Udavi centillesse school

EDAYANCHAVADY, AUROVILLE- 605101

GIRIDHARAN.K
 SITE ANALYSIS
• LOCATION : Edayanchavady , Auroville
• LATITUDE : 11.9939 ̊ N
• LONGITUDE : 79.8048 ̊ E
• ALTITUDE : 3m from sea leve
• TOTAL AREA : School site area covers 18
acres.
SITE PLAN
ACCESS POINTS

• Surrounding land is
covered with dense trees
on all sides.
• Approached by 3m
narrow road towards its
Northeast side.
• The bus stop is located at
a land that belongs
to auroville, opposite to
main entrance.
• single bus that operatesf
or the school (35 seats)
 CLIMATE ANALYSIS
• The climate in Auroville is semitropical and the main
monsoon stretches from October till December.

• From December to March the daytime temperature is

between 24°C and 30°C.

• Occasional rainfall in July brings the temperature down.

Nights are generally about5°C cooler than the days.

• The average rainfall is 1,230 mm. a year.

• The prevailing wind blows from the southeast.

SITE MAP, UDAVI SCHOOL

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 BUBBLE DIAGRAM

N 1. SPORTS
2. SECONDARY BLOCK
3. SPORTS
3 4
2 4. STAFF QUARTERS
11 5. TAILORING
8 6. LAB
7 7. MUSIC SCHOOL
1 8. HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK 1
5 10 9. HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK 2
9 12
10. AUDITORIUM
6 11. KINDERGARTEN BLOCK
12. MODEL MAKING ROOM
 ABOUT THE UDAVI SCHOOL
“No, there will be a primary class problem for the whole population… for
Auroville. And that will be an interesting problem: how can we prepare the
children, children taken from anywhere, who have no way of learning at
home, whose parents are ignorant, who have no possibility of having any
means to learn, nothing, nothing but the raw material, like that – how can
we teach them to live? That will be an interesting problem.”

-The Mother
Mother’s Centenary Edition Vol. 12
KINDERGARTEN BLOCK

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ELEVATION

PLAN
 KINDERGARTEN BLOCK
• Lower and upper KG
• Primary – 1st, 2nd and 3rd
ACTIVITIES
• Assembly
• Circle-time activities
• Multiple choice activities
• Field trips
Children – 70 to 75 students
• Celebrations
• Sensory Development  Student-teacher ratio – 1:9
• Extra curricular activites
 THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
• Consists of:
 Prayer hall
 4class rooms
 Library
 Drawing room with
mezzanine level
 Play/activity area
 Restrooms
 Open seating area
 2 ponds
 Rock passage
 HIGH SCHOOL BLOCKS
• Students are from 7th to 10th
• 9th and 10th students follow State Board syllabus whereas
the lower classes don’t have any particular textbooks to
follow.
• Consists of two blocks – Block 1 and Block 2

Block 1 Block 2
HIGH SCHOOL BLOCKS
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BLOCK 1
 BLOCK 1
• Block 1 consists of 10class rooms and it includes math lab,
science lab, English lab, activity room.
• The labs are located on the second floor.
• The capacity of each classroom ranges from 12-15
students.
• The block has 3 staircase in which 2 staircase are located
on its east and west side of the building.
• Another staircase is located at the centre of the block.
• Each class is of dimension of each classis 6mx5m with
a strength of 15 students .
• The building has g+1floors.
HIGH SCHOOL BLOCK
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BLOCK 2
 BLOCK 2
• The second block consists of 6 classes. Each class is
of6mX5m.
• The block has stair case in west side and in the
centre.
• The front face has archaded openings done by
exposed brick masonry.
• Open assembly hall which
upto 1m long linear fencing stones .
• The floor has cement flooring.
• It has trees and shrubs on the surrounding of the
assembly area.
 THE ASSEMBLY SPACE
• Outdoor assembly area is
surrounded by1m long
stone blocks.
• The area has large trees
on its surrounding and
helps in maintaining cool
temperature.
 INTERACTION SPACES
• The banyan tree
surrounded by circular
ring of seating made up
of linear stones
• The spot acts as the
gathering spot for the
children .
• The students spend most
of their free time by
playing under that tree
 TAILORING ROOM
• The tailoring room
is open for both, the
local aurovilan
people as well as for
students.
• The roof of
the tailoring room is
made of R.C.C.
precasted inverted
“u” shaped frames
 MATERIALS USED
• The materials used in the building are:
 Brick
 Clay
 Concrete
 Mangalore Tiles
 Bison Board
 Stone

• The building has very less amount of concrete used and hence
it absorbs very less heat.
• The building has larger windows with movable louvers attached to it
,which could be adjusted according to the sunlight.
• The building has large vertical louvers in it which are inclined to an
angle so that the direct sunlight does not enter into the building and
brings in large amount of light in to the building.
 FURNITURE
• It has a flexible
arrangement of
furniture so the
classroom can be
converted into
anything
according to their
purpose or any
occasion
 FEATURES

CASEMENT WINDOW BRICK ARCADE