{"id":3418,"date":"2025-08-10T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:29:15","slug":"spacefiction-studio-prioritises-natural-light-and-air-at-colourful-school-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/10\/spacefiction-studio-prioritises-natural-light-and-air-at-colourful-school-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacefiction Studio prioritises natural light and air at colourful school in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staggered courtyards<\/a>, colourful skylights<\/a> and bridges animate this Indian school<\/a> extension, which architecture practice Spacefiction Studio has designed to challenge the typical “constricted classroom format”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in the small town of Nellore in the state of Andhra Pradesh, the Rainbow International School has been expanded by Spacefiction Studio<\/a> to accommodate its growing student population.<\/p>\n

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Spacefiction Studio has added a staggered block to Rainbow International School in India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spacefiction Studio<\/a> was commissioned for the project by the non-profit organisation Wishwas Education Society, which purchased a two-hectare parcel of land next door to the existing school to design the three-storey block.<\/p>\n

The studio’s design is organised around a central spine that divides the plan into a north and south wing, and features bridges crossing on multiple levels.<\/p>\n

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The three-storey block was added to host a growing student population<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Instead of a traditional four-walled classroom, the Hyderabad-based studio was guided by the ancient Indian gurukul education model, which is characterised by the image of a guru teaching under the shade of a large tree.<\/p>\n

“The whole design started from the idea that the typical four-walled, constricted classroom format should be rethought and every classroom, irrespective of the floor it is located on, must have access to an open area,” said Spacefiction Studio’s principal architect Baba Sashank.<\/p>\n

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Red and yellow-painted walls brighten its interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To ensure a less hierarchical pedagogical style, classrooms are open with an element of outside space. Even students on the higher floors share large, double-height courtyards with walls and ceilings painted terracotta red and sunny yellow.<\/p>\n

The studio has staggered the building’s south wing to protect the lower floors from the high southern sun and provide a comfortable interior environment in Nellore’s hot and humid climate. This created large double-height columns that have been left exposed along the length of the atrium.<\/p>\n