My ideal learning environment

A Year 7 ProjectA Year 7 Project

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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.

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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?

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Consider

• How much space would be needed to accommodate the technology and the types of learning activities you envision?

• How much of the site are you willing to give up for parking?.. athletic fields? .. roads? (are there other options worth considering?)

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Decide

• How many learning spaces you’ll need to accommodate 100 students

• Whether to stack the learning spaces, fan them, scatter them, cluster them, etc.

• How to connect all the spaces (walkways on the ground, above ground, underground?)

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Drawing a Plan

Each square = 1m

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Drawing a Plan

Each square = 1m

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Drawing a Plan

Each square = 1m

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Drawing a Plan

Each square = 1m

Area = 47m2

Area = 20m2

Area = 30m2

Area = 40m2

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Calculating the Costs

TaskCost per

m2

Area Needed

Cost

Ground Floor £130.00

Roofs £150.00

Wall £210.00

Upper Floors £240.00

Paths & Plants

£120.00

Car Park £90.00

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Calculating the Costs

TaskCost per

m2

Area Needed

Cost

Ground Floor £130.00 87m2

Roofs £150.00 87m2

Wall £210.00

Upper Floors £240.00 0m2

Paths & Plants

£120.00 50m2

Car Park £90.00 0m2

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Calculating the Costs

TaskCost per

m2

Area Needed

Cost

Ground Floor £130.00 87m2 £11310

Roofs £150.00 87m2 £13050

Wall £210.00

Upper Floors £240.00 0m2 £0

Paths & Plants

£120.00 50m2 £6000

Car Park £90.00 0m2 £0

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Drawing a Plan

Each square = 1m

To calculate the area of the wall we need to first

find its length.

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Drawing a Plan

10 4

4 4

5

3 7

1 7 1

6 2

3

3

Each square = 1m

Length = 10+4+3+1+7+5+4+4+1

+6+3+3+2+7 = 60m

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Calculating the area of the wall

The Wall is 60m long.

If we want the wall to be 3m high(which is the height of your classrooms)

Then the area of the wall is

60 x 3 = 180m2.

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Calculating the Costs

TaskCost per

m2

Area Needed

Cost

Ground Floor £130.00 87m2 £11310

Roofs £150.00 87m2 £13050

Wall £210.00 180m2 £37800

Upper Floors £240.00 0m2 £0

Paths & Plants

£120.00 50m2 £6000

Car Park £90.00 0m2 £0

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You must

• Draw a scale drawing of your teaching block• Draw a scale drawing of one of the classrooms in more

detail• Complete the sheet showing the costs of your building• Produce drawings to show what the teaching block will

look like from different views• Be prepared to explain your design and the reasons to

your teacher

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Be creative

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Be creative

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Be creative

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Be creative

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Be creative

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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 in the hall at 2.50pm.

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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 work 10

Were your calculations clear and accurate 10

How good was the final presentation 10

Judges decision is final!

The top group from each classroom will go

through to the final.