Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Bronze in Arkitektur-, Bygnings- og Konstruktionsdesign Competition Category.
BronzeArkitektur· 2023
Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole
by Saup Szu
Client: The Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Arkitektur Category
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About Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole
Qutan er en tilbygning i to etager til en grundskole i en afsidesliggende landsby i det sydlige Kina. Den nye bygning tilføjer fire klasseværelser, et læselokale, to aktivitetsrum og to lærerværelser inden for et areal på 570 kvadratmeter. Placeret på en ubebygget grund på østsiden af skolens område adskiller tilbygningen skolens rolige areal fra landsbyens torv udenfor. Rullesten indsamlet fra lokale flodlejer danner murværket på første sal. Solafskærmende gitre på øst- og vestfacaderne reducerer sommerens sollys.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Qutan Skoleudvidelse for grundskole tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
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
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