Spaces for Learning
In this Self paced STUDIO by Dariaus Choksi from the Christopher Charles Benninger Architects, we will explore the secrets of campus design
Designing spaces for learning is not a straight forward output - your design should nurture creativity, learning, and curiosity. The unifying language, developed by CCBA over 4 decades of practice, and it's vocabulary consists of various design principles - scales and proportion, balance of inside and outside, design as a template between immediate and surrounding landscape and most of all, expression of materials in its natural form. Develop the story for a school and design for learning experiences and events that nurture creativity and curiosity at Nilshi, near Lonavala Maharashtra
Architecture students intrigued by the process of designing campuses
Teachers who are in charge of design studios at their institute
Practicing professionals who appreciate Benninger's style and would like to learn from the masters at CCBA
Aims and Objectives for the course
To share the lessons learnt from designing many institutes by demonstrations and discussions in a design studio.
Framework or the Ideology of the course
The studio will discuss the unifying language and principles of design followed by CCBA in their practice.
Methodology followed
The studio will follow a case study demonstration methodology to express the lessons for campus design and
Welcome to ACEDGE
Using the ACEDGE Course Player
Know your Instructor- Daraius Choksi
CCBA- The firm Introduction
Selected Works by CCBA
Course Introduction - CCBA Acedge
Site Analysis - CCBA Acedge
References - Site Analysis and Campus Design Introduction
Teaching-Learning Theories and Spaces
References - Learning theories
Building Program and Project Schedule
Perosnalise your own building program
Links to building codes
Universal Design and its relevance
Highlights from the Persons with Disability Act 2016- Note the Red boxes
Links for dimensional data- Standards book
Space Adjacency and Hierarchies
Case Study Framework and Analysis - CCBA Acedge
Case Study- Sample
Analysis and Inferences from Case studies
CCBA
Team CCBA