One campus, many ways to learn.
A school has to accommodate more than one way of learning.
Mahindra International School, established as Mercedes-Benz International School, was among the first in India to fully interpret the IB continuum. Within one campus, children move from the Early Years Programme, where learning begins through play, to Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma, where learning becomes increasingly independent, collaborative and specialised.
The challenge was not simply to create classrooms for different age groups. It was to allow the environment to change with the learner while maintaining a sense of continuity across the campus.
Beyond the classroom
The specialist spaces extend learning beyond the conventional classroom. Instruments line the walls of the music room. Books, paints, rhythm tools and other learning materials remain accessible. Partial partitions allow multiple language classrooms to operate simultaneously while maintaining acoustic focus. Retractable bleachers transform the music room from everyday teaching to rehearsal, listening and informal performance.
The Club
The Club provides another kind of learning environment. Its original colonnaded façade is retained while the interior becomes a flexible setting for clubs, informal gatherings and student-led events. A glazed table tennis pavilion activates one edge, keeping activity visible across the campus. Above, a tensile canopy shelters a secondary polycarbonate roof, creating a ventilated cavity that reduces heat gain and filters soft daylight into the spaces below.
Across the campus, the design does not prescribe how a student should learn. It creates places to choose, explore, collaborate, concentrate and grow.
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