Quest学习中心丨印度金奈丨KSM Architecture

Quest 学习中心占地 540 平方米，位于印度金奈的 Besant Nagar 地区，距离海边仅 300 米。作为一个为 8 到 16 岁的孩子准备的学习中心，本项目提供了充足的学习和互动空间，旨在为在家上学的孩子，或者那些有“非学校教育”需求的孩子们提供服务，这就涉及到中心需要根据孩子的兴趣来授课，而不是采用固定的课程模式。

The learning center at Quest is located on a 540 sq.m piece of land, about 300m from the seafront in Besant Nagar, Chennai, India. It is a learning center intended for children aged 8 to 16 years old. The center acts as a learning and interaction space for largely home-schooled children, or those with the ‘unschooling’ pattern of education, which involves teaching children based on their interests, rather than a set curriculum.

▼项目与周围环境鸟瞰，aerial view of the project and surrounding environment©Sreenag BRS

▼建筑概览，overall of the project©Sreenag BRS

▼街景视角，street view©Sreenag BRS

学习中心被设计成一个自由流动的体量集合，创造了一种空间和视觉连接的感觉。人们可以通过绿树成荫的前院进入建筑，前院中设有一系列台阶和坡道。

▼分析图，analysis diagram© KSM Architecture

The learning center has been designed as a collection of free-flowing volumes that provide a feeling of space and visual connectivity. One gains access to the building through a tree-lined front court that has a set of steps and a ramp.

▼入口前院，front court©Sreenag BRS

从气候敏感性的角度来看，建筑的东西立面采用了开口最小的隔热夹层墙体的设计；而南北立面则设有可开启的落地窗，窗外设有铝制垂直遮阳百叶，在保证隐私与调节采光的同时，允许南风的进入。

From a climate sensitivity standpoint, the eastern and the western walls of the buildings have been designed as insulated cavity walls with minimum opening, while the southern and northern walls have full-length operable windows that allow the ambient south breeze in, and are shaded by vertical aluminum aerofoil shaped louvers.

▼南立面，south facade©Sreenag BRS

▼百叶细部，details of the louver©Sreenag BRS

东西立面的墙体采用了复合材料，厚度为 400mm，包括了 300 毫米的空腔以及 50 毫米厚的 XPS 内部填充物，外侧还设有带有 25 毫米的空腔竹木百叶 GFRC 幕墙面板，这种隔热系统阻隔了所有落在墙壁上的热量。

The eastern and western walls are composite 400mm wide, made up of a 300mm wide cavity wall with a 50 mm thick XPS infill as the inner layer, with a bamboo shuttered GFRC facade panel as a self-shading skin with a 25mm air cavity. This insulation system virtually cuts off all the heat that falls on these walls.

▼仰视西立面，looking up to the west facade©Sreenag BRS

▼细部，details©Sreenag BRS

矩形的建筑体量中心设计了一处与建筑通高的中庭，中庭右侧设有阶梯式剧场，左侧则是画廊空间。

▼剖面分析，section development© KSM Architecture

One enters the rectangular building footprint in the center into an atrium-like volume that opens up to the full height of the building, with an amphitheater rising to the right and a gallery space towards the left.

▼阶梯剧场，the amphitheater©Sreenag BRS

▼由二层看中庭，viewing the atrium from the upper floor©Sreenag BRS

▼中庭与彩色楼梯，atrium and the colorful staircase©Sreenag BRS

从竖向上看，建筑向南开放，南向也是金奈的主导风向。场地的南侧以花园的形式隆起，以利用南风，同时也利用了场地外延伸道路形成的风道。阶梯式剧场将接待空间与上面的图书馆连接起来，作为过渡空间，俯瞰着南面的高架花园。此外，图书馆一侧还设有一部滑梯直通花园。

▼剖面图，section© KSM Architecture

In section, the building opens up towards the south, which is the ambient wind direction in Chennai. The southern side of the site is raised in the form of a garden in order to harness the south breeze, while also taking advantage of a wind channel caused by the extended road beyond the site. The amphitheater connects the arrival space to the library above as a seamless volume overlooking the raised garden on the south. The garden can be accessed by a slide that begins at the library.

▼图书馆，the library area©Sreenag BRS

▼四层螺旋楼梯入口，entrance of the spiral staircase on the fourth floor©Sreenag BRS

五间教室堆叠在中央中庭的两侧。中庭内部一部金属楼梯蜿蜒而上，连接着所有的楼层。在第四层，楼梯从建筑中延伸出来，形成了通往屋顶自助餐厅的螺旋楼梯，同时楼梯平台也形成了面向南侧开放的景观露台。

Five classrooms are stacked on either side of the central atrium. Inside this atrium, a metal staircase winds its way up, connecting all the levels. At the fourth level, the staircase comes out of the building and faces the dorm of a spiral stair that leads up to a rooftop cafeteria, which in turn opens out into a landscaped terrace on the south.

▼悬挂在立面上的红色螺旋楼梯

the red spiral staircase suspended from the facade©Sreenag BRS

▼楼梯细部，details of the staircase©Sreenag BRS

建筑内部没有明确的空间或体量划分，进而营造出一种极为开放的氛围，每处空间都与其他空间和花园无缝融合。温暖且无眩光的自然光创造了愉快的室内环境，色彩的使用加强了空间的趣味性，自然的微风穿过每一个楼层，所有这些都为孩子们创造出了一个理想的学习平台。

There is a sense of openness, with no clear demarcation of space or volume – every space seamlessly blending with each other and the gardens beyond. The warm glow of glare-free natural light creates a cheerful ambiance, and the sense of fun is accentuated by the use of color, with a natural breeze wafting through the various levels- all of this provides, in our opinion, an ideal platform for learning.

▼细部，details©Sreenag BRS

▼平面图，plans© KSM Architecture

Project Name: Learning Center at Quest

Location: Besant Nagar, Chennai

Client: Srikanth Chandrashekar

Architect – KSM Architecture

Design team: Sriram Ganapathi, Siddarth Money, Akshaya J, Sathish V, Seran S, Mohanraj K, Ragini P

Built-up area: 760 sq.m

Year of completion: 2021

Project Typology: Institutional

Manufacturers:

Steel: Sreevatsa Stainless steel

HVAC: Akshada Aircom

Aluminium Joineries: Aspire Aluminium Ltd

GFRC Panels: Facilini Design Lab

Photographs: Sreenag BRS

AC Consultants: KSM Architecture

Civil Contractors: Associated Engineering Concerns

Electrical consultants: S S Electricals

Lighting design: Balika

Landscape design: KSM Architecture

Interior contractors: Kowshik Interiors

Structural consultants: PRC India

Electrical contractors: SSE Electricals

Building cost: 5.5 crs

Graphic credits: Karthik Venkatesh