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By xavithebest8 | 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.

our courtyard hasn't been used that much and not many people don't pay attention to it because its really not attractive and its always closed because they don't let us go to the courtyard. I want to redesign the whole area and make it attractive

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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?

xavithebest8's work for the Collect Information step:

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Our school's courtyard really doesn't have any attention to it. Its been unused in like so many years ever since I was there it hasn't been used.
this view is the backside of the courtyard
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in this view its a corner view of the courtyard and you can see a corner shot of the view
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this view you can see the main entrance of the courtyard
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this view is a side shot of the main entrance of the courtyard
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this shot is a corner shot from one end to another of the courtyard
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this view is the middle part of the courtyard
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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.

xavithebest8's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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in this tab its where the sketches and the new ideas i would like to build to make the courtyard better and more attractive so the students can use it more often. Into a courtyard big and useful
this is the floor plan of the courtyard. a sketch of it
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this is a sketch of a pergola, a design i will make in the courtyard
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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.

xavithebest8's work for the Develop Solutions step:

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i will be working in a program in Revit that i will work on my courtyard design
this is the structure of the walls in the school along with the courtyard
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more design to the courtyard with windows and doors placed where they should be at
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this is a sky view of the inside of the courtyard along with the hallways thats around it. the...
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this is a 3d view of the courtyard you can see a bird's eye view of the courtyard its outside
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this view is a sky view of the courtyard with all the bushes and tress around the whole courtyard...
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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.

xavithebest8's work for the Final Design step:

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this will be renderings about the courtyard the final design to thr whole project
this view is the inside of the courtyard
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this view is the outside of the school
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this the northside view of the school
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this is the east side view of the school
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this is the south view of the school
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this is a sky view of the shcool and you can also see the coutyard from this view also
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