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Hi Ladders High Padiljun by Hao Li

Hi Ladders High Padiljun by Hao Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż in Disinn tal-Arkitettura, Bini u Strutturi Competition Category.


BronżArkitettura· 2020

Hi Ladders High Padiljun

by Hao Li

Client: Program SPARK

Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż Winner in Arkitettura Category

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The Design

About Hi Ladders High Padiljun

Hi Ladders High huwa padiljun mibni f'kamp tas-sajf ta' skola primarja fil-Kontea ta' Luotian, il-Provinċja ta' Hubei, iċ-Ċina. L-istruttura tikkonsisti minn għoxrin sellum tal-injam indipendenti maqtugħa u llustrati minn arżnu Ċiniż. Kull sellum huwa stabbli u għandu angolu ta' inklinazzjoni li jista' jiġi aġġustat, u b'hekk huma possibbli ħafna kombinazzjonijiet spazjali. Tfal mingħajr taħriġ arkitettoniku ħadu sehem fil-proċess kollu tad-disinn u l-kostruzzjoni. Oġġetti komuni tal-kampanja, bħal sellummijiet, tvalji trasparenti u kartun, ingħataw funzjonijiet ġodda. Il-padiljun joffri post miftuħ għal-logħob u avvenimenti tal-kamp.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż

Hi Ladders High Padiljun huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Hi Ladders High Padiljun ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Hi Ladders High Padiljun jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Hi Ladders High is a non-profit project launched in the summer of 2018. In the Summer Camp of Tanghe Primary School in Luotian County, Hubei Province, One Take Architects and college volunteers, together with left-behind children designed and built this pavilion.
Kid without professional architectural training could be involved in the whole process of designing and building, which is what we call 'an indeterminate participatory open ended situation'.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 5600mm x Depth 10500mm x Height 2900mm
Tags
Education, Open-Source, Low-tech, Low-cost, Non-profit
Production Technology
The architects and children collectively made Hi Ladders High into a stage for a three-act space drama where events such as a carnival or camp closing ceremony take place. The children interact with Hi Ladders High not only by playing games in the structure, but also by making changes to it through their creation.
As an indeterminate building, the blank part of Hi Ladders High can only be filled by its users, that is, the children of the construction camp. The children proposed over a dozen ideas for Hi Ladders High. One of them even sketched 15 designs all by himself.
Design Challenge
Kids designed and built those pavilion all by themselves. The most important thing is safety. The cost was only 1000 dollars. All the main materials for Hi Ladders High are objects common in the country, such as wooden ladders, transparent tablecloths and cardboards. But this time, these common objects are given completely different functions through their construction.
Research
Reyner Banham proposed the concept of 'an indeterminate participatory open ended situation' in which you could create space suited to what you are going to do next. As a relatively stable open-ended structure, Hi Ladders High provides a place of variable spatial forms. Without preset functions, it could trigger or respond to events happening inside. It changes in indeterminate ways over time, continually manifesting new properties.
Inspiration
In recent years, lots of kids in mountain villages are left behind to their older grandparents. They are called left-behind children. Architects want to use architecture as a medium to help children grow, and show a new world to kids - working in factory is not the only choice in the future.
Hi Ladders High was set up to provides a place of variable spatial forms, it could be designed and built all by kids. Common things such as wooden ladders, transparent tablecloths are given completely different functions through their construction. Therefore, the children have the chance to view them from a brand-new perspective, and try to be an architect or artist.
Project Duration
Tanghe Primary School in Luotian County, Hubei Province, China
Operation Flow
Hi Ladders High consists of twenty independent wooden ladders. This kind of ladder is one of the most common and easily accessible tools in China’s rural areas. Its main body is cut or polished from China fir. Since each ladder has a completely independent and relatively stable structure with a highly adjustable angle of inclination, these ladders present plenty of possibilities of spatial combination. Even children without professional architectural training could be involved in the whole process of designing and building.
Team Members
Wang Xiaoyang
Kang Wei
Zhou Xueer
Cai Xinyuan

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