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THNOUH SCHOOL

Thnouh School is a reinterpretation of a traditional Khmer stilt house. In the daytime, domestic routines and social gatherings occupies what is under the house on the ground floor. On the first floor, it is mostly bedrooms, private quarters used only in the evening and night time.

Thnouh School takes the archetypical form of a stilt house section and  horizontally stretched it along the site. With formal learning spaces on the first floor, informal breakout spaces on the ground floor, the project transposes the idea of a Khmer stilt house as a village school - reinterpreting a vernacular practice into a familiar space for learning in rural Takeo, Cambodia.

LOCATION
Thnouh Village, Takeo, Cambodia

COMPLETION
2015

TEAM
Project Little Dream
Anthony Chu, Francis Wong, Lam Long Tat, Ophenia Wong, Tiffany Leung, Alex Lau

PARTNERS
Tris Kee – Community Project Workshop, University of Hong Kong
Bunseng Sum – New Futures Organisation
Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd.

SPONSORS
Hong Kong Shun Lung Yan Chak Foundation
Nelson Chen Architects