The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga by Uad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
HiriwaWaihanga· 2022
The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga
by Uad
Client: The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Waihanga Category
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The Design
About The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga
He kāhui whare ako whare wānanga te North Teaching Cluster o Zjuic, kei runga i te tuaka waenga o te International Campus o Zhejiang University, kei te taha o te Roto o Juanhu i Haina. Ka hipoki te kāhui i te takiwā 53,000 mita tapawhā, ā, kei roto ko ngā whare e waru, pērā i te whare huihuinga, ngā ruma kauhau, he kura pakihi me tētahi whare whakahaere. He whare huihuinga porowhita te pūtahi, ā, ka whakaritea ngia ngā whare kē ki ngā taha e rua i runga i te hangarite. Ka honoa ngā whare katoa e ngā papa mānu me ngā ara mahiti. Ka whakakotahingia ngā mata pereki whero ki ngā pakitara ārai karaihe me ngā tuanui whakarewa.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko The North Teaching Cluster of Zjuic Primary Function: Kāhui Whare Ako Whare Wānanga he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The campus's overall planning and design is based on "1 axis, 2 circles, 3 centers, and 4 zones". The north teaching cluster is anchored at the central area of the campus's axis. The round auditorium serves as the core of the complex, and other single buildings on its two sides are symmetrically arranged. All buildings are interconnected through floating platforms and corridors, jointly reflecting the core concept of "Round Auditorium, Open Courtyards & Alleys".
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The design enhances the guidance, fluidity, openness and publicity of the building complex by bridging the site's north-south corridors and setting clear open spaces and routes. Along these routes, the linking nodes of the campus, including the fronts quare, central platform, lakeside leisure landscape, arched corridor, entrances and inner courtyards, can effectively promote the interaction and integration among varying building complexes and between different functional areas in the campus.
- Tags
- Round auditorium, open courtyards & alleys, organic space, subtly traditional, contemporary context
- Production Technology
- The design adds a sense of modernity, straightness, simplicity and transparency to the facades, by retaining the textures of red bricks, simplifying the skirtings and using modern building elements like glass curtain wall, steel-structured corridor, and metal roof. Chinese elements, such as Chinese-style brick patterns, wooden semi-pavilion stage, and glass arch printings, are also added the red-brick facades, thus forming a symphony of both the classic and modern, the Eastern and Western.
- Design Challenge
- (1) The north teaching cluster, as the central node on the campus's main axis, how to continue the campus's design concept and form a campus public center?
(2) The north teaching cluster, as the campus's public center, how to create publicity and openness while enhancing its connection with surroundings?
(3) As a part of International Campus of Zhejiang University, how does the north teaching cluster inherit and develop campus spaces and facade forms that are classic and modern, Eastern and Western? - Research
- The design is based on pondering on architectural styles of the East and West, the classical and modern, the distinctive identity of the teaching complex and its unity with the campus. In response to the overall British style, the architects studied Western architectural civilization and campus space prototype, and tried to emphasize the continuity of redbrick textures and tones. The team also integrated contemporary features, scales, and techniques into spatial organization and forms.
- Inspiration
- The International Campus of Zhejiang University (ZJUIC) locates beside Juanhu Lake, occupying a land of 800,000 squer meters with a GFA of 400,000 squer meters. Erecting on the campus's central axis and covering 53,000 squer meters or so, the north teaching cluster consists of 8 buildings such as auditorium, lecture halls, public teaching building, business school, administration building, and multi-functional hall. It's one of the campus's public hubs integrating campus culture, office, conferences and teaching activities.
- Project Duration
- Duration: March 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015
Location: North side of Juhu Lake, Haining City, Zhejiang Province, China - Operation Flow
- The design absorbs the forms of relevant spaces and facades worldwide. The square space outside the round auditorium is inspired by amphitheaters in ancient Rome, while the semi-enclosed seating area inside the auditorium draws on the spatial form of Harvard University. Based on traditional British-style redbrick exteriors, the building facades continue the architectural symbols of the old Zhijiang Campus of ZJU, evoking a resonance of the classical and modern, the Eastern and Western.
- Team Members
- Dong Danshen, Ye Changqing, Shi Guolei, Wang Xin, Hu Qin, Li Li
- Image Credits
- Zhao Qiang
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