American architecture studio SOM has created a design for a ventilated, high-ceilinged, modular classroom for schools that need temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named School\/House, the pop-up classrooms were designed in response to the current coronavirus pandemic but are intended to provide a more healthy alternative to current options available for schools in need of additional classroom space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We designed School\/House to address two key issues: an urgent need for temporary additional educational space as a response to the current pandemic, and to improve upon existing options for temporary classrooms, creating a temporary space that is truly intended for teaching and learning,” said Jon Cicconi, an associate director at SOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The modular classrooms are designed to be healthy indoor learning spaces for 25 students positioned 1.8 metres (six feet) away from each other, or up to 50 students in a regular configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They would have pitched roofs creating classrooms with six-metre-high ceilings, while a raised floor would contain power sockets and ventilation to remove air from around each desk. The whole interior would be clad in easily sanitised finishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The higher ceiling heights enhance air circulation,” he continued. “Access to natural light and views offer a more human space for students and teachers. The footprint has been sized to accommodate a full class of 25 students at a six-foot distance for the pandemic.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The walls and roof of each School\/House would be assembled from seven folded modular panels, each featuring an aluminium frame filled with fibreglass reinforced panels (FRP). The floors would be a standard raised aluminium grid filled with vinyl composition tile (VCT) panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that this modular pop-up school is a really interesting way to make a covid contaminated world safer and keeps people educated in the process. Some people have found that they work better from home than from the office, but others just want a change of scene from the home office as well. This pop-up could be changed and manipulated to make it a more permanent location but still modular. It could be manipulated to help multiple people together, or just one person wanting to work alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n