Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية in تصميم العمارة والمباني والهياكل Competition Category.

برونزالعمارة· 2023

Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية

by Saup Szu

Client: The Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University

جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية Winner in العمارة Category

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The Design

About Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية

"قوتان" هي توسعة من طابقين لمدرسة ابتدائية في قرية نائية جنوبي الصين. يضيف المبنى الجديد أربع قاعات دراسية، وقاعة مطالعة واحدة، وقاعتين للأنشطة، ومكتبين للمعلمين ضمن مساحة تبلغ 570 متراً مربعاً. وإذ يقع المبنى على قطعة أرض شاغرة في الجانب الشرقي من الحرم المدرسي، فإن التوسعة تفصل ساحات المدرسة الهادئة عن ساحة القرية في الخارج. وقد شُكِّلت جدران الطابق الأول الحجرية من حصى مجموع من مجاري الأنهار المحلية، بينما تعمل المشربيات المظللة على الواجهتين الشرقية والغربية على تخفيف أشعة الشمس الصيفية.

The Recognition

About the جائزة A' Design Award البرونزية

Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية هو فائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية، وهي تقدير رفيع المكانة يُمنح للتصاميم المتميزة التي تتسم بالإبداع والبراعة وحدة الذكاء. والفائزون بالبرونزية مصنوعات بارعة بوفرة ومبدعة بصورة لافتة، تؤكد الخبرة الواسعة والخيال وسعة الحيلة لدى مصمميها. ويُتوقع أن يكون Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية قطعة عالية التقدير ومحل إعجاب وحب، شديدة الاحترافية والابتكار. وهذا التصميم الفائز بجائزة A' Design Award البرونزية يتبنى أفضل الممارسات في الفن والعلم والتصميم والتكنولوجيا، ويتميز بعنايته بالتفاصيل. ويلبّي Qutan توسعة مدرسة ابتدائية الاحتياجات على أفضل وجه، ويلامس الرغبات، ويأسر المشاعر، ويستثير الفضول.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design team embedded the new two-story building on the vacant lot on the east side of the school campus to divide the school space into internal and external parts. By doing so, the quietness inside the school can be ensured, and the Central Small Square outside is turned into an extension and transition of the village's communal space. The corridor running through the middle of the new building forms a circulation route and also shows the application of traditional architectural space form.
Dimensions & Packaging: Project area: 570 square meters
Type: School
Tags: School, traditional architectural, cobbles, pitched roof, Qutan Village
Production Technology: The newly added building's first-floor walls combined masonry technique and cobbles commonly found in local riverbeds. The wall construction methods inherited local architectural traditions. What's more, to block sunlight in summer and strengthen the comfort of spatial use, sun-shading grilles were installed on the east and west exteriors of the newly added building, and the width of the west corridor was expanded to offer more activity space to children.
Design Challenge: Qutan Primary School originally comprised a two-story teaching building in the north and a single-story auxiliary building in the south, with an activity venue in the middle. Since the existing layout blurred the boundary between the school and the village's public space, the school space lacked a sense of belonging. Meanwhile, cars from outside the village often parked at will on the open area where the school's east entrance is located, which brought potential safety hazards.
Research: The project is located in Qutan, a remote village in southern China. To improve learning conditions, retain more children to study in local primary school, and avoid the separation between them and their parents, Qutan Village Committee decided to use the funds donated by the society to extend the existing campus of Qutan Primary School by adding a two-story building that accommodates four classrooms, one reading room, two activity rooms, and two teachers' offices.
Inspiration: The new architecture learned from the wisdom of local traditional buildings to adapt to the climate, and adopted cobbles, a typical local material of Qutan, to construct masonry walls. The project's completion has expanded the students' learning space, satisfied their need for a nearby school, and created a safer school environment with a sense of belonging. And it has also established an architectural paradigm reflecting Qutan's architectural traditions.
Project Duration: Location: Qutan Village, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China
Design start date: 2021.05
Design end date: 2020.07
Operation Flow: The project is located in Qutan, a remote village in southern China. The brief is extending the existing campus of Qutan Primary School by adding a two-story building that accommodates four classrooms, one reading room, two activity rooms, and two teachers' offices. The project's completion has expanded the students' learning space, satisfied their need for a nearby school, and also established an architectural paradigm reflecting Qutan's architectural traditions.
Team Members: Zhong Botao
Zhong Dekun
Zhong Zhong
Xiong Yonghui
Xing Canqiu
Zhang Yixiang
Image Credits: Image copyright: Ding Xia