The Druk White Lotus School is located in Shey, Ladakh, in northern India, and is known locally as the Druk Padma Karpo School. Karpo means White and Padma means Lotus in the local language Bodhi.
The school was started at the request of the people of Ladakh who wanted a school that would help maintain their rich cultural traditions, based on Tibetan Buddhism, while equipping their children for a life in the 21st century.
The masterplan and school buildings, designed by architects and engineers from Arup Associates and Ove Arup & Partners, combine local building techniques and materials with leading edge environmental design to make them effective in the extreme climate. In 2012, landscape architects from the School of Architecture, Design and Construction at the University of Greenwich began work on a landscape master plan and garden for the DWLS School.
The school offers a broad education, initially in the Ladakhi language and English. Residential blocks allow children from Ladakh's remote areas to attend, and a programme of sponsorship ensures that the poorest are not excluded. It is managed by the Druk Pema Karpo Educational Society and financed with money raised internationally.
Druk White Lotus/Padma Karpo school is being built in stages. The Nursery and Infant Courtyard opened in September 2001, and the Junior School in November 2004. Middle and Secondary School facilities were built year by year as funds permitted, with the last two secondary school classrooms completed in 2014. Additional facilities for residential students and the school are ongoing.
The school was featured in a 2007 episode of the PBS series Design e2,[1]Cisco Systems "Human Network" advertisement as well as the Aamir Khan movie 3 Idiots. The school was damaged in August 2010 when cloudbursts caused flash floods that washed mud and boulders into many school buildings.[2][3] The Bollywood star Aamir Khan made a special effort to lend a helping hand.[4]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Druk White Lotus School is located in Shey Ladakh in northern India and is known locally as the Druk Padma Karpo School Karpo means White and Padma means Lotus in the local language Bodhi Druk Padma Karpo SchoolLocationIndiaCoordinates34 04 28 N 77 38 40 E 34 07444 N 77 64444 E 34 07444 77 64444InformationTypePublicCampus typeRuralWebsitewww wbr dwls wbr orgThree children after morning roll call Contents 1 About 2 Founder patrons and supporters 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAbout editThe school was started at the request of the people of Ladakh who wanted a school that would help maintain their rich cultural traditions based on Tibetan Buddhism while equipping their children for a life in the 21st century The masterplan and school buildings designed by architects and engineers from Arup Associates and Ove Arup amp Partners combine local building techniques and materials with leading edge environmental design to make them effective in the extreme climate In 2012 landscape architects from the School of Architecture Design and Construction at the University of Greenwich began work on a landscape master plan and garden for the DWLS School The school offers a broad education initially in the Ladakhi language and English Residential blocks allow children from Ladakh s remote areas to attend and a programme of sponsorship ensures that the poorest are not excluded It is managed by the Druk Pema Karpo Educational Society and financed with money raised internationally Druk White Lotus Padma Karpo school is being built in stages The Nursery and Infant Courtyard opened in September 2001 and the Junior School in November 2004 Middle and Secondary School facilities were built year by year as funds permitted with the last two secondary school classrooms completed in 2014 Additional facilities for residential students and the school are ongoing The school was featured in a 2007 episode of the PBS series Design e2 1 Cisco Systems Human Network advertisement as well as the Aamir Khan movie 3 Idiots The school was damaged in August 2010 when cloudbursts caused flash floods that washed mud and boulders into many school buildings 2 3 The Bollywood star Aamir Khan made a special effort to lend a helping hand 4 Founder patrons and supporters edit nbsp The Gyalwang Drukpa the spiritual leader of LadakhFounder The Gyalwang DrukpaPatrons The 14th Dalai Lama The 2nd Thuksey RinpocheHonorary patrons Joanna Lumley OBE FRGS Richard Gere Dowager Countess Cawdor Viscount Cowdray and Viscountess CowdraySupporters The Yardbirds Donovan Peaks FoundationAwards edit nbsp Solar panels for generating electricity part of the school s award winning eco friendly architecture This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The International Architecture in Stone Award 2013 The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2012 for Best Sustainable Development Test of Time Environmental Award from the British Council for School Environments 2012 Design for Asia Grand Award 2009 Award for Inspiring Design International from the British Council for School Environments 2009 Australian National Association of Women in Construction 2005 Sinclair Knight Merz Award for Achievement in Development British Consultants and Construction Bureau International Expertise Awards 2003 Large Consultancy Firm of the Year 2003 Arup Associates World Architecture Awards 2002 Arup Associates Best Asian Building Best Education Building Best Green Building joint winner See also editTibetan Children s VillagesReferences edit http www tc pbs org e2 rss media 207 the druk white lotus school ladakh podcast mov Futuristic Buddhist school in Leh fights nature Aamir to its rescue Sify Archived from the original on 15 August 2010 Retrieved 9 August 2022 Arup associates Druk white lotus school hit by flash floods Archived from the original on 20 August 2010 Retrieved 25 August 2010 Rancho s school limps back to normalcy Deccan Herald Deccan Herald 11 August 2010 External links editThe Druk White Lotus School Arup Associates article on the school and its awards His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa school founder A Visionary School Takes Shape in the Himalaya by the University at Buffalo Cisco Systems Human Network microsite The Dragon Garden at the Druk White Lotus School Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Druk White Lotus School amp oldid 1149451134, wikipedia, wiki, 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