Architectural Design-Iii: Submitted By:-Abhishek Goel

ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN-III
SUBMITTED TO:- Ar. SUPRIYA SINHA
Ar. PRASOON GUPTA
SUBMITTED BY:- ABHISHEK GOEL

SELAQUI SCHOOL
It is a Co-educational and fully Residential School. Client’s programme was to built an international level
school which will develop the individual and promote equality of gender and train future leaders in a
multicultural and secular environment.
LOCATION
It is located in the picturesque Doon Valley, heavily forested and tucked into the foothills of middle
Himalayas.
The school campus is located on Dehradun-Chakrata road, about 20kms from

Dehradun. The route from Dehradun passes by Forest Research Institute,
India’s premier flora conservation body and Indian Military Acedamy and furthur
through lush green forests.
ABOUT THE SITE
SITE AREA : 52 acres
ARCHITECT: Amardeep Singh,
Gurgaon.
The site is approached via the industrial land of the region. The site has gradual
slope which has been well incorporated in design.
The site for The Selaqui School is very picturesque with splendid views of the
surrounding hills, proximity to a river, undulating land and a magnificent Peepal
tree of 200years of age.
CLIMATE: Summers are hot and temperature ranges between 27° C to 41° C
while winters are more pleasant and may get cold as the temperature ranges
from 5° C to 27° C.
1.SERVICE ENTRANCE 11.STP 21.GUEST HOUSE
2.ACEDAMIC BLOCK 12.BOYS HOSTEL 22.CHAIRMAN’S RESIDENCE
3.MAIN ENTRANCE 13.HOUSE MASTER’S 23.PRINCIPAL’S RESIDENCE
4.AUDITORIUM RESIDENCE 24.ATHLETICS TRACK
5.SQUASH COURT 14. GIRL’S HOSTEL 25. CRICKET GROUND
6.MUSIC ROOM 15. DINING HALL 26. FOOTBALL GROUND
7.ADMINISTRATION/ 16. KITCHEN 27. HOCKET GROUND
LIBRARY 17. HEALTH CENTRE 28. BASKETBALL COURT

8 ADHAARSHILA 18. UTILITIES 29. VOLLEYBALL COURT
9.SCULPTURE ROOM 19. FACULTY HOUSING 30. TENNIS COURTS
10. SWIMMING POOL 20. SENIOR FACULTY 31. PARKING

PLANNING ANALYSIS
The layout of the building, the intensive and luxurious landscaping merges
beautifully with surroundings, thus adds to a quiet and learning environment in
the school.
Sports fields have been Staff, services and
incorporated in master plan with maintenance have
some sports fields becoming a been planned on the periphery
part of hostels. with a separate service entry
Around this court The academic block is The entry road leads to the court
are the major blocks that form placed in front of the main of assembly,
the backbone of the campus. entry. Which is
The hostels are placed organized around
seperately on the rare the peepal tree that exists on the
side of the site. site.
ZONING
The various blocks consists of:
Academic: offices, classrooms, labs,
teacher’s rooms, toilets etc.
Hostel block: separate hostels for girls
and boys with common
rooms and warden residences.
Staff Housing
Dining block: common dining for students
and staff and kitchen.
 Sports facilities: swimming pool, tennis,
basketball, volleyball, cricket, football,
squash and horse riding .
 Other facilities including Infirmary,
Auditorium, sculpture workshops
As per N.B.C. codes :
Built up area- 28%
Open space- 72% Built up area
includes:
School building area- 18% Residential
area- 10% Open area includes: Parking,
Playground and fields- 72%
DESIGN CONCEPT
The philosophy of the school emphasis on tradition, and this is
translated into an architecture, which works in harmony with the
tradition of the local
Campus type planning has been involved with the integration
of cluster and courtyard forms.
Interconnection of various activity zones
is done in order to makeevery zone easily accessible to the
users.
The approach is achieved by traditional Indian concept of

building elements like courtyard, verandahs, terrace, jalis, deep
overhangs, local material, tradition and craftsmanship.
Proper zoning of academic block, staff-hostels,

students hostels, play fields etc. is done to
avoid any interference in different type of
activities
ACADEMIC BLOCK
The academic block is organized
around four courts thus around four
such split level stair device. This
allows the division of the block into
four sub blocks namely, the social
science block, the physical science
block, the business science block
and the arts block.
The corridors are single loaded with
good lighting
Corridors are 1.8m wide
CIRCULATION SPACE : Approx 30-35%

ACADEMIC
Classrooms are bright and airy, are
square in plan with a chamfered corner.
All the classrooms are provided with
natural lighting and display.
CLASSROOM SIZE: 7.5m x 7.5m

Student strength: 25-30
i.e. 56.2 sq.mt.
Chalkborad size: 1200x2100
Laboratory SIZE: 7.5m x 12.7m
Student strength: 33
i.e. 95 sq.mt.
There are labs for computer,

physics, chemistry and biology in
the school.
Besides working
area,Technician’s space,
preparatory space and store is
provided
LIBRARY
Library of area 107sq.m is provided including
store of 10.5sq.m.
Sitting arrangement for 40-45 student with14
stacks for books.
Library is in the separate block along with
the administration.
Library has been located in such a way to
make it easily accessible to the students and
for teachers.
SPORTS FACILITIES
Various sport facilities are provided in the
campus:- Cricket, football, hockey, lawn
tennis, horse riding, squash, swimming pool,
basketball, volleyball.
HEALTH FACILITIES
The school has well-equipped ten-bedded
Infirmary to address the medical problems of
the students it has separate provisions for
boys and girls including an isolated air-
conditioned ward
LANDSCAPING
There is perfect integration of the architecture of the
school with its landscape.
There is an interesting blend of hard as well as soft
landscape.
All the paths are lined with shrubs and trees thus helping
to soften the look.
The layout of the buildings, the extensive and luxurious
landscaping merges beautifully with the surroundings. All
this adds to a quiet, serene and pollution free environment,
which further enhances the living and learning
environment in the school.
MATERIALS
The buildings are largely built of locally
available stone. This is the river stone
which has been cut and dressed and used
as random rubble masonry
Exposed brickwork has been used in
Certain buildings to cover R.C.C. elements and to
provide a contrast to monolithic character of stone.
In certain parts of acdemic block, roofing has been
employed. These provide distinctive character to the
acedemic bulding and also reduce cost of
construction.
INFERENCES
ALL THE BLOCKS ARE WELL INTEGRATED WITH THE SITE AND MERGES INTO THE
OVERALL LANDSCAPE AND WELL CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER THROUGH
WALKWAYS
THE ACADEMIC BLOCK HAS BEEN EXCELLENTLY DESIGNED AROUND A CENTRAL

TERRACE AND COURTYARDS. THERE IS A VISUAL CONTINUITY OF THE
CLASSROOMS TO COURTS AND TERRACES. OPEN SPACES ALL AROUND ENHANCE
OUTDOOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND RELATES WELL THE BUILT FORM.
THERE IS PERFECT INTEGRATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SCHOOL WITH

ITS LANDSCAPE.
USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND SIMPLE TECHNIQUES GIVES IT AN ETHIC LOOK

AND FORMS A PART OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
 HOSTELS LACKS IN SECURITY

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SUBMITTED BY:- ABHISHEK GOEL

The school campus is located on Dehradun-Chakrata road, about 20kms from

6.MUSIC ROOM 15. DINING HALL 26. FOOTBALL GROUND

7.ADMINISTRATION/ 16. KITCHEN 27. HOCKET GROUND

LIBRARY 17. HEALTH CENTRE 28. BASKETBALL COURT

10. SWIMMING POOL 20. SENIOR FACULTY 31. PARKING

The approach is achieved by traditional Indian concept of

Proper zoning of academic block, staff-hostels,

CIRCULATION SPACE : Approx 30-35%

CLASSROOM SIZE: 7.5m x 7.5m

There are labs for computer,

THE ACADEMIC BLOCK HAS BEEN EXCELLENTLY DESIGNED AROUND A CENTRAL

THERE IS PERFECT INTEGRATION OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SCHOOL WITH

USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND SIMPLE TECHNIQUES GIVES IT AN ETHIC LOOK

 HOSTELS LACKS IN SECURITY

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