Primary School in the village of Tanaf
Competition: Kaira Looro 2023 – Primary School in Africa
Category: Primary School
Location: Tanaf, Senegal, Africa
Project Year: 2023
Authors: Gleb Goncharenko, Ksenia Zabardygina
When children grow up, they need the support of adults, but adults also have a lot to learn from children, for example, their curiosity and thirst to learn as much as possible about the world around them, so we propose to combine the functions of a school and a community center that will unite children and adults of the local community. The main idea is to combine the leisure of children and their parents; for this, the project provides for a public space that serves this function. This space is the entrance area for students, their parents and school teachers. This space is the entrance area for students, their parents and school teachers. The main façade that encloses this space is made of wild bamboo, creating a sense of transparency and openness, while at the same time maintaining privacy from the side of the street that the façade faces.
The school building is a space covered with a common roof, which protects from the sun and precipitation, and also contains all the necessary premises for the functioning of the school. Some of them are fenced with red earth walls to create a comfortable environment for learning, and some go into the common space of the school, thus enlivening it and creating places where children, teachers and parents intersect. From the street side, the visitor is greeted by a facade made of wild bamboo, but from the courtyard side, where playgrounds and sports are located, the facade is absent, creating a feeling of spaciousness and openness.
Children are full of boundless ideas and fantasies, and for this they need the same space that will not limit them on the way to their dreams and accomplishments.
