Jadgal Elementary School Building, Seyyed Bar Architecture, Daaz Office Iran, Iranian Design Photos
Jadgal Elementary School, Seyyed Bar
6 June 2022
Design: Daaz Office
Location: Seyyed Bar, Polan Rural District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, western Asia
The school was designed at the initiative of a non-governmental organisation called Iran-e-Man, active for many years in the field of school construction:

Photos by Deed Studio
Jadgal Elementary School in Seyyed Bar, Iran
Jadgal Elementary School Building
Classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard:

Months of participatory studies after villagers invited the NGO client to build a school here led to the idea of it serving also as a sustainable development centre for surrounding areas, nurturing creativity, freedom and critical thinking.
The school was built using Insulating Concrete Formwork in order to create an earthquake-resilient structure:

Standing in a vast field, its enclosing wall is treated not defensively but as an inviting, playful shell featuring large irregular-shaped perforations, with one thicker portion housing tuckshop, concierge and storage.
Owing to its curvilenar forms, the school was built without columns:

Within, classrooms are joined around a large circular courtyard, fanning out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor activities.
The classrooms fan out to create triangular secondary yards for air circulation and outdoor act...