This thesis sets to investigate the potentiality of education and spaces around the school for learning. The Malaysian education system has undergone a reformation in recent years but only towards the curriculum. What about the built environment? Maria Montessori’s theory that the built environment has the potential to become the ‘third teacher’ pushes the hypothesis for this project. Therefore, the project takes up an approach that is inspired by Aldo Van Eyck’s method of formulating play environments using minimalistic elements. Focusing mainly on the classroom spaces, play-based learning, and project-based learning will become the two methods for teaching and slowly transition from one to the other according to the student’s age growth.

Thesis Tutors

Mary Shepperson
Lucretia Ray
Luke Bushnell-Wye

Thesis VP

Peter Farall

Thesis Critcs

Helen Roberts
Neil Swanson
Josef Maria

Special Mentions

Massive thank you to my family and close friends who cheered from home, thousands of miles away, and my tutor, who pushes me forward each week with constructive criticism.