PRIMARY SCHOOL: PAVILLION PLAN

A deep plan with classrooms and resource areas each side of a circulation route with the hall positioned centrally. Characteristics (some shared with linear plan, below) include:
• All classrooms face roughly the same direction, preferably south-ish;
• Easy classroom access to local resource areas, toilets and cloakrooms;
• Direct pupil (and parent) access from playground to classrooms at each end of the day;
• Centrally positioned hall easily reached from all classrooms;
• Compact plan;
• Some exclusively internal spaces due to the deep plan;
• Extension may be less straight forward than with the other plans.

PRIMARY SCHOOL LINEA PLAN

 Classrooms are on one side of a circulation route with support spaces on the other. Hall and entrance are usually at one end of the classroom run. Characteristics include:
• All classrooms can have favourable orientation;
• A lower roof over smaller support rooms allows clerestory lighting and ventilation to back of classrooms;
• Easy classroom access to local resource areas, toilets and cloakrooms;
• Classrooms easily added if needed;
• Isolation of most used community spaces (e.g. hall) possible;
• Direct access to classrooms from playground at each end of the day;
• Building shape may result in long distances between classrooms and shared spaces such as hall.
PRIMARY SCHOOL: DEEP LINEA PLAN
 Classroom bases are on two sides of a shared circulation/ resource area; hall and entrance at one end of the block. Characteristics include:
• Easy classroom access to resource areas;
• Blurring of boundary between base and open areas;
• Direct pupil and parent access to classrooms;
• Wide central area can house varying group sizes;
• Isolation of community spaces as linear plan;
• Compact with less external wall to floor area than linear plan;
• One row of classrooms may have less favourable orientation;
• Getting daylight and ventilation to rear of classrooms may be more difficult;
• No external view from central areas.
 
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