The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ by Yuchen Qiu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ in ການອອກແບບສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳ, ອາຄານ ແລະ ໂຄງສ້າງ Competition Category.
ທອງສຳລິດສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳ· 2026
The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ
by Yuchen Qiu
Client: Studio Liminal
A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ Winner in ສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກຳ Category
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The Design
About The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ
The Weave ແມ່ນອາຄານການສຶກສາທີ່ສ້າງຂຶ້ນຜ່ານການນຳໃຊ້ຄືນແບບປັບປ່ຽນຂອງໂຮງຮຽນລັດກໍ່ອິດແບບຜັງຮູບຕົວ H ໃນນະຄອນນິວຢອກ ສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ. ສ່ວນເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ກາງຖືກຮື້ອອກ ແລະ ແທນທີ່ດ້ວຍຫ້ອງໂຖງກາງ (atrium) ທີ່ສ້າງຈາກໄມ້ມະຫາຊົນ (mass timber) ແລະ ແກ້ວທາດເຫຼັກຕ່ຳ ເຊິ່ງກໍ່ຕັ້ງເປັນພື້ນທີ່ການຮຽນຮູ້ຮ່ວມກັນ. ການຮຽນຮູ້ຖືກຈັດເປັນວົງຈອນຂອງການສອນ ການຝຶກປະຕິບັດ ແລະ ການສົນທະນາ ຫຼື ການສະທ້ອນຄິດ. ພື້ນທີ່ຮ່ວມນີ້ເຊື່ອມໂຍງຮູບແບບເຫຼົ່ານີ້ດ້ວຍເສັ້ນທາງສັນຈອນທີ່ເບິ່ງເຫັນໄດ້ ຂອບພື້ນທີ່ສຳລັບການສຶກສາ ແລະ ຂັ້ນໄດສຳລັບການເຕົ້າໂຮມ. ແສງທຳມະຊາດ ແລະ ການວາງທິດທາງທີ່ຊັດເຈນຊ່ວຍໃນການໃຊ້ງານປະຈຳວັນ. ການນຳໃຊ້ຄືນຂອງໂຄງກໍ່ອິດເດີມ ແລະ ການກໍ່ສ້າງດ້ວຍໄມ້ຊ່ວຍຫຼຸດຜ່ອນຄາບອນສະສົມ ແລະ ສິ່ງເສດເຫຼືອຈາກການກໍ່ສ້າງ.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ
The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ ແມ່ນຜູ້ຊະນະ A' Design Award ລະດັບທອງສຳລິດ ເຊິ່ງເປັນການຍອມຮັບທີ່ມີກຽດສູງສຳລັບການອອກແບບທີ່ໂດດເດັ່ນ ເຊິ່ງມີລັກສະນະເດັ່ນດ້ວຍຄວາມຄິດສ້າງສັນ ຄວາມຫຼັກແຫຼມ ແລະ ຄວາມຄົມຄາຍ. ຜູ້ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດແມ່ນຜົນງານທີ່ມີທັກສະພຽງພໍ ແລະ ສ້າງສັນຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ ທີ່ຢືນຢັນປະສົບການອັນກວ້າງຂວາງ ຈິນຕະນາການ ແລະ ຄວາມສາມາດຂອງຜູ້ອອກແບບ. The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ ຖືກຄາດວ່າຈະເປັນສິ່ງຂອງທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຍົກຍ້ອງສູງ ໜ້າຊົມເຊີຍ ແລະ ເປັນທີ່ຮັກແພງ ທີ່ເປັນມືອາຊີບ ແລະ ມີນະວັດຕະກຳຢ່າງໂດດເດັ່ນ. ການອອກແບບທີ່ຊະນະລະດັບທອງສຳລິດນີ້ນຳໃຊ້ວິທີປະຕິບັດທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນດ້ານສິລະປະ ວິທະຍາສາດ ການອອກແບບ ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ ແລະ ດີເລີດໃນການເອົາໃຈໃສ່ລາຍລະອຽດ. The Weave ອາຄານການສຶກສາ ຕອບສະໜອງຄວາມຕ້ອງການຢ່າງດີເລີດ ສຳຜັດຄວາມປາດຖະໜາ ດຶງດູດຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກ ແລະ ກະຕຸ້ນຄວາມຢາກຮູ້ຢາກເຫັນ.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Adaptive reuse of a New York City H-plan masonry public school. The central connector is removed and replaced with a mass timber and low iron glass atrium that organizes the School of Methodology, where learning cycles through instruction, practice, and discussion or reflection. The new commons weaves these modes into a visible shared heart, increasing daylight, orientation, and flexible study and gathering space while reuse and timber reduce embodied carbon and construction waste.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Selective demolition of the existing connector enables a prefabricated mass-timber (GLT/CLT) frame inserted within the retained masonry shell. New low-iron curtain wall integrates with timber nodes. Assembly is conceived as a dry, bolted system for fast erection and disassembly. Reuse of the existing structure and timber construction reduce embodied carbon and site waste.
- Tags
- Adaptive Reuse, Educational Architecture, Mass Timber, Low-Carbon Design, Daylighting, Learning Commons, Embodied Carbon, Passive Strategies, Glass Atrium, Healthy Materials
- Production Technology
- The intervention is conceived as a prefabricated mass timber structure integrated with the retained masonry building. Glulam columns and beams support CLT floor and roof panels, connected with bolted steel plates for dry assembly. A low iron insulated glass facade ties the new atrium to the existing wings. Reusing the shell and using timber reduces embodied carbon, site waste, and disruption.
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge was inserting a contemporary commons into a heavy masonry H-plan while keeping the original building legible and improving sustainability. The proposal had to balance selective demolition, structural feasibility, and code-driven circulation with daylight, thermal comfort, and long-term adaptability. Achieving a light, transparent intervention without increasing energy demand required careful sectional iteration.
- Research
- Research examined how an H-plan school can support learning through instruction, practice, and reflection while improving environmental performance through reuse. Methods included precedent study, movement/adjacency diagrams, daylight and visibility mapping, and iterative sectional/structural studies. The resulting strategy replaces the central connector with a mass-timber and glass commons that increases shared space, legibility, and low-energy flexibility.
- Inspiration
- The project was motivated by two goals: strengthen the learning cycle of instruction, practice, and reflection, and extend the life of a durable public school building through reuse. Typical H-plan schools separate activities into wings with weak shared space. A transparent mass timber commons in the former connector creates a social and academic heart, improves daylight and comfort, and supports long term adaptability with lower environmental impact.
- Project Duration
- New York City, USA. Adaptive reuse proposal for an existing H-plan public school building, emphasizing reuse of the masonry shell and a low-carbon mass-timber intervention.
- Operation Flow
- The school is organized around three learning modes, instruction, practice, and discussion or reflection, connected by a shared atrium. Daily circulation becomes a learning loop with study balconies, library niches, and informal steps for gathering. Transparent edges support supervision and collaboration, while flexible furniture allows spaces to shift from quiet study to group discussion and exhibitions. Daylight and passive visibility reduce reliance on artificial lighting and support a healthy, low energy environment.
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