Boarding house

Built on Wurundjeri land, the flagship boarding house at 371 Church St is the new home away from home for 40 students from remote areas across Victoria and the Northern Territory. Tom Ross Tom Ross With cultural guidance from Senior Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Colin Hunter, the MITS boarding house has been designed to improve cultural safety, help keep students connected to Country, and, in doing so, increase their learning outcomes. Tom Ross The purpose-built facility is split across three levels. On the ground floor, the MITS administration headquarters presents a warm welcome at the front of the building, while key student social spaces spilling out into courtyards occupy the rear of the site. Upstairs, there are spaces to so... More

This landscape design concept complements the project of a boarding house for children undergoing treatment for cancer and their parents living with them throughout the entire rehabilitation process. Our project aims to create the most comfortable, friendly and inclusive environment for different age groups of children. It provides the necessary freedom of movement and recreation for children with limited mobility, as well as those who are physically weakened from painful treatment. Caption The project principles, such as the use of natural materials and deep interaction with the environment were created throughout designing process. The image of a “grandmother’s summer house” and a kind of «garden of Eden&rdqu... More

The Akanaka boarding house is an example of how passive design is executed with simple methods, starting from providing maximum openings for light and air into the building with local material engineering.  Ahkamal Hakim “I want a residence that is comfortable, natural, and energy efficient,” said Mr. Yuwono to Realrich Sjarief when he stated the brief of Akanaka. Akanaka is located on 800 sqm of land, and consists of 19 serviced bedrooms, in 2 level building with an open-air corridor. It is in Kemang, South Jakarta, a precinct that is well known as the art district. Ahkamal Hakim   From the facade, Akanaka’s 4.5 meters cantilevered canopy blocks the east-west sun while giving a tropical device for h... More

Rooms with a view", evokes not only the film of the same name, but also the magic of a domestic, landscaped setting. It is in this poetic, yet functional, spirit that the architects imagined their project for the LEGTA (Agricultural Technological and General High School) boarding house in Saint-Genis Laval.The need to comply with very stringent energy standards (BEPAS ) increased the complexity of the project’s starting point which was to provide an appropriate architectural solution for an imposing programme, which would fit into an agricultural landscape and organise the relationship with the existing buildings.A co-educational 96-bed boarding house with communal areas (common room, study rooms and staff housing) in addition to the teachi... More