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Sergio Curie Addition

By obeysergiom | XL Design an Addition for your School

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Ralph Ellison Campus, Chicago

Many schools were designed for the past and don’t reflect the 21st century learning environment. Some buildings need better ventilation or lighting, while others are simply not large enough to accommodate students comfortably. For this project, you are encouraged to envision an improvement for your school, something that would benefit everyone who uses it. The most successful designs will be ones that identify a specific need and present a strong design solution. The challenge is to add something that changes the footprint of your school building, while addressing a specifically identified need. Projects should include research and development, real world images and information showing why the need exists, in addition to final project design and information.

Curie is the 2nd biggest high School in the city. Nowadays students just go home and they play video games or watch T.V. I want to change that and create a Soccer dome so that the students can remain healthy during the winter. Overweight is the biggest problem we have in all over the world and specially when the winter holidays come we eat a lot! but now its time to get in shape with a new soccer dome that i want to add by the tennis court.

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Reeds Spring High School Addition, Reeds Spring, MO

Think About

  • What is the size of your school building? Using Google Earth and other online resources, generate a site plan for your school location.
  • What are your initial thoughts about the building? For example, is your school lacking room for art classes? Physical education? Band practice space? Common areas? Cafeteria space?
  • Talk to someone who has been at your school for a while, like a teacher or administrator. They will most likely have great insight as to what areas could stand to be improved.
  • Has anything like this ever been done in the past? If so, what were the results?
  • For more research, we recommend looking at “The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Design to Transform Teaching & Learning,” by OWP/P Architects + VS Furniture + Bruce Mau. The book is easy to digest with lots of great images and design ideas, meant to inspire readers like you. The website for the book is also a great resource.
  • Search online for newly built schools and others that have been upgraded through similar processes. Do you notice anything in common among newly built schools?

obeysergiom's work for the Collect Information step:

Summary
I took the pictures from the Curie High School courtyard. as you can see in the pictures i uploaded, the courtyard looks simple and no one uses it anymore.
This is Curie High School Courtyard. it looks like no one uses it anymore
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It needs more Plants/ Trees
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It looks to simple. it needs more design
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it needs more design. I want to make it into a lunch space or a plaza.
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Karns High School Addition Plan, Knoxville, TN

Identify the problem you want to solve based on the information you have collected.

Explore at least three possible solutions, each of which will no doubt help you as you search for the best addition to your school.

  • What could your ideas look like?
  • How would it change the landscape of your school?
  • Who will benefit most from your design solution?

Try to answer these questions visually through sketching, and in words by taking notes.

obeysergiom's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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During my Brainstorming i decided that i would add a lunch room in the courtyard and put more landscape designs.
In this drawing i added the seating where the students would sit. i also added more trees/ and...
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In this Picture i redesign the field of curie high school. I added a track field around the soccer...
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Fridley High School Addition Plan, Fridley, MN

From the previous step, where you developed multiple solutions to the design problem, you should select one of your designs.

  • What is your favorite design? Why?
  • What aspects of your school would it improve?
  • Who would benefit most from your new design?
  • What materials would you be using, and why?

Ideally you will want to create plans of some kind to communicate your final vision, so start to sketch site plans, elevations, and even a floor plan if necessary.

obeysergiom's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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curie
this the field i am currently working on for Curie High School.
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this is a 3D view of the field.
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I installed a solar score board and also put in a field goal post for football
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here I added benches and some lighting
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This is a Render of the field.
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here is a another rendering of the field
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Alexander Graham Bell School Addition, Chicago

Present your final design to your class, to get feedback before completing your project. If you talked to other people while working on and researching for this project, show them your design and get their feedback. If they talked to you before, they will want to see what you’ve created! Take notes during these conversations, and try to understand their suggestions before deciding if you wish to make any changes to your final design.

Carefully take stock of feedback from others and do your best to find the information that will help you finalize your project. Someone might tell you something seemingly small, but that bit of information might be the difference between a good project and a great one.

obeysergiom's work for the Final Design step:

Summary
in the final Process I rendered all the drawing and added a track court

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