Laurel High Global School
Laurel High Global School
Vijay Gupta Architects
LOCATION
Rajamahendravaram, India
TYPE
Educational › Other
Conceptualized as a school with a difference, Laurel High Global School utilizes experiential learning to prepare its students for their role as global citizens.
The architecture of the campus plays a big part in defining this experiential framework, integrating the natural setting of the project into the design framework.
The school’s architecture takes cues from traditional courtyard morphology to accommodate the needs of each age group on the K-12 campus, as well as to inculcate the values of collaboration and community that the client organization wishes to impart.
Each cluster of classrooms, separated from the next by an open court, has been furnished with its own service core and staircase.
This configuration ensures that each classroom receives diffused light from the adjoining open court, and enjoys uninterrupted views of the school grounds.
The decentralized circulation scheme also helps manage user movement through the building, reducing the bell-time rush and minimizing the risk of injury to younger students.