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BFA Thesis - Analogue Orchard

"A multi-sensory and interactive Primary school in Australia called Analogue Orchard. This school minimizes the dominance of technology and helps foster the children’s cognitive development, creativity, and growth."

Thesis Introduction Video

Thesis Booklet

What is the issue?

Technology dependency is being seen in primary education worldwide, especially in Australia, which has one of the highest technology integration rates within primary schools.

This means students’ main mode of learning and exploration is through technology. This negatively affects children's cognitive development, as they are not gaining developmental skills such as memory, creativity, empathy, communication, motor abilities, and many more.

technology is a distraction in learning environments

Teachers said that students' focus has declined

decline in willingness to learn

- In a longitudinal study in Australia, they found that:

For Whom?

-Primary School Children, ages 6-10

-Grades 3 to 5

Where? Site Context

Sun Path

Wind Path/ Directions

Concept Development

- One of the best ways to see if a tree is growing is to look at its growth rings. Thus, these growth rings represent children’s cognitive development.

- These growth rings were then used as conceptual inspiration and abstracted to create various shapes and forms within the interior space.

Visual storyboard of children going through their day in Analogue Orchard Primary School.

Final spacial arrangement & Visualization

An important element to note is that two sides of the building are dedicated to different purposes. The left side is for free learning, and the right is for traditional learning. During my research, I found that one or the other is not enough; together, they create an optimal learning environment to aid children’s cognitive development.