Bio-climatic Preschool in Morocco

PRESCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH,MOROCCO
BIO-CLIMATIC CONSTRUCTION
SUBMITTED BY:
ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA
CHANDNI THADANI
PAAWAN PREET SINGH
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
SECOND YEAR-’B’
VASTU KALA ACADEMY
LOCATION:
AFRICA
MOROCCO
FES PREPRIMARY SCHOOL IN AKNAIBICH
 INTRODUCTION:
• ARCHITECTS NICOLAS COECKELBERGHS AND DORIAN VAUZELLE MAMOTH COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL WORKERS IN THE MOROCCAN
TOWN OF AKNAIBICH TO CONSTRUCT THIS SCHOOL BUILDING USING LOCAL METHODS.
• THE PRESCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH IS ONLY 1 CLASSROOM, NEVERTHESS A HOLISTIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INCORPORATING A
VERNACULAR DESIGN. IT IS AN EXTENTION TO THE EXISTING CONCRETE SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE MODERN PART OF TOWN.
 CLIMATE:
• LOCATION : ARABIC • RAIN
LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN WINTER • MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 15 °C
FES, 2 AHMED HIBA STREET, • LOWEST TEMP : − 8.2 °C
FES 30,000, MOROCCO •DRY AND HOT
SUMMER
•THE HIGHEST : 46.7 °C
• AREA : 55.0 SQ. METER
• MAXIMUM : 600 MM PER YEAR
RAINFALL • FEZ HAS A MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE
GRAPH OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN DIFFERENT MONTHS
ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

LITERATURECASE STUDY CHANDNI THADANI
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL IN AKNAIBICH, MOROCCO PAAWAN PREET SINGH 01
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 AREA ANALYSIS:
PLAN OF THE CLASROOM PLAYGROUND ADJOINING THE CLASS ROOM
PLAN OF MOROCCO PREPRIMARY SCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH
INTERIOR OF THE CLASSROOM SWINGS UNDER PERGOLA

SECTION
• BY FOLLOWING THE GRID-LIKE LAYOUT OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL

ROOMS, THE PRESCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH CREATES AN INTERESTING
CONTRAST OF THE 'NEW VERNACULAR' NEXT TO THE 'EXISTING
MODERN’.
• THE BIGGER COURTYARD SERVING THE REST OF THE SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
EXONOMETRIC VIEW

LITERATURECASE STUDY CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 MATERIAL USED:
ADOBE:
GRAVEL EARTH:
• SUN DRIED SOIL
• GRAVEL EARTH IS BLOCKS IS ONE OF THE
DIRECTLY EXCAVATED MOST ANCIENT
FROM THE SITE . CONSTRUCTION
• IT OFFERS A GOOD METHODS AVAILABLE.
BASE FOR THE ADOBE • ADOBE’S CAN BE BOND
AND RAMMED EARTH AS COMPLEX AS ANY
MIXES. BRICK BONDING.
CLAYEY SOIL FROM THE BANKS RAMMED EARTH:

OF QUED SOUSS:
• RAMMED EARTH OR
• THIS IS A VERY FINE SOIL RICH IN ‘LEH’ IN BERBER
CLAY AND SILTS, AND IS USED TO LANGUAGE IS RAMMED
REFOMULATE THE WHITE EARTH INTO A FORMWORK
EXCAVATED ON SITE, TO GIVE UNTIL WALLS ARE BUILT
MORE COHESION TO THE MIX • TODAY RAMMED EARTH
• THIS HAS BEEN ADDED IN IS PRINCIPALLY USED FOR
PERCENTAGES OF AROUND 10-20% ENCLOSURE WALLS,
TO THE SITE SOIL ALSO IN PRESCHOOL OF
AKNAIBICH

LITERATURECASE STUDY
CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 MATERIAL USED:
RAINWATER SPOUTS: TRADITIONAL EARTHEN

FLAT ROOF:
• IN MOROCCO, RAINS ARE FEW
BUT TORRENTIAL. • FLAT ROOF IS THE BEST
• TO EVACUATE RAINWATER, TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT
SPOUTS ARE INSTALLED,
WARMTH ACCUMULATION IN
LOCALLY MADE FROM BAKED
INTERIOR SPACES AND TO
CLAY SOIL.
• THESE EVACUATE THE WATER SLOW DOWN THE HEATING
AND LEAD THEM AT LEAST PROCESS OF THE ROOF.
ONE METRE AWAY FROM THE • IN THE PRE SCHOOL IT IS EXTRA
BASE OF THE WALLS. INSULATED WITH 10CM OF
CORK.
• IN TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN CONSTRUCTIONS, ONE CAN FIND

PARASEISMIC PRINCIPLES,
CONSISTING OF WOODEN NATURE STONE MASONARY.
• IN THE PRE SCHOOL WOOD IS REPLACED BY CONCRETE IN ORDER
TO COMPLY WITH THE MOROCCAN PARASEISMIC NORMS.
• FOR THE PRE SCHOOL, IN LINE WITH VERNACULAR PRINCIPLES, THE
CONSTRUCTION INCOPORATES A SYSTEM OF RINGBEAMS
VERTICALY CONNECTED BY REINFORCEMENT BARS.
• THIS SYSTEM TIES TOGETHER THE ADOBE WALLS, AND TAKES A
FIRST RINGBEAM ON THE FOUNDATION LEVEL WITH TRACTION FORCES CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES.
THE START OF THE EIGHT POLES

CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 FEATURES:
THE TRADITIONAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES-
• INCLINED FOUNDATIONS MADE FROM • INTERNAL WALLS ARE

LOCAL STONES. MADE FROM RAMMED
EARTH.
• SUPPORT WALLS FORMED FROM SUN
DRIED ADOBE BRICKS. • FINISHED WITH A PLASTER
MADE BY COMBINING
• A BUILDING BLOCK MADE FROM MUD. CLAY AND GYPSUM TO
GIVE A SMOOTH FINISH
• THESE WALLS ARE FINISHED WITH A THAT HELPS REFLECT
RENDER CONSISTING OF EARTH, STRAW LIGHT.
AND SAND.
• PERGOLA COVERED WITH

RATTAN IS USED IN • RING BEAMS MADE FROM
LANDSCAPING OF PLAY CEMENT AND CONNECTED
AREA. BY VERTICAL BARS HELP TO
REINFORCE THE ADOBE
• IT ALSO INCORPORATES WALL.
SEATING SO IT IS USED AS
EXTERNAL CLASSROOM.

CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 FEATURES:
• WOOD AVAILABLE COMES • WOVEN RATTAN SPREAD
FROM EUCALYPTUS OR PALM ACROSS THE ROOF IS
TREE, WHICH ARE NOT COVERED WITH A THICK
STRUCTURALLY STRONG. LAYER OF EARTH.
• SO THE ROOF WAS • AN ADDITIONAL CORK

ASSEMBLED FROM SMALL SURFACE TO RESTRICT THE
SECTIONS COMBINED TO BUILDING’S INTERNAL
CREATE LARGE SPANS. TEMPERATURE.
 PASSIVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES:
• THE NORTH FACADE :

GLAZED TO MAXIMIZE INDIRECT SUNLIGHT.
• THE SOUTH FAÇADE :

A THICK WALL IS POSITIONED WITH DEEP AND
SMALL WINDOWS TO MINIMIZE SOLAR HEAT
GAIN DURING THE DAY BUT DISSIPATE HEAT
AT NIGHT.
• EAST AND WEST FAÇADES:

WHICH HAVE HARSH LOW-SUN IMPACTS
SOUTH FACADE
ARE DOUBLED-UP WITH A CAVITY WALL
FOR INSULATION. NORTH FACADE

CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 VERNACULAR FEATURES:
AKNAIBICH TOWN :
• THE EASTERN OLD TOWN IS MADE OF EARTHEN CONSTRUCTIONS,

SINUSOID ROADS AND NARROW ALLEYS.
• WESTERN PART EXISTS OF MODERN, PLOT-BASED CONCRETE

HOUSES.
• INSPIRED ON LOCAL TYPOLOGIES, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES,

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE PRESCHOOL IS HAVING A
CONTEMPORARY LOOK, PERFORMANT BIO-CLIMATIC FUNCTIONING
AND EARTHQUAKE PROOF DESIGN.
• IT IS NEATLY LOCATED IN BETWEEN THREE EXISTING ARGAN

TREES, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE IN THE QUITE
DEFORESTED NEW PART OF TOWN.
• THE EARTHQUAKE-PROOF STRUCTURE WAS BUILT USING

TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES AND VERNACULAR MATERIAL WITH
THE HELP OF LOCAL ARTISIANS.
• THE PRESCHOOL’S CONSTRUCTION IS CONTEMPORARY IN

APPEARANCE, IT'S STYLE COULD BE CALLED A NEW
VERNACULAR.

CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL
 SWOT ANALYSIS
• NO SCOPE
FOR FUTURE
EXPANSION.
OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS:
• CLIMATE RESPONSIVE LEARNING WITH THE NATURE.
ARCHITECTURE.
STRENGTH
WEAKNESS
• EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT OPPORTUNITY
BUILDING.
THREAT
• EXTENSION OF AN ON-GOING SCHOOL:
• PRONE TO EASY TO ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS.
EARTHQUAKE.
• VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE:
USE OF LOCAL
MATERIAL AND
• SCHOOL SITUATED IN AN • INSPIRING
TECHNIQUES. • SHADED WALKWAYS
ISOLATED PART, NOT SAFE WAY FORWARD
AND PERGOLAS.
FOR KIDS. FOR FUTURE
CONSTRUCTION.

CHANDNI THADANI
SHIVANGI SINGHAL

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PRESCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH,MOROCCO

GRAPH OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN DIFFERENT MONTHS

ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

PLAN OF THE CLASROOM PLAYGROUND ADJOINING THE CLASS ROOM

PLAN OF MOROCCO PREPRIMARY SCHOOL OF AKNAIBICH

INTERIOR OF THE CLASSROOM SWINGS UNDER PERGOLA

• BY FOLLOWING THE GRID-LIKE LAYOUT OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL

ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

CLAYEY SOIL FROM THE BANKS RAMMED EARTH:

ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

RAINWATER SPOUTS: TRADITIONAL EARTHEN

• IN TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN CONSTRUCTIONS, ONE CAN FIND

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• INCLINED FOUNDATIONS MADE FROM • INTERNAL WALLS ARE

• PERGOLA COVERED WITH

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• SO THE ROOF WAS • AN ADDITIONAL CORK

 PASSIVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES:

• THE NORTH FACADE :

• THE SOUTH FAÇADE :

• EAST AND WEST FAÇADES:

ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

• THE EASTERN OLD TOWN IS MADE OF EARTHEN CONSTRUCTIONS,

• WESTERN PART EXISTS OF MODERN, PLOT-BASED CONCRETE

• INSPIRED ON LOCAL TYPOLOGIES, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES,

• IT IS NEATLY LOCATED IN BETWEEN THREE EXISTING ARGAN

• THE EARTHQUAKE-PROOF STRUCTURE WAS BUILT USING

• THE PRESCHOOL’S CONSTRUCTION IS CONTEMPORARY IN

ANUSHRUTI SACHDEVA SHEET NO. :

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