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? Do you want to have computers in your rooms?
GR Nov 2007 Decide How many learning spaces you’ll need for your 100 students How are you going to arrange your room/buildings 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 = 40m 2 Area = 20m 2 Area = 30m 2 Area = 35m 2
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ Roofs£ Paths & Plants £ Cost per m Wall£600.00
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 Roofs£ m 2 Paths & Plants £ m 2 Cost per m Wall£600.00
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 £15000 Roofs£ m 2 £11250 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Cost per m Wall£600.00
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan Each square = 1m To calculate the cost of the wall we need to find its length.
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m 4m 10m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m 4m 10m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m 4m 28m 4m 10m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m5m 4m 28m 4m 10m 5m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m5m 4m 28m 4m 10m7m 5m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m5m 4m 28m 4m 24m 10m7m 5m Each square = 1m
GR Nov 2007 Drawing a Plan 10m5m 4m 28m 4m 24m 10m7m 5m Each square = 1m The length of the walls = = 52m
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 £15000 Roofs£ m 2 £11250 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Cost per m Wall£ m
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 £15000 Roofs£ m 2 £11250 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Cost per m Wall£ m£31200
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 £15000 Roofs£ m 2 £11250 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Cost per m Wall£ m£31200 Total
GR Nov 2007 Calculating the Costs Task Cost per m 2 Area Needed Cost Floors£ m 2 £15000 Roofs£ m 2 £11250 Paths & Plants £ m 2 £6000 Cost per m Wall£ m£31200 Total£63450
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 sheets showing the costs of your building Produce drawings to show what the teaching block will look like form 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 later in the term.
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 next round later in the year.