RAJINI SCHOOL
Rajini School or the Queen School was founded by Queen consort of King Rama V. In present, Rajini School, known as the boarding school of well-mannered ladies, has a long reputation of its excellent administration and standards, with curriculum focusing on arts and handicrafts, morality, and self-disciplines.
The project is the third branch of the school on the Bangprakong Riverside in Chachoengsao province. I was part of a team response to this project from day one to completed construction.
Besides doing research on modern education to design the learning space, I initiated my own user research using a video recorded in the special event of Rajini school’s 111th anniversary which interviews the school alumni about their time and impressive moments in the school. The interviewer allows the informants to talk freely with their peers and let things flow from their memory. By listening carefully, I grouped the keywords and terms they used in common and formed a taxonomy diagram of the school’s characters, the needs, and potential activities, based on the account of 142 informants, ranging from the batch of 1942(RJ38) to 2011(RJ107).
The interview also contained some clues about the lifestyle issues that used to happen due to the old school’s design. Nevertheless, as the information was from a varied point in time, between 1942 and 2011, some regulations, designs, and customs had already been changed. To confirm, I cross checked the information and spatial needs with the teacher team of the new school before implement.
Even though this research was conducted unofficially, it triggered series of discussion on users needs which had not mentioned in client’s first design brief. All aspects derived from the research was applied to design alternatives and most of them were used in final design.
The project is the third branch of the school on the Bangprakong Riverside in Chachoengsao province. I was part of a team response to this project from day one to completed construction.
Besides doing research on modern education to design the learning space, I initiated my own user research using a video recorded in the special event of Rajini school’s 111th anniversary which interviews the school alumni about their time and impressive moments in the school. The interviewer allows the informants to talk freely with their peers and let things flow from their memory. By listening carefully, I grouped the keywords and terms they used in common and formed a taxonomy diagram of the school’s characters, the needs, and potential activities, based on the account of 142 informants, ranging from the batch of 1942(RJ38) to 2011(RJ107).
The interview also contained some clues about the lifestyle issues that used to happen due to the old school’s design. Nevertheless, as the information was from a varied point in time, between 1942 and 2011, some regulations, designs, and customs had already been changed. To confirm, I cross checked the information and spatial needs with the teacher team of the new school before implement.
Even though this research was conducted unofficially, it triggered series of discussion on users needs which had not mentioned in client’s first design brief. All aspects derived from the research was applied to design alternatives and most of them were used in final design.
