A school for the "mentally handicapped": Initial studies
- DC 121/5/2/2
- Item
- Sep 1978-May 1979
A free hand architectural sketch on tracing paper using Rotring black ink pen and coloured markers related to the initial study of the school project, illustrating:
- the zoning concept showing the connection between series of events (learning spaces, home bases) linked with the commercial spaces and special events,
- corridor concept emphasis on spaces not on corridor,
- spaces for events located in different arrangements according to the central circulation route,
- street concept developed to create most open arrangement,
- perspective effects caused by different shapes of the corridor ceiling and how they could make the "mentally handicapped" children even more frightening,
- sectional possibilities relating to the tenements on the opposite side of the street,
- the idea of designing a building as a street to "give practice in coping with external environment, only inside".
Platt, Christopher