The Kantana Film Institute is Shaded by a Sawtooth Brick Wall in Thailand

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/BANGKOK-PROJECT-COMPANY-LIMITED/140033656085759">The Bangkok Project Company</a> opted for a back-to-basics approach for their new film school in Thailand by building and shielding the building using brick - one of the country's most ubiquitous materials. <a href="http://www.cicc.chula.ac.th/en/news-event/149-news-20111227-2.html">The Kantana Institute</a> offers undergraduate programs in film and animation and is made mostly from brick and glass. The five different sections of the 2,000 square meter facility are wrapped around a verdant central courtyard or "interior forest" that encourages meditation, and the sawtooth brick wall offers protection against both sun and wind while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylighting">permitting sunlight</a> to penetrate through cutouts.

This $1 million dollar undergraduate school offers programs in film and animation

Located in Thailand, it features a stout red brick wall

It features five sections all organized around a central courtyard

The jagged brick wall forms columns and walkways - like a labyrinth

Students are encouraged to use the grassy courtyard as a space for meditation

Brick is a common material in Thailand

The facility is organized into five sections namely the library, lecture rooms, a workshop, an open-air canteen and administrative space

Stone was used for the outdoor walkways

Sunlight peers through cutouts in the brick wall

Natural light floods the library via skylights

The canteen area is open and breezy but sheltered

This diagram demonstrates the craftsmanship used to create the beautiful sawtoothed brick walls