Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos by Thad

Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos by Thad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Arquitetura, Edifícios e Estruturas Competition Category.

BronzeArquitetura· 2021

Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos

by Thad

Client: Thad

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Arquitetura Category

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The Design

About Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos

O Lakeshore Learning Center é uma cafeteria de campus e sala de estudos em Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. O projeto reformou dois edifícios inacabados que permaneceram por décadas no centro de um campus situado em um vale. As estruturas existentes foram preservadas e revestidas com painéis cerâmicos de tons claros e fachadas-cortina de vidro. Os beirais da cobertura e as peles duplas formam um sistema de sombreamento que melhora o ambiente interno. A vegetação existente foi mantida e as encostas íngremes da margem do lago foram transformadas em pequenas praças. A área construída é de 899 metros quadrados.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Lakeshore Learning Center Cafeteria do Campus, Sala de Estudos satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The project is about a campus area renovation. Located in a mountainous region, the Zhuhai campus of Beijing Normal University is a beautiful valley university. In the center of the campus, however, an area of two unfinished buildings had existed for decades, which was quite incompatible with the surrounding landscapes. The project renovated the buildings as well as activated the surrounding environment, and eventually succeeded in making the whole abandoned area into a dynamic public place.
Dimensions & Packaging: Building Area: 899 square meters
Tags: renovation, campus, nature, valley, landscape
Production Technology: During the renovation, the structures of the two unfinished buildings were preserved. Responding to the climate and landscape features in the south, light-colored ceramic panels and glass curtain walls were adopted to the buildings. Roof overhangs and double skins form a sunshade system to improve the indoor environment. With the help of ventilation software simulation, the design of windows and exterior landscapes were optimized to create a pleasant indoor and outdoor wind environment.
Design Challenge: Before the renovation, the original buildings were separated from the environment. The project used unified materials and modulus to integrate the buildings and landscape as a whole. The height of the buildings were strictly restricted to keep the view of the landscape from the lake in the campus center. Moreover, we diminished the volume of the buildings on the side of the main campus road through the treatment of height difference, integrating the buildings into the valley environment with a humble gesture.
Research: The renovation work was carried out on the basis of respect for the existing elements. Vegetation on the site have been preserved to form landscape nodes; the original steep slopes along the lakeshore have been converted into small plazas of different elevations.
Meanwhile, safety risks were resolved. Considering that Zhuhai is often affected by typhoons, we dredged the blocked discharge channel in the process of lakeshore reconstruction. Also, a few landscapes walls were set aside inclined trees to prevent them from collapsing in the wind.
Inspiration: With China's rapid urbanization, many areas have been constructed under rough design and construction, leaving behind a great number of negative spaces. This has caused landscape damage and space waste. This project tried to recreate an active public place out of an abandoned area, while retained the original features of the site.
Project Duration: The project finished in November, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China in 2019.
Team Members: Architect In Charge: Wei Zhang, Design Team: Haiyang Huang, Jingxian Zhao, Xiaoqian Zhang, Mingcheng Cai, Sisi Liang (site plan), Xiangyi Li (landscape)
Image Credits: all the copyright reserved by Qingshan Wu