Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Bronse in Arkitektur-, bygnings- og strukturdesign Competition Category.
BronseArkitektur· 2023
Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole
by Saup Szu
Client: The Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University
A' Design Award i Bronse Winner in Arkitektur Category
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About Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole
Qutan er en tilbygning i to etasjer til en barneskole i en avsidesliggende landsby i Sør-Kina. Den nye bygningen tilfører fire klasserom, ett leserom, to aktivitetsrom og to lærerkontorer innenfor et areal på 570 kvadratmeter. Plassert på en ubebygd tomt på østsiden av skoleområdet, skiller tilbygget det rolige skoleområdet fra landsbytorget utenfor. Rullestein samlet fra lokale elveleier danner murveggene i første etasje. Solavskjermende gitter på øst- og vestfasadene reduserer sommersollys.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronse
Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole er vinner av A' Design Award i Bronse, en høyt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles enestående design som utmerker seg ved kreativitet, oppfinnsomhet og skarpsindighet. Bronsevinnere er rikt dyktige og påfallende kreative gjenstander som bekrefter designernes store erfaring, fantasi og ressurssterkhet. Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole forventes å være en høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt gjenstand som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonell og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Bronse, rommer beste praksis innen kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi og utmerker seg ved sin omtanke for detaljer. Qutan Utvidelse av barneskole tilfredsstiller behov på en strålende måte, berører ønsker, sjarmerer følelser og vekker nysgjerrighet.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The design team embedded the new two-story building on the vacant lot on the east side of the school campus to divide the school space into internal and external parts. By doing so, the quietness inside the school can be ensured, and the Central Small Square outside is turned into an extension and transition of the village's communal space. The corridor running through the middle of the new building forms a circulation route and also shows the application of traditional architectural space form.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project area: 570 square meters
Type: School - Tags
- School, traditional architectural, cobbles, pitched roof, Qutan Village
- Production Technology
- The newly added building's first-floor walls combined masonry technique and cobbles commonly found in local riverbeds. The wall construction methods inherited local architectural traditions. What's more, to block sunlight in summer and strengthen the comfort of spatial use, sun-shading grilles were installed on the east and west exteriors of the newly added building, and the width of the west corridor was expanded to offer more activity space to children.
- Design Challenge
- Qutan Primary School originally comprised a two-story teaching building in the north and a single-story auxiliary building in the south, with an activity venue in the middle. Since the existing layout blurred the boundary between the school and the village's public space, the school space lacked a sense of belonging. Meanwhile, cars from outside the village often parked at will on the open area where the school's east entrance is located, which brought potential safety hazards.
- Research
- The project is located in Qutan, a remote village in southern China. To improve learning conditions, retain more children to study in local primary school, and avoid the separation between them and their parents, Qutan Village Committee decided to use the funds donated by the society to extend the existing campus of Qutan Primary School by adding a two-story building that accommodates four classrooms, one reading room, two activity rooms, and two teachers' offices.
- Inspiration
- The new architecture learned from the wisdom of local traditional buildings to adapt to the climate, and adopted cobbles, a typical local material of Qutan, to construct masonry walls. The project's completion has expanded the students' learning space, satisfied their need for a nearby school, and created a safer school environment with a sense of belonging. And it has also established an architectural paradigm reflecting Qutan's architectural traditions.
- Project Duration
- Location: Qutan Village, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, China
Design start date: 2021.05
Design end date: 2020.07 - Operation Flow
- The project is located in Qutan, a remote village in southern China. The brief is extending the existing campus of Qutan Primary School by adding a two-story building that accommodates four classrooms, one reading room, two activity rooms, and two teachers' offices. The project's completion has expanded the students' learning space, satisfied their need for a nearby school, and also established an architectural paradigm reflecting Qutan's architectural traditions.
- Team Members
- Zhong Botao
Zhong Dekun
Zhong Zhong
Xiong Yonghui
Xing Canqiu
Zhang Yixiang - Image Credits
- Image copyright: Ding Xia
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