Green Evolution

  • Tatva School was conceived as an eco-friendly place of learning with a design that helps inculcate sensitivity to the environment.

  • A play of light and shadow that creates every changing art and makes school a magical place!

  • An entryway to a radically different way of learning!

  • A sweeping curve and interesting patterns that invite students to experience the joy of discovery! .

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  • The circle of life and learning! Form and textures come together to create a unique learning space.

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  • The "goal": repetitive patterns that form a rhythm – a key concept of the pedagogy of the school!

Tatva School, Polachery, Chennai

Built-up area: 50,000 SF on a 2.5 acre plot

Configuration: Currently Ground + 1 Floor / designed for Ground + 3 Floors

Year of Completion: 2021

Scope: Architecture

Summary: A earthy, eco-friendly building that enables the pedagogy of this Waldorf inspired school.

What makes this green?

Tatva School’s new campus consists of a circular  building designed to encompass a skating track. The building has been constructed using eco-–friendly materials such as unplastered hollow terracotta blocks, fly ash bricks and terracotta jaalis. The charming façade features repetitive patterns that form a rhythm – a key aspect of the school’s innovative pedagogy.