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Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase' by Saup Szu

Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase' by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Tambaga in Desain Arsitektur, Bangunan, dan Struktur Competition Category.


TambagaArsitektur· 2023

Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase'

by Saup Szu

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

A' Design Award Tambaga Winner in Arsitektur Category

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The Design

About Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase'

Qutan iyanaritu pale'leng iyaseng dua tinggi untu' sikola ase' ri sala séddi kampong mabéla ri Cina yattengngang. Bangunang mabaru iyé natambahi eppa bili paggurué, séddi bili mabbaca, dua bili akkégiatengngé, sibawa dua kantoro' gurué ri laleng luas 570 météré pasagi. Ripatettong ri tana kosong ri seddé alauna kampusé, pale'lengngé pasisala'i lingkunganna sikolaé iya matennangngé sibawa lapangang kampongngé ri saliweng. Batu-batu iya rilappaé polé ri wiring salo' asalé nasessa dinding batué ri tinggi mammulangngé. Terali-terali pallinrungi tajangngé ri lawang wenniana sibawa arawana napakurangi cahaya matanna essoé ri wettu miyongé.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tambaga

Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase' iyanaritu pakoro A' Design Award Tambaga, pakalebbi iya malompo tongeng iya ripabbere ri desain luar biasa iya riissengngi nasaba kreativitas, kecerdikan sibawa ketajaman. Pakoro Tambaga iyanaritu artefak iya terampil sibawa mappabbura kreatif iya mappabbentuk pengalaman iya maega, imajinasi sibawa kecerdikan tau mabbuat. Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase' ripakkirangngi mancaji objek iya ripakalebbi, ripuji sibawa rirennu, profesional sibawa inovatif. Desain pakoro A' Design Award Tambaga iyae mappasilaong praktik tepat ri seni, sains, desain sibawa teknologi sibawa makessing nasaba perhatiannna ri detail. Qutan Pale'lengngi Sikola Ase' mappabbura kebutuhan makessing, mappakkela keinginan, mappabbentuk perasaan sibawa mappabbura rasa penasaran.

Behind the Design

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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

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