My ideal learning environment A Year 7 Project
GR Nov 2007 The Task Working as a member of an architectural team you are competing against other companies to win the contract to design a state-of-the-art teaching area on a given site. The teaching area must accommodate 100 students and must fit within the area shown on your copy of the site area.
GR Nov 2007 Consider What would school have to be like to make you want to spend a lot of time there? How many students would you put into one learning space at a time? What subjects are going to be taught in your new classroom?
GR Nov 2007 Consider How much space would be needed to accommodate the technology and the types of learning activities you envision? How much of the site are you willing to give up for parking?.. athletic fields?.. roads? (are there other options worth considering?)
GR Nov 2007 Decide How many learning spaces you’ll need to accommodate 100 students Whether to stack the learning spaces, fan them, scatter them, cluster them, etc. How to connect all the spaces (walkways on the ground, above ground, underground?)
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m Area = 47m 2 Area = 20m 2 Area = 30m 2 Area = 40m 2
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Ground Floor£ Roofs£ Wall£ Upper Floors£ Paths & Plants £ Car Park£90.00
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Ground Floor£ m 2 Roofs£ m 2 Wall£ Upper Floors£ m 2 Paths & Plants £ m 2 Car Park£90.000m 2
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Ground Floor£ m 2 £11310 Roofs£ m 2 £13050 Wall£ Upper Floors£ m 2 £0 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Car Park£90.000m 2 £0
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m To calculate the area of the wall we need to first find its length.
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m Length = = 60m
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the area of the wall The Wall is 60m long. If we want the wall to be 3m high (which is the height of your classrooms) Then the area of the wall is 60 x 3 = 180m 2.
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Ground Floor£ m 2 £11310 Roofs£ m 2 £13050 Wall£ m 2 £37800 Upper Floors£ m 2 £0 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Car Park£90.000m 2 £0
GR Nov 2007 You must Draw a scale drawing of your teaching block Draw a scale drawing of one of the classrooms in more detail Complete the sheet showing the costs of your building Produce drawings to show what the teaching block will look like from different views Be prepared to explain your design and the reasons to your teacher
GR Nov 2007 Be creative
GR Nov 2007 Be creative
GR Nov 2007 Be creative
GR Nov 2007 Be creative
GR Nov 2007 Be creative
GR Nov 2007 Key Points The teaching area must accommodate 100 students and must fit within the area shown on your copy of the site area. There is not a price limit but you must be able to explain your decisions. You will be required to give a short presentation during the last 50 minutes of the day and the best group will go through to the final which will be held in the hall at 2.50pm.
GR Nov 2007 Marking Criteria Max Mark How well did you work as a group 10 How original and well thought out were your ideas10 How neat and well laid out was your work10 Were your calculations clear and accurate10 How good was the final presentation10 Judges decision is final! The top group from each classroom will go through to the final.