Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị by Saup Szu

Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.

BronzỤlọ Owu· 2023

Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị

by Saup Szu

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

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category

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The Design

About Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị

Qutan bụ ụlọ nwere ogo abụọ e tinyere na ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị dị na obodo dịpụrụ adịpụ n'ebe ndịda China. Ụlọ ọhụrụ a na-agbakwunye ọnụ ụlọ akwụkwọ anọ, otu ọnụ ụlọ ọgụgụ, ọnụ ụlọ mmemme abụọ na ọfịs ndị nkuzi abụọ n'ime mpaghara nke dị mita kwụ ọtọ 570. Ebe e wuru ya n'ala tọgbọrọ chakoo dị n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ogige ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ, ntinye a na-ekewapụ ogige ụlọ akwụkwọ dị jụụ site na saịtị obodo dị n'èzí. Okwute e si n'osimiri obodo achịkọta wuru mgbidi nkume nke ogo mbụ. Ihe mgbochi anwụ nwere oghere dị n'ihu ụlọ akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ na akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ na-ebelata ọkụ anwụ n'oge okpomọkụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Qutan Ntinye Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Praịmarị na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

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