School, the Foundation of Life – a Complex of Educational Buildings in Ostrava, Cerna louka

The aim and assignment of this thesis is to find appropriate design, layout and functional relations with regard to present trends and needs in education. Thesis should find an appropriate type of school which will fit in the specific environment and solve the problems in this enviroment. In order to enhance the overall ring character, the school is supposed to be a detached building. The idea of positioning school in the city center as well as the need of securing the school and especially psychological convenience lead to the idea of monoblock building which is getting more closed and concentrated inwards. The school acts as integrated architectonical organism and due to this idea it appears simply and austerely from outside and as it opens up it shows secure and interesting school life. The green meadow should spread into the school. The building is situated between two different environments which aren’t separated but rather connected as much as possible on the parterre. The school doesn’t obstruct but rather offers the opportunity of passing to different parts. Public space and vegatation which were located in this place were shifted to the upper level of green roof of the school parterre. Original open public space is replaced by closed school parterre which creates a common base – platform. This base serves as common semi-public space which facilitates free movement, encounters of different people of different age and so it is a kind of melting pot for all schools. The parterre is visually opened to the surrounding green vegetation which enhances the continuity of space. This idea is supported by glass façade with wood shades. Scale of parterre depends on the dimension of vegetation in order to make the shades appear as tree trunks and fade away when looking out of the building. In contrast to the light base, the heavy concrete matter represents particular units of schools which are situated on the social platform of building which levitates above green vegetation of “Černá louka”