Benzie Building
Anon Architects
12 Higher Chatham St
Room 513
M15 6ED
CONTEXT STRATEGY
An extensive look into how the building proposal (ANARCHIST FREE SCHOOL) contributes to Hulme as a co-locality. The initial aim was to design a school that provided an accessible education for all. Targeting children coming out of primary school (secondary school students). To develop the learning styles and passions from a young age with the inevitability of continuing the education afterwards (life long process). Bringing in teachers from the rest of the co-locality and public will contribute to community cohesion, an understanding and passing of knowledge between generations. Fostering a stronger cultural identity for Hulme.
1. Highlights the growing interest and influence of Hulme residents on the local area - the growing interest to strengthen hulmes cultural identity through the exchange of knowledge and ideas.
2. Residents of Hulme deposting experiences, memories knowledge of different forms into the building archive.
3. Responding to the bus routes - bus stops allow the building to maintain its accesibilty to those that have to travel.
4. Orange line indicates connection with the surrounding co-localities which provide teachers for the school. An example, those from Hulme community garden centre will teach agriculture
5. Encouraging bicycling as a method for travelling around Hulme. Giving students opportunity to explore other micro co-localities
6. Blue indicates the growing influence of the school in Hulme - a growing ideology of these anarchist values slowly intergrate themselves within the society.
7. Influence of the Anarchist Free School on the primary education to ecourage learning as a life long process.
8. Pink indicates the immediate surrounding connections that provide a teaching workforce, encourage education, set of skills that allow for the students passions to develop.
The red flag highlight the connection the Anarchist Free school has with other educational instiutions as a way of encourgaing higher education
Thinking about views from surrounding house the building has 2 floors to prevent the building towering over residential houses - addtional greenary and foilage is added to East side.
public/protest space visable from bonsall street to encourage free speech and use.
The connection with the Adult Learning Centre - creating an exchange of values and knowledge between schools and individuals.
Transitional space between both buildings that acts as a main pedestrian and transport route - important to keep open for easy accessibilty and use
Connections with sports and leisure to encourage exercise - the free school lacks a space for recreational sports.
Links with higher educational institutions thinking about the influence univerisites and their students have with the involvement of the students in the school.