Mahdieh Nasiri
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ndividual
It has been a long time since the education system ignores individuality by relinquishing it when designing different learning programs with the excuse of budget shortage and the goal of making more money out of the education business. This phenomenon caused lots of problems for the learners, such as costly education, which hinders their access to education, grade-focused and degree-focused programs which encourage a gradual forgetfulness of the real purpose of learning for the sake of diploma and the subtle but strong imposition on the individual to follow the trends rather than fulfill their unique potential; as a result shadow education emerged in the virtual world through the Internet in the form of open-source learning websites. However, there are some drawbacks to these learning methods, such as the lack of credibility and face-to-face interaction and communication, which is one of the basic and essential human needs.
Therefore, i, which is a bartering knowledge bazaar inspired by the qualities of the Iran traditional bazaars, will be a home for shadow education with the potential to irradiate the drawbacks.
South - East Elevation
CITY as the
SCHOOL and SCHOOL
as the CITY
Dubai Metro Stations Distribution Diagram
One of the solutions considered by the city of Dubai for its urban sprawl is a new public transportation system in the form of the Dubai metro. This was easily done by integrating it with the existing highway of Sheikh Zayed road that cuts through the entire city, dividing it into two parts. Many of the projects built in Dubai are built in a way that creates some leftover spaces which become non-places. One of these non-places is the empty land around the metro railway. Due to the metro’s natural connectivity in the city, this non-place that co-exists with the railway harbors the same sense of connectivity. A project that focuses on self-development must be integrated into the city’s urban fabric.
Therefore, a non-place that manages to automatically become one with the city can be an advantage for such a program. This will allow us to design this project in a modular sense that will be able to be assimilated into the city to participate in all its differing and uniquely contextual programs. Through this main artery in Dubai, which is the line of metro stations, the project can become the blood that flows throughout the city bringing knowledge and the power of individuality to serve the community.
Type B
Land around under ground railway station
Dubai Metro Stations Typology Diagram
Type A
Land around elevated railway station
Design Process Diagram
D
Human Beings are Naturally
Different and Diverse
Education system today is based on not diversity but conformity.
1
C
The Human Life is Inherently Creative
The roles of education is to awaken and develop these powers of creativity. Instead, what we have is a culture of standardization.
2
C
Curiosity, an Appetite for Knowledge
The dominant culture of education has come to focus on not teaching and learning, but testing. In place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance.
Shop
Saray
Courtyard
Street
Traditional Layout Of Bazaar
The guild running system of the bazaar creates positive chaos providing harmonic and practical diversity.
Space Container
Non-function space container provides unlimited boundaries for creativity by allowing individuals to define its function according to their needs.
Box of Curiosity
Curiosity box which is a translucent shell act as a temptation for discovery.
Courtyard
Shop
Saray
Street
Basic Elements Of Bazaar Layout
Courtyard
Circulation
Architectural Translation of the basic elements of Bazaar
Workshop
Individuality Unit
Growth Pattern of Bazaar around Courtyard
Reversal of Growth Pattern of Bazaar
Courtyard Breakdowns
Circulation
Placement of the Workshops
Rotation of Units to Create Freedom of Movement through Chaos
Metro
Line
Isometric
View
Interior View of Workshops, Individuality Units, and a Courtyard
Ground Level
A
A
A
A
First Level
Second Level
A
A
Section A--A
Ground Level
0
First Level
4000
Second Level
8000
Third Level
12000
