the roof structure both encloses an atrium and reaches out , providing shelter over an external courtyard located mid-away along the existing footpath across the site . The We spaces take the form of four teaching and learning studios . Three reflection spaces at either end of the building are Me spaces .
Significant spatial flexibility was required for the teaching and learning studios to allow the school to easily re-purpose these spaces in the future
as the d-school and its programmes evolve . To achieve this careful consideration was given to the location of permanent structural elements . The structural cores containing vertical circulation , bathrooms , kitchens , service risers and shear elements form a spine along the southern edge of the building footprint , allowing large span orthogonal space along the northern and western edges of the building kept free of any structural or building service constraints .
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