Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

架构师提供的文本描述。Chipakata儿童学院是非洲赞比亚的一所新小学。这是成立于2012年的纽约市非营利组织14基金会的第一项倡议。新学校的设计实现了基金会在非洲农村社区发展、建造和经营学校和孤儿院的使命。Chipakata村的遗址位于赞比亚最大城市卢萨卡以东约100公里处。

Text description provided by the architects. The Chipakata Children’s Academy is a new primary school in Zambia, Africa. It is the first initiative of the 14+ Foundation, a New York City-based non-profit organization established in 2012. The design for the new school has realized the Foundation’s mission to develop, build and operate schools and orphanages in rural African communities. The site in Chipakata Village is approximately 100 kilometers east of Lusaka, Zambia’s largest city.

 Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

该项目位于平坦的地形上，可以看到周围的小山东西向，为该村定义了一种地方感和社区感。把学校设在村子里，这大大缩短了孩子们每天必须步行上学的距离，因为最近的学校离学校只有七公里远。该学院为Chipakata村社区内和周围七个村庄的儿童提供全面的小学1至7年级教育。该项目的第一阶段于2015年1月开始，包括一座教学楼、社区展馆、行政办公室和教师住房。附近，致力于生产粮食和收入的农田为学校的运营提供了支持，并确保了该项目的长期经济可持续性。当地村民是整个发展和建设过程中的主要参与者。

Situated on level topography with views to the surrounding hills east and west, the project defines a sense of place and community for the Village. Locating the school within the Village has dramatically reduced the distance the children must walk to school each day, as the nearest school is seven kilometers away. The Academy provides a comprehensive primary school education, grades 1-7, for children in seven villages in and around the Chipakata Village community. The first phase of the project, which opened in January 2015, includes a classroom building, community pavilion, administrative office and teachers’ housing. Nearby, agricultural fields dedicated to generating food and income support the operation of the school and ensure long-term economic sustainability for the project. Local village residents were key participants throughout the development and construction process.

 Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

借鉴区域学校规划的类型，课堂结构的设计转变了标准模式，创造了一种新的范式。与典型原型中的四个房间相比，该设计提供了10个教学空间。这是通过打破典型的教室条形建筑的整体体积，并为教室之间的协作活动引入开放空间来实现的。此外，提高屋顶天篷之上的砖石基础允许一个上层可通过楼梯，与露天空间直接高于四个教室。根据当地的气候和太阳能条件，窗户开口和屋顶天篷被配置成最大限度地增加教室内的日光。神职人员的窗户被整合到所有的教室中，在夏季的几个月里，有一个连续的屋顶悬挂，以保护两个层次的空间不受严酷的太阳能供应的影响。与教室毗邻的是一个社区聚集地-一个三角形的建筑-提供遮阳避雨的地方，以及一个灵活的饮食、聚会和社区庆祝活动的空间。

Referencing regional school planning typologies, the design of the classroom structure transforms the standard model to create a new paradigm. The design provides for ten teaching and learning spaces compared to the four rooms found in the typical prototype. This is achieved by breaking down the monolithic volume of the typical classroom bar building and introducing open space for collaborative activity between classrooms. Additionally, elevating the roof canopy above the masonry base allows for an upper level accessible by stair, with open-air spaces directly above each of the four classrooms. Informed by the local climate and solar conditions, the window openings and roof canopy are configured to maximize daylight within the classrooms. Clerestory windows are integrated into all the classrooms with a continuous roof overhang serving to protect spaces on both levels from harsh solar gain during the summer months. Adjacent to the classroom building is a community gathering space — a triangular shaped structure — providing shelter from the sun and rain and a flexible space for eating, gathering and community celebrations.

 Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

 Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

建筑的建造是基于模块化的方法，既包括教室的砌体单元，也包括屋顶天篷的重复结构。所有材料都是在当地采购和现场组装的.统一砌体结构的结构质量体现在建筑两端围绕楼梯的屏风墙中。

The construction of the buildings is based on a modular approach to both the masonry units of the classrooms and the repetitive structure of the roof canopy. All materials were locally procured and assembled on-site. The textural quality of the unitized masonry construction is expressed in the screen walls that enclose the stairs at both ends of the building.

 Chipakata Children’s Academy

Chipakata儿童学院

Architects Susan Rodriguez, Frank Lupo, Randy Antonia Lott

Location Lusaka, Zambia

Category Elementary & Middle School

Design Principals Susan Rodriguez (Ennead Architects), Frank Lupo; Randy Antonia Lott.

Architect DesignTeam Fabian Bedolla (on-site project architect), Hiroko Nakatani (Ennead Lab).

Area 20000.0 ft2

Project Year 2015

Photographs Rob Duker, Fabian Bedolla, Gord Ray and Joseph Mizzi