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Ladakh learning: an idealistic school in the Himalayas aims to transform education for poor and remote people and be an example of sustainable building of the area.(Brief Article)

From: The Architectural Review  |  Date: 5/1/2002

SCHOOL, LADAHK, KASHMIR ARCHITECT

ARUP ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS

The Druk White Lotus School is part of the village of Shey, Ladakh in the upper Indus valley under the awesome arid slopes of the western Himalayas. At the moment, it consists of a nursery and an infants section, catering for 86 children in two classes, but it is expected to grow gradually to provide 800 places for three to 18 year-olds. Eventually, it will have 200 residential places for orphans and children from ...

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