Kindergarten School

Notes

"The project was designed in association with George Rias. Each school classroom wing has three classrooms around a large multi-purpose room and has its own patio. There are four wings in all, with two wings sharing boys and girls toilet facilities. The administration wing has reception, waiting, directors' and teachers' rooms. The scheme was initially conceived to have no air-conditioning; therefore, very efficient insulation and ventilation techniques were employed. Double walls and double roofs were introduced. Badgir, a traditional ventilation technique in the area, was modified to suit the design. Maintenance free materials were essential, so fairfaced concrete and fairfaced blocks were utilized for the construction. Air-conditioned later upon owner's demand, it is a typical design which has been repeated over twenty times so far, so it had to be adaptable to different sites” (Abu Hamdan, 1984).

Sources

Akram Abu Hamdan, "On an architect: Jafar Tukan of Jordan", Mimar, no. 12, 1984, p. 64.

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