HOW DO ARCHITECTS DESIGN A SCHOOL IN THE HIMALAYAS? Employing experimentation as a key tool for the concept design of the project, we systematically tested multiple scales, beginning with urban conditions and concluding with interior spatial arrangements. Utilizing various materials and techniques, we thoroughly analyzed the design possibilities for this project.
landscape embodied through the urban settlementsplugged in buildings to the terrain, work against the nature window: important element of the local architecturefluxes of people moving through the buildings, as a cell that has open and closed spaceswhat if the gathering space becomes part of the terrain and the fluxes are moving towards it?what if the horizontal path becomes vertical, like an exploration path through the site?what if we implement architecture to the terrain, to make it adaptive and reactivewhat if we pump the water to the highest point and then distribute it thtough the sitewhen circulation dictates architecture and it all become one organismwhat if we use the roofs to collect water, which would create ponds in the courtyardextreeme urban condition: mountain, valley with the greenery and rivermonastery on the top of the mountain with the village laying beneath itwhat if we enframe the nature with architecture?the growth of the village with integrated public spaces and the urban connectionswhat if the stairs become a public space or a roof?what if the whole site is connected and works as an organism, from public to privatewhat if one continuous element becomes the floor, roof, wall and an opening? rythm: the void, in between space and solid, expression through the materialityarchitecture reacting to the environment and creating a city, as a new lifestages of the building process: marks on the ground as a public space, to the volumerammed earth roof with glass in front, to heat the interiorinverted stairs with integrated building
My role in a project: Team leader, architect Main tasks: Concept and design process, internal team management, communication with client, production of the drawings Architecture studio: Chybik + Kristof Architects & Urban Designers Design team: Ondřej Chybík, Michal Krištof, Ondřej Švancara, Laura Emilija Druktenytė, Ela Siwiec location: Mulbekh, ladakh, India stage: architectural study year: 2020-2021
Laura Emilija Druktenyte 
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