Chiangmai Life Architects (cla) has built an environment-based science labs & music center for panyaden international school in thailand using bamboo, rammed earth, and adobe bricks. The project’s philosophy integrates sustainability and being close to nature as a trademark. The architecture incorporates contemporary design and modern engineering knowledge in order to achieve a minimal carbon footprint.Chiangmai Life Architects science labs music center panyaden international school thailand performance hall on the left, individual rooms on the right
The music center comprises two adjacent buildings, one hosting the performance hall, and the other one, housing four smaller music rooms for individual sessions. The roof design brings the two buildings together, resembling two hands or wings in a protective gesture for the structure underneath. Inside the rooms, the visible bamboo roof with its arches and flowing curves, encourages the students to get in touch with the natural flow of music.
Chiangmai Life Architects has used natural materials such as bamboo, rammed earth, and adobe bricks in organic forms to integrate the building into the natural environment, based on modern structural and safety calculations. The building is shaped like an ‘l’; the bamboo roof looks like a heart from above. The natural materials, especially the adobe walls, are great sound insulators, keeping the surrounding areas quiet. The science labs consist of three lab rooms furnished with all the essential equipment. The middle compartment acts as a supply, storage, and central distribution room for gas and all lab materials. Chiangmai Life Architects science labs music center panyaden international school thailandheart-shaped science labs from the sky; bamboo roof
The user’s imagination is captured by the unusual contrasts, as well as by the unexpected smooth blending between the exposed bamboo structure and earthen walls with the cutting-edge technology within the lab space. The center also includes an ambient controlled instrument storage room that reduces the humidity fluctuations experienced in northern thailand. Because of the roof’s non-reflective bamboo surfaces, the sound experience is very clear without an echo.Chiangmai Life Architects science labs music center panyaden international school thailand chemistry lab in the science center; state-of-the-art science lab blends with earthen walls and bamboo roof.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Project Name：Science Labs & Music Center at Panyaden International School /
Project Location：218, 218, ตำบล น้ำแพร่ อำเภอหางดง เชียงใหม่ 50230, Thailand
Architects: Chiangmai Life Architects（CLA）
Area: 683 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs: Alberto Cosi, Markus Roselieb
