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Resilient Model School in Nepal

Koedoot, Lydia LU (2018) AAHM10 20181
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
During the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks, many schools have
been damaged or collapsed in Nepal. Reconstruction of schools is still in progress.
The lack of funding, resources, engineering skills, knowledge and accessibility
makes it difficult for a lot of schools to reopen. My aim with this thesis project is
to contribute to the resiliency of Nepal by proposing a design for a specific school
in need.
Kitini High Secondary School is a secondary level school in Godavari, Lalitpur.
The school has around 600 students, divided over four building blocks. One of
the of the buildings is marked as unsafe after the earthquake. Two other blocks
need to be demolished in the future due to road extension. The school owns land
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During the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks, many schools have
been damaged or collapsed in Nepal. Reconstruction of schools is still in progress.
The lack of funding, resources, engineering skills, knowledge and accessibility
makes it difficult for a lot of schools to reopen. My aim with this thesis project is
to contribute to the resiliency of Nepal by proposing a design for a specific school
in need.
Kitini High Secondary School is a secondary level school in Godavari, Lalitpur.
The school has around 600 students, divided over four building blocks. One of
the of the buildings is marked as unsafe after the earthquake. Two other blocks
need to be demolished in the future due to road extension. The school owns land
approximately 300 metres southwest of the current location which is available
for construction of new facilities. The school is aiming towards becoming a model
school, designed according to the standards set by the government of Nepal and
guidelines for safe school design in seismic regions.
I travelled to Nepal to visit the school, meet the local people and to develop a
tentative design proposal which we submitted to the Department of Education.
After my trip, I have been working in Sweden on the final design to add spatial
and architectural quality to the pragmatic model school proposal resulting in a
proposal that is disaster resilient and a comfortable learning environment for the
children. (Less)
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author
Koedoot, Lydia LU
supervisor
organization
course
AAHM10 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
resiliency, resilient architecture, school, Nepal, Godawari, seismic design, humanitarian architecture, Kitini, design proposal, disaster resistant, earthquake, safe school design, model school, type design
language
English
id
8949670
date added to LUP
2018-06-19 14:28:49
date last changed
2018-06-19 14:28:49
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  abstract     = {{During the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and its aftershocks, many schools have
been damaged or collapsed in Nepal. Reconstruction of schools is still in progress.
The lack of funding, resources, engineering skills, knowledge and accessibility
makes it difficult for a lot of schools to reopen. My aim with this thesis project is
to contribute to the resiliency of Nepal by proposing a design for a specific school
in need.
Kitini High Secondary School is a secondary level school in Godavari, Lalitpur.
The school has around 600 students, divided over four building blocks. One of
the of the buildings is marked as unsafe after the earthquake. Two other blocks
need to be demolished in the future due to road extension. The school owns land
approximately 300 metres southwest of the current location which is available
for construction of new facilities. The school is aiming towards becoming a model
school, designed according to the standards set by the government of Nepal and
guidelines for safe school design in seismic regions.
I travelled to Nepal to visit the school, meet the local people and to develop a
tentative design proposal which we submitted to the Department of Education.
After my trip, I have been working in Sweden on the final design to add spatial
and architectural quality to the pragmatic model school proposal resulting in a
proposal that is disaster resilient and a comfortable learning environment for the
children.}},
  author       = {{Koedoot, Lydia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Resilient Model School in Nepal}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}