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APPLICATION TO BE ASSESSED

Repeat the classrooms without making the building uniform

Low-rise schools, classrooms, training centres and associated administrative buildings can benefit from a prepared, repetitive frame. Whether LSF is appropriate depends on the brief, the occupancy, the spans, the acoustics, the fire requirements and the expected level of robustness.

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UNDERSTANDING THE BRIEF

Distinguish the repetitive grids from the special spaces

Repetitive classrooms and offices

Recurring dimensions, openings, panels and service routes can be reused once approved.

Special spaces

Workshops, laboratories, multipurpose halls, large volumes or heavily serviced rooms call for their own reading of loads, spans and interfaces.

Circulation and transitions

Access, walkways, covered areas, stairs, evacuation and links with outdoor spaces structure the plan as much as the classrooms themselves.

Repetition becomes useful when it simplifies the preparation of the typical components while allowing the special spaces to receive the solution that suits them.

Design the phasing from the first building

  1. Initial core

    Settle the immediate requirements, the circulation, the main building services and the interfaces with the site.

  2. Successive blocks or wings

    Organise the repetitive types and the deliveries according to the areas actually available.

  3. Planned growth

    Anticipate the junctions, the provisions and the limits of extension where future growth is part of the brief.

Phasing is not a promise of automatic extension. Each stage remains subject to the applicable studies and approvals.

Daily use guides the technical choices

  • acoustics between classrooms and circulation
  • fire safety and evacuation
  • impact resistance and intensive use
  • accessibility
  • ventilation, solar shading and summer comfort
  • building services, teaching equipment and suspended loads
  • maintenance and repairability
  • large halls or spans that may require a hybrid solution

These requirements are addressed in the complete build-up of the building. The LSF frame provides a support to be coordinated, not an automatic performance.

Choose the prefabrication level or a broader scope

Panel Kit

It can reduce local structural assembly where the repetitive panels, transport and handling are well organised.

Structure Kit

It may be preferable where the contractor keeps assembly local or where logistics favour more compact transport.

Custom building project

We can study a broader scope around the frame depending on the work packages entrusted and the responsibilities on the project.

PREPARING THE STUDY

The data that makes it possible to assess the brief

Send the brief, the planned capacity and occupancy, the drawings, the floor areas, the storeys, the grids, the need for large halls, any special equipment, the location, the phasing and the contractual scope you are looking for.

Tell us about the repetitive spaces, the special spaces and the phasing envisaged.

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You can also write to us: commercial@algerialightsteel.com