Academic Expansion Lewis Carroll Primary School Rome , Italy

Daniel Culqui

Relationship of built form towards green space, Rome

Lewis Carroll Primary school extension

An expansion on an existing primary school at the fringe of National park Via Appia antica between the via appia green space and the growing urban population. The project is lo-cated in Italy, Rome at south of the city following a stretch of greenland park that connects the city to the landscape. The design project focuses on enhancing and creating new facil-ities for academic learning and recreation for both existing school users as well as proposed public. The proposal grew out of a series of analysis form site condition as well as site characteristics. One of the main characteristic that the project focuses is learning as there seems to be a lack of academic building that can provide spaces for study and learning for neighbouring school and educational facilities. It has an interest of rehabilitating primary school Lewis Car-roll which lies in between a hill and the city. As the main fo-cus of design project I have chosen to rehabilitate the school expanding it for additional use and future school needs. The project focuses on proposing a learning facility as a library, with additional classrooms and canteens for use of school and public. The Facilities work within a time schedule and de-pending on them they provide different. As a technology I focused on the Academic library as a fo-cus technology and main design building, the library acts as a transition from public to private facilities within the existing school Lewis Carroll to the public space. The building acts as a manmade part of hill that connects the landscape to its surrounding giving the building a smooth presence in the con-trast between city and landscape.

20th Century Urban Sprawl outside of Aurelian wall

21st Century Rome

Urban growth of Rome

Early Roman period - 500B.CServian Walls were constructed

MiddleAges - 1300sCity of Rome remained within the confinements of the Aurelian Wall

16th - 18th Century (Renaissance & Baroque Period)

Hardscape Public Spaces

Types of Roman public spaces

Softscape Public Spaces

Hardscape Public Spaces

Softscape Public Spaces

Relationship of public spaces from centre to the outside of Rome

Via Appia Nuova

Via Appia Antica

Regional park of Via Appia antica

Selected Site Metro Stations Overground Stations Rail lines Main Roads Roads

Transport and vehicle connectivity

Via Appia Nuova Via Appia Antica Proposals

Educational Facilities

? Lack of libraries and education enhancers

Education Facilities

Proposal Educational Facilities Mix use Buildings Religious Facilities Bus Station Residential Building Main connection to transport Metro Stations

Proposed site of intervention characteristics

Commercial mix used buildings

School/ Nursery

Market

Residential building

Residential building

Secondary school

Primary school Lewis Carroll

Ruins

Gathering space

Via Appia Nuova

Parco Della Caffareilla

Aerial view of Site:

North facing site view, Residential building

Opportunities and characteristic of Proposed site

Greenland/ farm lands

Materiality of site

Un-used square

Primary School Lewis Carroll Possibility for renovation

Residential building Possibility for renovation

Underground car park

Ruins Remains

Tuffa Blocks

Brick

Concrete

West facing site view, Primary School Lewis Carroll

Main Access

Courtyard space

Entrance courtyard Car park

Playground Sports ground

Predestrian accessVehicle access

Lewis Carroll Primary School

1 Reception 2 School Administration Offices

3 Canteen 4 Male Wc’s

5 Femail Wc’s 6 Teacher Rooms 7 School Launge

8 Classrooms 9 Entrace courtyard 10 School car park

11 Playground 12 Sport grounds

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Existing west Elevation Primary school

Plaster cast Proposal Model

ProposalNew Public SquareSchools Commercial chainsReligious Facilities Residential buildings

- Creating 3 new developments to integrate the area to its surroundings.- New route though the site, redirecting traffic away from school grounds - New Commercial chain, giving new public life and interaction within new proposed buildings.

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- 1 Redevelop Residential area- 2 Redevelop school reception and create a Library - 3 Creating additional classrooms - 4 Creating a restaurant and Canteen

Proposal arrival Perspective

Proposal arrangement strategy

Main views for Proposed buildings Separate functions that link use towards primary school Main entrances Public and private courtyards Potential Party walls for Expansion Links to existing building

Main entrance Routes

Rome Metropolitan city council Local Community Primary School Lewis Carroll

In collaboration Part of a Team

Residential Appartments New Public Square Library (Learning Centre/ School extension)Restaurant/ Canteen (School extension)Classrooms (School extension)

Local/ Regional Contractor Local Resourcing Materials

Sustainable Recycling Employed Community Taking care/ Though use

Client

Architect

Design

Construction

Maintainance

Program

Primary school Extension and Residential Redevelopment

Restaurant and Canteen

Primary school canteen Public restaurant Viewing Point to Landscape

Classrooms

School classroms School canteen Public classrooms

Library

ReceptionLibrary School offices Book exchange Teaching spaces Lecture room Archive Reading rooms Quiet study roomsResearch Facilities

Public Square

Landscape Seating spaces Market spacePlayground

Accomondation

Residential appartments Commercial spaces

Proposal Programatic diagram

Timeline of Proposed Use of space

24 Hours Timeline

Use of space 12.00 pm to 18.00 pm Use of space 18.00 pm to 23.00 pm

School

Academic

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Public

Use of space 6.00am to 12.00 pm

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Library

1 Book exchange space2 Reception

3 Library administration office 4 Atrium

5 Wc’s Male 6 Wc’s Female

7 Wc disable8 School offices

9 Library storage 10 Archives

11 Creche

Classrooms

12 Primary school Canteen 13 Kitchen

14 Kitchen storage 15 unisex wc’s

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Canteen/ Restaurant

17 School canteen18 School dinning area

19 Wc’s Male20 Wc’s Female 21 Wc Disable

Residential Accommondation

22 Retail 23 Cafeteria

24 Appartments lobby

Public space

25 School / library courtyard 26 Primary school sports ground

27 Primary schools playground 28 Library maintainance stairs

29 Public / private courtyard30 Public Space

1:500 Proposed Ground Floor Plan

1:200 Proposed west Elevation Primary School

1:200 Proposed west to east section Primary School

Public courtyard Perspective of Proposal

1:200 Proposed north to south section Primary School

1:100 East to west detail Section Public space

Retaining wall lateral loads distribution

Proposed Academic Library

Foundations

Ground floor Plan

Retaining walls

Structural columns

Book shelf’s

Roman Brick Facade

First Floor

Second Floor

Roman brick Roof

Roof Skylights

Load distributionLoad distribution is carried from floor slabs to its columns and to the building foundation

Materiality Building consists of concrete for its structure, Roman brick for its facade, soft concrete for its interior and book shelfs, and glass windows

Columns and book shelf structure Columns act as primary load bearing structure. In addition the bookshelf’s become its secondary structure support carrying vertical loads as well as horizontal loads

Facade Building facade is made of roman bricks with apertures allowing defuse light to enter the building

Primary structure

Secondary structure

Crossbracing

Thermal Comfort Water heating pumps heat the building when temperature is low as well as the natural heat form the sun

Natural Ventilation Stack ventilation allows the flow of air form the inside of the build-ing to its outside. Window opening allow natural ventilation

Natural Daylight Due to the the window opening on the facade it allows natural daylight to enter the building, in addition the facade small apertures diffuse direct sunlight

Underfloor heating

Plant room

Flow of air

Daylight

isonometric of construction of Proposed Academic library

Library structure shelf Perspective