{"id":11782,"date":"2021-06-02T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T07:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.biltrax.com\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2022-02-26T16:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T10:56:53","slug":"white-flower-hall-at-the-mann-school-fosters-learning-engagement-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh040.global.temp.domains\/~vitamind\/biltrax.mediacontent\/white-flower-hall-at-the-mann-school-fosters-learning-engagement-and-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"White Flower Hall at The Mann School fosters learning, engagement and growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Educational Institutions have shifted from being dull and dreary to breaking new grounds with an aim towards learning in a welcoming and uplifting environment. The Girls\u2019 hostel at The Mann School is structured around the importance of providing facilities to foster learning and development at a home-away-from-home. Built within the existing school complex in Delhi, the hostel is designed by Envisage<\/a>, co-founded by Meena Murthy Kakkar and Vishal Kakkar. The hostel block caters to girls of grade 1-12 with a safe environment, functional requirements and a myriad of outdoor spaces.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The age of the users play an essential role in any architectural project. Meena and Vishal express \u201cAs a child, a space needs to excite and constantly engage with them, while as an adult, a space needs to calm one down and provide a respite to the heavy mental activity within.\u201d Acknowledging the sensitivity of children, the architects designed the hostel block to accommodate an increasing number of students and their requirements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hostel is positioned between the executive block and the senior academic wing. \u201cThe crucial part of design is its surrounding context and the decision to take it forward or break away from it. Followed by the extent of deviation to ensure a balance with the vignette around\u201d says Meena and Vishal. Sustaining the existing campus colour scheme of red and grey, brick became the material of choice for the facade, to blend the new building seamlessly with its surroundings. The colours of the elevation, counter and compliment each other. The lush greenery in the front extends over the building to minimise the visual impact of the building on the site. Hence, metal jaalis were installed on the facade to enable climbers to grow over the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n