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Architecture of Learning Jan-Feb 2017 | volume 52 MCI (P) 073/11/2016 PPS 1786/04/2013(022947) Architecture of Learning Inside: Net-Zero Energy Building at the School of Design and Environment – Singapore | Crafting Pedagogy, Outside the Classroom – A Look at Experiential Learning | Mike Guerrero – Principal, Asian Architects; Chairman, Green Architecture Advocacy Philippines | Works of Morphogenesis, Hijjas Kasturi, Hoang Thuc Hao With projects from Australia, Cambodia, China, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS—SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS! Hong Kong HKD72 RMB80 Indonesia IDR83,000 Malaysia MYR39 Philippines PHP500 Singapore SGD15 Thailand THB290 Vietnam 190,000 The FuturArc App is here! Get the app for free now & catch up on your favourite Green architecture magazine on the go, anytime, anywhere. Register for free via our online subscription form: 1 www.futurarc.com/app 2 Get your login details via email Download the FuturArc App on the Apple iTunes 3 or Google Playstore 4 Login and start reading! Letter from the editor Dear FuturArc Readers, Form-making is not much discussed in the world of Green design. But it should. The deft handling of surfaces and volumes, the thoughtful arrangement of programme and functionality, can lead to several outcomes that are valued by the punditry. First, it redefines boundaries between in and out. This increases the potential for views, ventilation and daylight—preconditions for a biophilic, energy-saving design. Second, it offers a new taxonomy of edges and in-between spaces. This can engage people, greenery and water—preconditions for community, biodiversity and farming. Moshe Safdie famously spoke of ‘fractalisation’, the breaking down of mass into smaller elements that are re-aggregated into new wholes. This is a powerful idea that puts form-making at the centre of Green. And we are talking here of a pathway to deep Green. This should matter to all aspirant Green buildings. But nowhere does it resonate more than in an architecture of learning. Why? For starters, it offers healthier interiors. Science tells us that fresh air and daylight impact the body and mind. We are less prone to sickness and are more productive. In schools, this means a more natural setting where students learn faster (or do better on tests, depending on the definition of learning). Greenery and water, complementing air and light, become enablers of well-being. The building makes us feel better, not just less unwell. Then, there is the question of cognition, the building as a facilitator of learning (Crafting Pedagogy, Outside the Classroom, page 86). Imagine a biology class on a roof covered with flora and fauna. Or a building that tracks the sun’s path through the interplay of elements and shadows. Buildings engage or mimic the natural world. And if these were made visible, the building becomes a way to illustrate and interact, a cognitive tool for learning. Lastly, space outside the classroom is a building block of community. And schools are in part about induction, students interacting with and learning from their peers. A compact building with little or no in- between space may be efficient in its net-to-gross ratio, minimising capital expenditure, but it does nothing by way of social capital. Planned inefficiency is not an oxymoron; it is seeing the value of spontaneous encounters between students and teachers, in having lines-of-sight that let everyone feel part of a community. The project that aligns most with Safdie’s dictum is the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management in India (page 42). The architects Morphogenesis explained it as a sort of deconstructed Rubik’s Cube. Form- making is the simultaneous engineering of social space and climatic response. In parallel, there is a resolution of the needs of a modern school with the typology of a traditional chawl, the social template of choice. Others take a more familiar approach. The building of Hoang Thuc Hao’s Sentia School in Vietnam snakes around itself, creating two courtyards that will be its social heart (page 72). The International School in Kuala Lumpur is a spine-and-ribs configuration with a series of courts between teaching blocks (page 56). Both projects empower the roof as a space for greenery and social activity. Over the last three years, I have been deeply involved in the making of the Net-Zero Energy Building at the School of Design and Environment in Singapore (page 18). This building encapsulates the power of form as an arbitrator between climate and energy, social space and pedagogy. My takeaway? Contrary to what we have been led to believe by critics and cynics, Green is not a choice of performance over quality. It can be both. Enjoy the pages ahead. 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To find out how your organisation can be a FuturArc Collaborator, Cover image by Giovanni Cossu please send an email to [email protected]. contents the futurarc interview 12 Mike Guerrero Principal, Asian Architects Chairman, Green Architecture Advocacy Philippines futurarc showcase 18 Beauty in Zero projects 26 Neeson Cripps Academy 30 Urban Rigger 38 TK-SMA BPK PENABUR Summarecon 42 Institute for Integrated Learning in Management Campus 48 Aravali Institute of Management 50 University of Central Asia Naryn Campus 56 The International School of Kuala Lumpur 62 Heriot-Watt University Malaysia 68 Lung Luong Elementary School 72 Sentia School commentary 78 The Alchemy of (Sustainable) Design 86 Crafting Pedagogy, Outside the Classroom happenings 90 Milestones & Events 95 product advertorials 12 FUTURARC The FuturArc Interview Mike Guerrero Principal, Asian Architects Chairman, Green Architecture Advocacy Philippines By Harry Serrano FUTURARC 13 main feature futurarc interview futurarc showcase projects people COMMENTARY happenings books product advertorials THE ALCHEMY OF (SUSTAINABLE) DESIGN by Dr Nirmal Kishnani Dr Nirmal Kishnani examines the challenge of teaching sustainability in the classroom, summarising the pedagogy of the urban studio of the Master of Science, Integrated Sustainable Design programme at the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore. This is described as a set of aspirations and a framework for a studio assignment. The ambition of the studio was to trigger critical thinking in students—who struggle to translate environmental goals into spatial/planning outcomes—and to inject existing methods of urban design with new domain knowledge.
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