NISHA'S PLAY SCHOOL , GOA
- 1. NISHA’S PLAY SCHOOL, GOA LOCATION- Torda salvador do mundo ,goa SITE AREA – 800 SQ MT BUILT UP AREA- 400 SQ MT YEAR OF COMPLITION – 1997 COST – 16 LAKHS ARCHITECT – GERARD DA CUNHA
- 3. INTRODUCTION • Nisha’s play school is built on an 800 sq mt plot , the flat area was retained as a play ground while the main building was built on slope, balancing cut and fill. • Concerns of bringing in natural light , westerly breeze and maximizing the use of space were instrumental in determining the eventual form.
- 4. •It is within this form that layers of spatial experience were added by the insertion of a circular staircase with a chute. •Each classroom has a space for teaching in front of a blackboard and informal work area at tables or on the floor.
- 5. •There is also doll house – a separate space children play with each other without supervision. •Each classroom corresponds in sale to the particular user’s age group and is different from the other. • Elements of the building have been used as teaching aids to communicate idea of form and colour.
- 6. • Where ever you may turn head inside this school you'll find the earthy brick wall and the splashes of bright yellow, ink blue ans cherry red. •Metal art crafts of butterfly and broken tiles 3D murals on various walls add aesthetic to the space. •The sunlight is used the most with grilled open windows and ventilation through Yellow circular openings found on the upper level of every side of the building. •A library, music room, clinic, computer room, play ground and dining area are the other area provided.
- 8. SECTION - BB • Some class rooms have entrances dimensions to the anthropometric of a child, adults have to stoop to enter.