Green Architecture

 

Panyaden School was conceived to provide an atmosphere that is peaceful and close to nature. Furthermore this green school wants to demonstrate how to live an environmentally mindful life with a low carbon footprint. Therefore to facilitate green mindfulness, earth/clay, stones and bamboo were chosen as the main construction materials.

Walls are built either from rammed earth or adobe bricks (clay mixed with sand and rice husk). The roofs are built entirely from treated bamboo.

There is no need for air-conditioning. All rooms are cooled and ventilated through the choice of materials and green architecture design.

The layout is based on the antler-fern leaf structure.

Currently the school consists of :

  • 3 buildings for nursery, kindergarten and primary school
  • Including a sensory motor room for the little ones,
  • Dance/music/art building
  • Meditation sala
  • Library
  • Swimming pool and sports area
  • Kitchen and dining hall
  • Assembly hall
  • Parents community sala
 Top view of Panyaden School
 Side view of salas and office, Panyaden School in Thailand  School flag pole, Panyaden School
 Panyaden School's primary school classrooms  exterior of adobe walled offices of Panayden School, bilingual school in Thailand
 Panyaden School students in rammed earth wall cove in classroom  Umbrella-shapped bamboo roof at Panyaden School
 Panyaden School swimming pool  Parents hall (sala) of Panyaden School, bilingual school in Chiang Mai