“I Wanted To Make a Building About Space and Light and Community and Not About Design”
“我想建造一座关于空间、光线和社区的建筑，而不是设计”
At the The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School, Diana Kellogg draws on tradition to construct cutting-edge architecture for a changing world.
Rajkumari Ratnavati女子学校是一个建筑奇迹，由Diana Kellogg Architects的Diana Kellogg设计，并受CITTA委托，CITTA是一个非盈利组织，支持世界上一些经济最困难、地理位置偏远或边缘化社区的发展。Rajkumari Ratnavati女子学校将为400多名女孩提供服务，从幼儿园到10班，这些女孩生活在印度拉贾斯坦邦神秘的塔尔沙漠地区Jaisalmer的贫困区——那里的女性识字率仅达到32%。这所学校将是被称为吉安中心（GYAAN Center）的三座建筑群中的第一所。吉安中心还将包括梅达（Medha）——一个带有图书馆和博物馆的表演和艺术展览空间，以及一个妇女合作社，当地工匠将在那里教给母亲和其他妇女该地区的编织和刺绣技术。
The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School is an architectural marvel designed by Diana Kellogg of Diana Kellogg Architects and commissioned by CITTA, a non-profit organization that supports development in some of the most economically challenged, geographically remote or marginalized communities in the world. The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School will serve more than 400 girls, fromThe Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School is an architectural marvel designed by Diana Kellogg of Diana Kellogg Architects and commissioned by CITTA, a non-profit organization that supports development in some of the most economically challenged, geographically remote or marginalized communities in the world. The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School will serve more than 400 girls, from kindergarten to class 10, from below the poverty line residing in the mystic Thar Desert region of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, India — where female literacy barely touches 32%. The school will be the first in a complex of three buildings known as the GYAAN Center, which will also consist of The Medha – a performance and art exhibition space with a library and museum, and The Women’s Cooperative where local artisans will teach mothers and other women weaving and embroidery techniques from the region.
吉安中心将赋予妇女权力并教育她们，帮助她们为自己、家庭和社区建立经济独立。由于吉安中心是由一位女性为女性设计的，因此 Diana Kellogg 在开始设计过程时考虑了不同文化中的女性符号——特别是力量的符号，降落在一个由三个椭圆形组成的结构上，代表女性和无限的力量，并复制了贾萨尔默地区沙丘的平面。
The GYAAN Center will empower and educate women, helping them establish economic independence for themselves, their families, and their communities. Since the GYAAN Center is designed by a woman for women, Kellogg looked at feminine symbols across cultures when starting the design process — specifically symbols of strength, landing on a structure of three ovals to represent the power of femininity and infinity, as well as replicate the planes of the sand-dunes in the region of Jaisalmer.
Rajkumari Ratnavati女子学校完全由当地工匠手工雕刻的砂岩建成。对于 Diana Kellogg 来说，将社区纳入为社区打造的建筑中是至关重要的。使用当地材料建造基础设施有助于减少碳排放， Diana Kellogg 选择在屋顶上建造一个太阳能电池板顶棚，作为温度峰值接近120度的冷却系统。雨篷和jalis都能隔绝热量，椭圆形的结构也有助于带来可持续性，创造出一个气流冷却板。
吉安中心将为年轻女性提供进一步教育和独立的工具，并在全球范围内提高对印度妇女所面临问题的认识。
The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girl’s School is made entirely out of local hand-carved Jaisalmer sandstone by local craftsmen. It was vital to Kellogg to include the community in a building made for the community. Using local material to create infrastructure helped reduce carbon emissions, and Kellogg chose to build a solar panel canopy on the roof as a cooling system where temperatures peak close to 120 degrees. Both the canopy and jalis keep the heat out and the elliptical shape of the structure also helps bring aspects of sustainability creating a cooling panel of airflow.
The GYAAN Center will equip young women with the tools to further their education and independence as well as raise awareness surrounding the issues faced by women in India on a global scale.
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