Global Indian International School
GIIS, or Global Indian International School, is a school of the future based in Singapore. Through our research, we realized that we need to breathe soul into a school full of technology and create a warm and inviting space for students. At the same time, it imparts knowledge and brings in a sense of nostalgia to the parents.
We redesigned a total of 12 floors and a visitor center using a series of artworks as well as installations.
Space Design
Timeline
1 Year
Region
Singapore
My Role
Ideation
Strategy Consulting
Facilitation
Tools & Activities
Design Sprints
Miro
Team
Chlorophyll innovation lab team
The Process
Create future-ready citizens and focus on the child's holistic development. Impart a culture of learning without boundaries.
Creating a school of the future for the borderless world of tomorrow by dissolving physical and mental boundaries.
Marry ideas, themes, and designs from different aspects. Highlight that real education opens a student’s mind to apply knowledge uniquely.
Exploration Area
Communicate the uniqueness of the school via the visitor center.
Highlight GIIS's differentiation elements in a creative manner throughout the school.
The Final Brief
We started with understanding the various educational frameworks. Used forecasting to set up future scenarios for students and skills they would need for ‘Jobs of the future’. Post this we conducted a design sprint bringing in graphic and space designers, ethnographers, curriculum designers, architects, brand strategists, hardware engineer, and an anthropologist to shape the fundamentals of how education should be imparted, discuss insights pertaining to child and parents psyche as well as space design principles when dealing with students.
Research & Synthesis
Over two days and six mini sprints the following aspects were covered:
Child and parent personas
Cross-connecting academics and extracurriculars
Mood mapping for the visitor center
Themes for the visitor center and the P+S floors
Creative routes for the visitor center
Unique floor plan ideas for primary and secondary wings
130+ installation and unique art ideas
Ideas to integrate brand philosophy and 9GEMS in design
Output
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