Masdevallia ignea “Fantasma”
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OGN part 2; Child-friendly design = creating a safe and conducive environment.
Orchid Garden Nepal school has grown over the years. They naturally needed more thoughtful and functional spaces, enough for the children to thrive.
Our design strategy:
On the newly introduced Upper Floor level we placed 3 functions: 1/ administration, 2/ volunteer rooms and 3/ classrooms for older students for whom climbing up the stairs wouldn't be hazardous. The ‘welcome area’ doubles up as a waiting space with display walls for art work/writings by the children, which the parents can enjoy while dropping off/picking up their kids.
We created two interconnecting courtyards; a small one adjacent to the Kindergarten, the large one for the bigger kids, who can have a blast at The Roll. With the central canteen, both courtyards are visually connected. Play, Eat and Repeat. As a break from the stereotypical learning, ‘Farm’ and ‘Jungle’ allow for outdoor learning and natural adventures in an urban context. The big question is what OGN will be able to do with this Architecture for All work!
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Make 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗱𝘀 an integral flavor of your 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿 and enjoy 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 every day.
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Singapore Botanic Gardens
An unexpected return to Singapore, a decade after spending four days there in 2012 ADD LINK. The plan had been to transit through there on my way to Kathmandu, but a five hour delay flying from New Zealand to Singapore meant I would have missed my connecting flight, so Singapore Airlines rebooked me on the same flight a day later (and put me in a decent hotel near the airport and covered taxi and…
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National Orchid Garden, Singapore ( by @ivanaljubas )
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Phalenopsis schilleriana
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back and outside of “the orchid garden”
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OGN part 1; Architecture for Everybody!
Bina Basnet's journey started as a teacher in an orphanage. Her observation: a lot of low-income families with day-to-day labor, took their small kids to their workplace (laborers, street vendors, domestic workers, etc. with some addicted to drugs) as a good and free daycare did not exist. She thought about what could change this as small children years are super important. How could they learn, play, discover?
Bina set up Orchid Garden Nepal (OGN) in 2006 at Kalopul, Kathmandu, with the help of Van 't Sant family (Netherlands) and Dahal family ( Nepal).
While urbanization was ongoing and the owner of the land raised the courtyard level, serious floods started to happen in the last years. This is when they called us for help. We organized a design charrette with 4 teams: Team Happy, Peace, Polite and Team Netherlands. The best were developed further, keeping in mind the importance of spatial quality of the school as a learning environment.
More soon!
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A visit to Orchid Garden of Singapore
A visit to Orchid Garden of Singapore
Nestled within the huge Singapore Botanic Garden lies the National Orchid Garden. With over 3000+ species of Orchids, It hosts the largest display of orchids in the world. There are various sections in the garden to showcase different varieties of Orchids.
VIP section reserved for specific orchid varieties created in honor of dignitaries (prime ministers, royalty, and other luminaries) visiting…
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