Bilal Bilgili

advisor

ITU - Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture - İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Turkiye

Cultural heritage, conservation and preservation of architectural heritage, Conservation,… more

Dear Konstantinos Smigadis;

First of all, I would like to congratulate you for your efforts and studies.
The drawings are unreadable and quite faint. Also, the names of the spaces are not written. That's why interpreting your solutions is challenging. But as far as I can see, I will comment on something and ı will give some questions to get you think your project again.
• I found your project idea successful. I find the idea of designing the "primary school as an extension of pre-existing public high school", designing it as a “single, larger educational block” and “Adjusting the typology of finnish educational system” positive. However, is it appropriate for high school and primary school students to have close relationships in terms of educational psychology?
• What activities will the local community do here after the school hours? This issue needs to be clarified. Otherwise, it is not possible to understand what kind of social interaction would be here. Also, the suitability of the spaces for proposed social activities can not be understood.
• I think the relationship of the building/work area with the environment should be better expressed. We can not see the environmental data on the project. Why this Project is needed? Why the Project idea is important for this field or for the education system? The answers should be better expressed.
• The unqualified garden of the existing school is taken into account within the scope of the Project. However, I could not see any suggestions for the improvement of sports fields. Sports activities for children and young people are very important for their physical and mental development.
• Do you think bus routes and schedules can be designed according to students? The urban networks in Patras is suitable and safe for for bicycle and pedestrian access? İf its not, ı think the pedestrian and vehicle access should be considered again especially for vehicles. it would be beneficial to organize a place where school buses will take students safely.
• The first and second floor plans have been presented, but I think the 1st floor plan is actually the ground floor plan… accordingly, if it was misrepresented, it should be corrected.
• I recommend to review toilet solutions. For ex. washbasins cannot be used when the door is opened. Moreover, There are toilets that open directly into the working or education spaces. Is this a comfortable and ergonomic choice or is it culturally appropriate?
• It would be better to establish the connection between spaces with a hall or corridor. For instance; On the 2nd floor, the toilet, working office, meeting room, classroom (?) spaces are connected eachother by doors.
• I recommend you to revise the dimensions, positions and opening directions of the doors. It would be better to use sliding doors and wider doors for crowded places. Especially for such places, it is preferable to open the doors to the outside in order to prevent the negativities that may occur in case of danger.