Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua by Gad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
KouraWaihanga· 2020
Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua
by Gad
Client: Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Real Estate Development Co.Ltd
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Waihanga Category
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The Design
About Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua
He kura tuarua a Nankai LiangJiang i hangaia ki Chongqing, Haina. I whakamaheretia te papā kura ki te ariā tekau meneti, kia taea ai e ngā ākonga te neke i waenga i ngā wāhi i roto i te tekau meneti i te wā o tō rātou rārangi mahi kōpiri o ia rā. He hanganga porowhita te whare matua, e 200 mita te whānui, ā, i hangaia ki te anga rino kua oti kē te whakarite i mua. Kei roto ngā akomanga, ngā tari, tētahi whare pukapuka, tētahi hōro pūtaiao, tētahi whare tapere me tētahi whare taonga o te kura. Mā ngā papa konumohe kua pokapokaina e whakaiti te kōhinuhinu o te mārama, ā, mā tētahi tukutuku rino tātai whakariterite e hanga tētahi tuanui ngaru hei whakangāwari i te rā me te ua.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Nankai LiangJiang Kura Tuarua i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Chongqing Nankai LiangJiang Secondary School is centered around a highly efficient idea of a 10-minute campus, where the time for students to circulate and rotate during a compact daily curriculum can be achieved within 10 minutes. A forest is grown within the main building, forming mountains and valleys thanks to the natural topography. Efficiency and curiosity coexist.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 109000.0 square meters
- Tags
- Educational Architecture, Circular, Topography, Efficiency, Innovation, Ecological, Vibrant
- Production Technology
- The main building is constructed in pre-fabricated steel structure. Its external perforated aluminum panels are to reduce the effect of glare. A network of steel lattice is designed using parametric methods, forming an undulating roof to moderate sunlight and rain. Through the constant interplay of light and shadow, the students are immersed within an ever-changing environment.
- Design Challenge
- The basis of the design moves away from the traditional and conventional homogeneous Chinese school layout, where relatively small block buildings are placed around the campus. Instead, architects boldly chose to combine them into one complex yet efficient structure. True creativity demands the courage to depart conventions, and the academic vigor to scrutinize traditions. Both the client and the architects stood together during the project, to face countless obstacles along the way.
- Research
- The design succeeded not only in arranging the numerous complex programs and spaces in a most efficient way, but also in bringing nature, i.e elements of forest, valley and agricultural fields, into the lives of the students, allowing them to be exposed to knowledge in all different spectrum. Spatial volumes in various heights, natural atmospheric environments in varying topographies, all serve to create a diverse campus, where architectural structures, sporting facilities, ecological grounds, and natural gardens intertwine.
- Inspiration
- Chongqing Nankai LiangJiang Secondary School embodies the open and well-rounded educational idea. The crucial design approach is to integrate its unique educational thinking with the site, and to maximize its spatial efficiency to bring together a pleasantly balanced campus.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2016 and finished in September 2018 in Chongqing, China.
- Operation Flow
- The main building for the campus is a circular structure measured 200 meters in diameter. Classrooms and multi-functional spaces such as offices, a library, a science hall, a theatre and a school museum are arranged within. The living quarters, student dormitory, is located at the south end of the site, placed in accordance with the street and the land form.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to gad, 2019.
- Team Members
- Architects: gad
Construction Drawing Cooperation: China CMCU Engineering Corporation - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Shiromio Studio
Image #2: Photographer Shiromio Studio
Image #3: Photographer gad
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Image #5: Photographer gad
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