[aerial rendering | image source]
Where language can't explain the ideas, drawings and renderings suffice. The aerial view illustrates the relationship between the old and new, the latter adopting not only the existing buildings' forms but their siting.
[site plan and sketches | image source]
The courtyards created by the building footprints are suitable for both agricultural and educational functions, as they create intimate environments separate from the fields beyond, with the buildings acting as wind breaks to help create a calm courtyard space.
[aerial rendering | image source]
The pyramidal form that the architects adopt from traditional farm buildings in the region is an expansive shelter that protects the occupants from rain and other elements, while allowing warm air to rise to the loftspace above to vent or recirculate, depending on the time of year.
[sections | image source]
The proposed buildings are a contemporary take on the traditional pyramidal form. A double-wall condition is created, as the sloped glass walls shelter buildings underneath. The sections above show how the high summer sun heats the air in-between, drawing hot air to the peak to cool the buildings within (combined with geothermal), while the low winter sun penetrates deep into the interior, the whole construction acting like a greenhouse.
[courtyard rendering | image source]
I'm a sucker for architecture inspired by traditional buildings, but at the same time I'm not a fan of overly glassy buildings. Fortunately this mix of good and bad (in my book) acknowledges the effects of glass construction and uses that to its advantage, keeping in mind the time-tested reasons for a building's form. The site planning, and courtyards in particular, are also commendable, if not as highly developed as the design of the buildings.
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