METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITY DESIGN USING UNIFIED BLOCK UNITS

Abstract

The article covers the effective methods of a timesaving public facility design and construction and specifies the method of the kindergarten and primary school design using unified block units. The war started by the hostile country against Ukraine has completely changed our lives. Demolished houses and public buildings, industrial facilities, the infrastructure, whole villages and cities became striking realities that challenged the architects and urban designers to solve the issue of prompt and complex reconstruction in the cities. Because of the war, Ukraine will soon face the demand for fast residential area development and complex construction of facilities, such as kindergartens and secondary schools, raising concerns on the effective methods of timesaving public facility design and construction. At the end of the twentieth century, an expert team at the Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture developed a standardized unit block system for housing and public areas prompting the unified block unit residential building and public area construction. The block-modular method can be used in present environment for educational facility construction, considering the architectural and construction trends. To outline the practices and structure the typical evaluation at educational facility design, the following diverse unified functional elements were introduced: a single and a double block of cells for a kindergarten; one, two and three-unit assembly standardized functional block for a primary school educational area; a standardized functional block of common use sharing kindergarten premises and primary school.