CREATING INTERACTIVE SPACES

The design intent of the Educliff Global School designed by Creative Designer Architects is centred around the locally built architecture by the village artisans and creating spaces that foster learning, well-being and productivity for the children.

- RAVIDEEP SINGH

The project, a CBSE Accredited Primary school, is a result of a philanthropic endeavour led by a group of professionals in New Delhi who emphasise the ‘lean' design approach to maximise the operational cost of the project's construction. Sited in Dularpur village in Darbhanga Tehsil of Bihar, the school had to be designed to be inconsistency with global education standards.

RAVIDEEP SINGH,

Associate Director, Creative Designer Architects

Ravideep Singh is the Associate Director at Creative Designer Architects, a New Delhi-based architecture firm that has helmed notable projects of diverse typologies across Asia. An alumnus of the University of Illinois U.C, School of Architecture, Ravideep has earned a specialization in Healthcare Planning' from Cornell University, NY. With a penchant for designing spaces that foster health and wellness, Singh has over five years of experience in healthcare design in India and the United States. At CDA, he has conceptualized several award-winning projects including AIIMS Guwahati , Pragma Medical Institute at Bathinda amongst others.

This challenging, yet intriguing brief veered the architects towards exploring indigenous techniques and vernacular principles of construction. A deep dive into the vernacular materials and strategies spearheaded the design direction. Thus, the design intent is centred around the locally built architecture by the village artisans and creating spaces that foster learning, well-being and productivity for the children. This attempt has been furthered by harnessing solar passive techniques using the local materials to create high performing architecture that scores low on operational and embodied energy, and keeps operational costs minimal. A lifecycle approach has been incorporated to use low-energy materials and perform operations vis-a-vis the factors of safety, longevity, durability and functionality.