READING GARDEN — Ejisu (Ashanti Region | 2022 | Academic)
The Reading Garden is architecture as a carbon sink, classroom, and refuge. Proposed at the heart of Ejisu Senior High Technical School, it answers two linked crises: ecological depletion (heat, biodiversity loss) and the weakening of hands-on agricultural learning. The garden becomes a living archive—where students study under shade, observe habitats, and experience environmental literacy as something physical and daily. Formally, the structures borrow from the intelligence of nests and hives: not as literal imitation, but as a reminder that “building” can also mean sheltering a wider ecology.
Design moves
Landscape as infrastructure: shade, soil protection, and flood-resilient paths.
Biomimetic cues (hives/nests) translated into spatial rhythm and protective enclosure.
Daylight control via lightweight, reflective elements to keep outdoor learning comfortable
