AWB-OR Commentary on the siteplan above:  In creating the master plan for this project we aspired to create the most practical passages and linkages in between uses, and in doing so, create gathering spaces within these gaps. The selection of building placement was based on such factors as views, sun orientation, and relation to adjacent amenities. As a whole, the plazas and gathering spaces will have a modern feel, but compliment the native features and history in their details and materials.

Features on the site are grouped in categories witch include recreation (gym, full soccer fi eld, half-practice soccer fi elds, and volleyball court); education (labs, classrooms, library, and offices); housing (guest housing, multi-unit staff housing, single-unit staff housing, dorms, cafeteria); commercial (farming, hand made goods unit, beekeeping units and a gas station); health and safety (leech fi eld, well, water tanks, and digester tank); gathering spaces (main ones outside of the church and the library), and other amenities including a maintenance and storage.
 





AWB-OR Concept: We envision this two-story library to be iconic; it will be a focal point for the campus. This library will have easy access, with multiple attractions and support fl exible function. This is a multi-purpose library that serves as an academic building and a public gathering space. We encourage not only students, faculties and staff, but also the local residents and the people from the surrounding areas and all age groups to use the library and to use it at all time. For the library a relationship between the exterior and interior continues throughout the building, and helps maximize the natural lighting for the building. An outdoor public space serves as an outdoor reading/ studying area and is fl exible enough to use for many different activities. Two atriums, one in the front entrance and one at the book stacks will help create visual attraction between these spaces and bring in more light. The library will provide individual study area and reading spaces as well as a group meeting area. The library will be a prominent place on campus and in this community; a multi-purpose place that is socially cohesive.






AWB-OR Overview:  The potential and hope to overcome limitations defined by current conditions is encapsulated within the walls of the classroom. The classroom has the responsibility of nurturing the most comfortable learning environment for all students. Here, people are inspired to change the world, challenge ideas, and create the future. The design program for the classroom is manifested in two buildings with an interstitial vegetated courtyard. Separating the buildings allows for exterior circulation and the added benefi t from passive cooling effects. The buildings are set on an east-west orientation, welcoming soft diffused northern light while shading the more intense southern light with overhangs. The primary construction system is comprised of structural concrete bays infi lled with local mud-brick and a clerestory opening that encourages cross-ventilation. An elevated roof spans the two buildings to provide a shaded outdoor classroom, yielding an extensive roof area that collects a substantial amount of water in the rainy season.

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