Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej by Saup Szu

Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award in Projektowanie Architektury, Budynków i Konstrukcji Competition Category.

BrązowaArchitektura· 2023

Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej

by Saup Szu

Client: The Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University

Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Architektura Category

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The Design

About Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej

Qutan to dwupiętrowa rozbudowa szkoły podstawowej w odległej wiosce w południowych Chinach. Nowy budynek dodaje cztery sale lekcyjne, jedną czytelnię, dwie sale zajęć dodatkowych oraz dwa pokoje nauczycielskie w obrębie powierzchni 570 metrów kwadratowych. Umieszczona na niezabudowanej działce po wschodniej stronie kampusu, rozbudowa oddziela ciche tereny szkolne od wiejskiego placu na zewnątrz. Otoczaki zebrane z lokalnych koryt rzecznych tworzą murowane ściany parteru. Osłony przeciwsłoneczne na fasadach wschodniej i zachodniej ograniczają nasłonecznienie latem.

The Recognition

About the Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award

Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej to laureat Brązowej Nagrody A' Design Award, wysoce prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego znakomitym projektom wyróżniającym się kreatywnością, pomysłowością i przenikliwością. Laureaci Brązowej Nagrody to w pełni utalentowane i uderzająco twórcze artefakty, które poświadczają ogromne doświadczenie, wyobraźnię i zaradność ich twórców. Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu przedmiotem, który jest wyjątkowo profesjonalny i innowacyjny. Ten projekt nagrodzony Brązową Nagrodą A' Design Award łączy najlepsze praktyki w sztuce, nauce, designie i technologii oraz jest doskonały dzięki dbałości o szczegóły. Qutan Rozbudowa Szkoły Podstawowej znakomicie zaspokaja potrzeby, porusza pragnienia, czaruje uczucia i przemawia do ciekawości.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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