Boxes and Yards 小学校 by Xiaoyi Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 建築・建物・構造物デザイン Competition Category.
鉄建築· 2021
Boxes and Yards 小学校
by Xiaoyi Ma
Client: Inclusive Architectural Practice
A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 建築 Category
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The Design
About Boxes and Yards 小学校
「Boxes and Yards（ボックスとヤード）」は、中国・北京市昌平区に位置する小学校である。延床面積29,098平方メートルを有し、2019年に竣工した。その配置計画は、従来の廊下と単一教室からなる構成に代えて、各学年のラウンジを中心とする学習コミュニティを採用している。図書館、体育館、食堂を収めたボックスを回転させて配置することで三角形の中庭が生まれ、自然採光と通風を建物内に導いている。多角形の室内空間は、柔軟に使える学習センターとして機能する。本建築はパッシブハウス基準に準拠し、メンテナンス性に優れた低維持管理材料を用いている。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鉄賞
Boxes and Yards 小学校は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Boxes and Yards 小学校は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Boxes and Yards 小学校は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A Story of Boxes and Yards showcases the first public school in China designed for Learning Anywhere Anytime, which breaks through the finger plan and cell plus bell classroom layout in a traditional school. It is also the first school building in Beijing built in accordance with Passive House Standards. Despite of tight budget, with a multi-dimensional, multi-center system of learning communities, this school with a history of a hundred years has turned into a School of 21st Century.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 29,098 square meters
- Tags
- Education, Public school, Passive House, Learner-centered, Eco-friendly
- Production Technology
- Although the wall finish is mostly latex paint due to tight budget, the building is dynamic and playful with rotated massing and spinning color blocks on walls and floors. The interior polygonal spaces, named as Hub of Intelligence, replacing corridors, serve as Lifestyle Center, Student Center, Makerspace, Cybercafe and other multipurpose learning centers for lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions, performances, and project-based learning, achieving Learning Anywhere, Anytime.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge came from the conflict of the tight budget and strict building code restrictions against the high expectation on transforming the school with a history of over 100 years to a genuine learner-centered School of the 21st Century. The design team have successfully chosen the most cost-effective, environmental friendly and low-maintenance materials and methods to turn the design intent to the best reality.
- Research
- The design team have fully implemented the methodology of learning communities to create a school for Learning Anywhere Anytime with a multi-dimensional and multi-center space system. Throughout the design process, the architectural concept was firmly rooted in the idea of education, and spatial layout was a priority over artificial forms. The design team was successful in creating a learning community that is highly versatile in its transparency, openness, interactivity and adaptability.
- Inspiration
- The learning community centered with a Grade Lounge constitutes the basic unit of space layout and provides a sense of home base, forming a series of boxes together with the library, gymnasium, canteen and other learning facilities. Triangular courtyards are created in between the rotated boxes, introducing ample natural light and ventilation inside. This generative design process, called as a Story of Boxes and Yards, has greatly enhanced openness and interactivity of learning spaces.
- Project Duration
- The Story of Boxes and Yards, with another name, Huang Cheng Gen Primary School Changping Campus, is located in Changping District of Beijing, China. The project construction was completed in 2019.
- Operation Flow
- The design team believes that design is an effective tool to make changes in education and future. Education philosophies such as multiple Intelligences by the famous educator Howard Gardener, Education as growth by John Dewey, and the best practice of small learning communities are well embedded in design. The school educators also embrace these concepts and complemented the work of designers with their visions and practice in education.
- Team Members
- Xiaoyi Ma
Pengfei Chen
Jiajia Wang
Yan Xia
Renzheng Zhu
Yang Ming
Xuejiao Zhou
Chaoyi Meng
Yue Zhao
Yue Wu
Jiequn Liang
Lei Bao - Image Credits
- Zhi Xia
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