect For The Places Created.
•The A-frames.Funicular Shell Roofing That Are Used, Have Proved To Be The Only
Successful Construction Mythologies For Earthquake Resistance.

•The Building Used Far Less Concrete And Steel Than Conventional Structures. Thus
Reducing Cost. Since The Products Are Manufactured On Site. There Is A Tremendous
Amount Of Saving In Transportation Cost.

•The Manufacture And Construction With These Materials And Technologies Put Waste
Materials To Good Use I.E. A Step Towards Sustainable Approach.
THANKYOU
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NISHANT JAIN 17BAR1032
SUPRIYA BHATT 17BAR1033
APURWA SINGH 17BAR1051
RAVI RAUNK PATHAK 17BAR1062
HARSHIT 17BAR1064