Temporary Dormitories of Mae Tao Clinic

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  • Building Type : Student residence
  • Construction Year : 2013
  • Delivery year : 2013
  • Address 1 - street : 63110 MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND, Thailand
  • Climate zone : [Aw] Tropical Wet & Dry with dry winter.
  • Net Floor Area : 72 m2
  • Construction/refurbishment cost : 1 700 €
  • Number of Dwelling : 5 Dwelling
  • Cost/m2 : 23.61 €/m2

Proposed by :

  • Primary energy need
    10 kWhpe/m2.year
    (Calculation method : Other )
Energy consumption
Economical buildingBuilding
< 50A
A
51 à 90B
B
91 à 150C
C
151 à 230D
D
231 à 330E
E
331 à 450F
F
> 450G
G
Energy-intensive building
​The armed conflict that has persisted for decades in the Karen State of Myanmar results in a daily flow of refugees and immigrants to neighboring Thailand. In the Thai town of Mae Sot, a few kilometers from the Burmese border, numerous schools and orphanages offer accommodation and education for the refugees and immigrants. One of these Learning Canters,the CDC School (Children Development Center) under the tutelage of Mae Tao Clinic organization, hosts more than 800 students.
The lack of space, and in many cases, the need for immediate accommodation for new students has forced the School to present a new model of temporary low-cost dormitories that is easy to assemble and can be built by using as many recycled materials as possible.

The Embassy of Luxembourg in Bangkok funded the construction of four dormitories. The first of four dormitories was built in April 2012 within four weeks. With a space capacity of 25students, the building meets the Modus Vivendi by fitting into the local environment in which it is located. The interior layout ensures an open and airy space that offers semi-privacy and includes storage space for the students. The building materials used are locally available and well known to their users, thus allowing for easy maintenance and resulting in low maintenance costs.

The recycled timber used for the dormitories comes from old buildings in town that are carefully stripped and put aside by the demolition crew. The timber is polished, de-nailed, and saw down to size. Every timber frame is easy to disassemble and assemble again in a new location.

The quality of available timber, mainly teak, at the Thai-Burma border is told to be one of the best in the world. However, the price of the timber has risen by over 300% in the last few years due to the deforestation and the illegal trafficking along the border. Thus recycling timber has become popular among the local people in order to reduce the cost of the new buildings. Using timber as a main building material allows us to help preserve the traditional construction skills of the local people who are already very familiar with this material.

See more details about this project

 http://www.archdaily.com/499287/temporary-dormitories-a-gor-a-architects

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Contracting method

Other methods

Energy consumption

  • 10,00 kWhpe/m2.year
  • 10,00 kWhpe/m2.year

    • Other

Envelope performance

  • 1,00 W.m-2.K-1

Systems

    • No heating system
    • No domestic hot water system
    • No cooling system
    • Natural ventilation
    • No renewable energy systems

Urban environment

    The new dormitories are been build on the country side near the new Mae Tao Clinic Campus

Product

    Temporary Boarding House

    a.gor.a architects

    [email protected]

     http://www.agora-architects.com/

    Structural work / Carpentry, cover, titghtness

    The quality of available timber, mainly teak, at the Thai-Burma border is told to be one of the best in the world. However, the price of the timber has risen by over 300% in the last few years due to the deforestation and the illegal trafficking along the border. Thus recycling timber has become popular among the local people in order to reduce the cost of the new buildings. Using timber as a main building material allows us to help preserve the traditional construction skills of the local people who are already very familiar with this material.

    Recycled timber as a construction product is important in both raising industry and local community awareness towards deforestation and promoting more environmentally friendly practices.

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