‘ Dp EDUCATIONAL BUILDING DIGEST UNESCO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EDUCATION IN ASIA AND OCEANIA D CPO. BOX 1425, BANGKOK DESIGN GUIDE FOR STUDENT HOUSING Residential accommodations are essential in countries where students live at great distances from the educa: tional institutions they have to attend, such as secondary schools, teacher training colleges and universities, This EB. Digest draws attention on the decisions the designer has to take and provides information on the design of hostels noting specially the need to adapt the hostel to the social customs of the occupants and to reduce the building and maintenance costs. 13 PART | suggests the need to establish the build- ing programme and its limitations PART 1 considers matters into which enquiries should be made before design- ing starts PART III provides a reminder about essential archi tectural and technical decisions PART IV comprises a design guide giving space norms and practical informationma CAPACITY FURICTIONS wat te or formal wl hy 0 lah nombre Ee i eg. ratio : seen ign prada | TLE dhring ard oh bps of sides woleopiing and let ad 5 a DF ond recreation, ‘reed of era spaced} + ele OTHER FACTORS AFFECTINIG DESIGI! DECISIONS wstaff sy el dime lor lg b ee - others (00k, sTesidence rls erm factlities ane space) Chapers, ....) sfregeng pit wl ‘ ie pele bo W):can ) aeter mine Re pen ‘Senin, social level visitors SOIL MPLUENICE ae —- cad ALANS > AEE COST PKR COT Pea PATTER IIS QF BUILDING OCCUPANCY me PLACE |2CAPTTAL CasT| Oo 4 2 3 4 § 6 7 8 9 10 1 _ 12 mobs! ®& see bal standards | WLUlllll Ml. cheek tal ho TT “paler ae fond NNT afrnre ep Prwded THIET. TIS, S:maintenance'( iy SR Lot? er 8 8 8H menteccaes aseal : a ze oF _ : felelome | managers cat HE HOSTEL Boa Ter fe ah dlning | Sfeckee Sporasion\ nome tabily. Se eats | felis grt Yee oe es, | Syne be adapted 4 te Cae ga, eB eee eel Seen eae. Pe peREQUISITE WIFORMATION| —__ PRINCIPLE OF ORGAMIZATION a P A : in each > hofconne:, span, r. cxourins | “bedroom (see Rerg) Cy fe. ane eritaite fe me pe es cee fa Forel adage cans cn G lta. GaourIs em, Fis rere : & aie OF Benbooris| Yees Win aumess Ye ontsice. THE DESIG SHOULD RERECT THE SCLKL ONGAMZATION OF THE HOSTEL PUM TRAFFIC | aoa 4, ssgrider Spieal | staff compan Kreakn rT ‘Bad and. Vexcslegce of service sbeationf o9e | pal | es ingetarian--) | "Eres (wader gas ‘in qpen air Iperly of d relly, Je SP Lakes 1 ee ae ‘Sool Tithen \( bear ara est fase vackiviti s enggre in ce | Te [eel 7 le Pi = 9 a SF PE Egos ° E social orckr (estes) ype of furniture “waiter. ware service “Wt em Desnne apcn, UNM BOON “lg ee war : a arune eS , E is TE ‘ath “hones socns | . ecnomical Boor — |" man roora fell Geatre a ood fk chit, of solotions A,B =seal gras ter | { S quests raoms. with tills facilites \ "3 A aaa Dumber “AcconoanTio, staff menbers ——> prsihilly of PELTON bd opal az nate | qPoxcpants. b alow eff “hecsing facllttes | © aloe Sif emedical facilities > hn lasrial "ER. doe beh administration aay“TRADITIONAL” CONSTRUCTION la local |e ale \constraction system used in an appropriate way ODER” CONSTRUCTION with local maberials sh sopeled mall gs + prefabriaation-stendardization se aecessbiliy ly road? » erban oral SOCIAL ASPECTS} sgt fe cdlapbalion problems for 2 pres o Locad Sielars = doe i Aung Lecigns users —~ new (social PE la cast ASPECTS «che of Fe cxation golem Fansport cot of + @hor ila bili _ materials ‘ncltatOY Woeled end enskiled Ziorkers|B. MATUDAL AUSASTERS EARTH QUAKE 12) beers |r—orage js overhangs : Cie as rere dent 2? CYCLONE puenonenon _% -— Re 4 - d mame apps -fome lp frais «ge eg a®) L [ lations at the same depth arand the 2 2 wall by beams somal eninge cwey from wall cxners&. AOAPTATION 70 THE SITE 2 ot Duala sippy (EB) ph bgt vegetation has tb be aadygl' ‘cal uldings a (be re cpio. Li Elli ee [Oa A ele” Cael a tind be > | ectivities énsiae | COST ASPECTS . 291. Us nhig Geli etalon reals land cask» ‘huldings | ee TE i ip of hae ‘naterials facltates a| ACTIVITIES DATA (ass rus anersions ane irt cn) FORMATION L8) tshepieg SZ | VI) = aaa - aye 3 \- . warshine ae 4 peanoors| * 7 2 Tas bedroom orientation « oA | smeet the religious needs 3 dressing 3 gf Tn areas for” PPP Lot Ft 1 moement leh ‘mates, prone geod p ¢ = formitore ee « studying —Q |* Ez al | «2s ke beshaor, pe ge, ZZ Fi St) potens of adaplatith of bles 42224524, 3 3, coming from 5 storage suitcases A F a lage fomy a Pegonal op gg washing in the roam» Serpe eee al a q Gnas (cst sped) crt Sd, LI a] woking bem ~ se SOME SOLUTIONS (ask Forme occupants’ wisués) won Pes goon mite snes yom, | re macs ar | { [4-0 N ‘ | [ere sce \ SS cnpeee| amg q LD nase suv <2 g AUEL PER BED 450M 650 n* WALL PERIMETER, 46.80 MN S500ACTIVITIES LAY-OOT 4. KITCHEN + storat + Pe a cbystore woe era WERIEE GREA: 050/070 1° Ae PLACE 2 Ld idle Lp tivities o. 2 arid De re pollen Y prog per, g ope Be peipgent peed / fr ‘er te ‘Whe, Wiig? \25. 27016 Bown a self-service = waiter-service + Mpulli-purpase space seep ag” tof aconedtion ‘alee A = shower -wasbasin fle te dining room and and be be Liber abher, consi robles Pana and insightiy view + provide: wash basin in clning ronakle partbions oe Prue dhision 2i] ACIWITIE S WYFORMATION povsion Fa cornen Teor & + hostel _cccepants Bousion of common asenbly lecture, py Bg ee ate reading, stuaying playt lag nzaran| Gree 08 CONNON ADDS v +08 Ge chning-reon as common rom , qotside communi +7 common rooms, provide : “soctal events such > yovable partitions for Leckire, Heat! ‘oll weddings i material, Janda stage z nenagh fite ents THESE SPACES ARE EXPE/%S/ Wt ee Oe Me PR aaa | CL LD I TES ay Catal adon't & oy bet provide access shaleonies can be individual or SaEATERMAL fo siya IPS AREAS Z 27M geeINFORPATION 4. ZOLETS consider Lye location of he et be tl (ele Bes, foes, Sere) away Ge ene Zhoerfoter’ *) «provide ., ade fe wctler tll D ‘sit. ons a Lore for clea! npaterial bree, se heal enbbepenchic debe anced ofa good beel of imran, venTuaTeD weby ce coWugoRMAX. AREA 15-20% JOF THe 62035, ADEA [| + nelationship between DATA - INFORMATION spaces'and ba The | at St | lig fe corrialr dable bark ie Lye and gees caridas wider circulation for Service stairs iti ae X mins 2507 atX =x been =e ramp Le slope £1 018 |, consider |, andl for hard- zation capped expands ase tn floods Sen-goon when local ghgponcine data are 6, roenming| bed, euailable, cae thar 07 preference era ‘woe Peas fate tobe’ ccdapled to the “aoe -copboard . clothes Tautease T grenen 2 dables ‘toh ferniture needs bo be bee, Hes brates Ess my be finally « fables cond yt Bags jbl. ‘eeDHANKUTA - NEPAL GIRLS = HOSTRL "BASEMENT | 6eourID FLOR SECTION FiRST FLOOR FRST FulOR__ be 330 350 350 B30DHANKUTA* —_DACCA (18 places) —_ (50 places) data! |p date ed rea _{ area | areal dren 20840 506.50] 290 Beagoons 6540 wn\| 337 ToKETs 200 22.40 | 045 AITCHER 2178 32.06 | 0.62 rane Bue 50.95 | 0.58 conan spe | 42.5% 3033 | 096 SmarF 7 73.89 sires sick Roar x 47 yerToey. * cursing Lyrnbey 766 | 749 crcusion [aa [on | erse| 055 STORE amo | a7 Se Doarwvra sosret 15 conpasea oF SEVERAL GUPPECENT BLOCKS, EMM SELF CONTHINED YpUONE 105 Own KiTepeH WD CotinoN [IMs goo. STQFE ‘fecopenation $D cpuriey sPyes ger LocgsED itt SeraeeE puuuines. 605 BH weardens reom | carn room Ling reary seccra F200. oaks parktion GIRLS HOSTEL at sas a 37s) 375 37 FURST Fume,REFERENCES Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security. Advisory Council on Child Care. Community ‘homes; design guide. London, H.M.S.0., 1971. 67 p. India. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, U.P. University hostels; planning considerations. Roorkee, U.P., 1969. 22 p. Neufert, Ernst. Architects’ data. London, Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1970. 354 p. Unesco. Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania, Bangkok, Design guide for secondary schools in Asia, by Xantharid Virochsiri. Bangkok, 1977. 72 p. (Educational Building Report no. §) FURTHER READING Unesco. Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania, Bangkok, Anthropometric data — collection and use, by D. Mooi}. Bangkok, 1973. 4p. (Educational Building Digest no. 3) . ———. Educational ergonomics. Bangkok, 1975. 9 p. (Educational Building Digest no. 6). ———. ———. Design against fire in schools, by G.J.A. van't Loo and W.A. Simpson, Bangkok, 1976? 12. (Educational Building Digest no. 7) ———. ——.. Sait buitding in earthquake areas, by D. Mooij. Bangkok, 1973, 10 p. (Educa- tional Building Digest no. 2). ———. ——.. Hostels for educational institutions ~ a design guide by R.O. Srivastava, T.N. Gupta, and V.K. Agarwal, Bangkok, 1979, 1 v. (various paging) (Educational Building Report no, 12), {in preparation) © Unesco 1978 Education in Asia end Oceania arn Building 920 Sukhumvit Rosd CPO. Box 1425 Bangkok, Thailand Unesco Regional Offic 0