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Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária by Gad

Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária by Gad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ouro in Design de Arquitetura, Edifícios e Estruturas Competition Category.


OuroArquitetura· 2020

Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária

by Gad

Client: Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Real Estate Development Co.Ltd

A' Design Award de Ouro Winner in Arquitetura Category

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The Design

About Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária

Nankai LiangJiang é uma escola secundária construída em Chongqing, na China. O campus foi planejado a partir do conceito dos dez minutos, para que os alunos possam se deslocar entre os espaços em até dez minutos dentro de uma rotina diária compacta. O edifício principal é uma estrutura circular com 200 metros de diâmetro, executada em estrutura metálica pré-fabricada. Em seu interior, distribuem-se salas de aula, escritórios, uma biblioteca, um pavilhão de ciências, um teatro e um museu escolar. Painéis de alumínio perfurado reduzem o ofuscamento, e uma treliça metálica paramétrica compõe uma cobertura ondulante que modera a incidência do sol e da chuva.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ouro

Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária conquistou o A' Design Award de Ouro, um reconhecimento imensamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de primeira linha, maravilhosos e notáveis. Os vencedores do Ouro são criações extremamente inovadoras, visionárias e glamorosamente deslumbrantes, que refletem o prodígio, a sabedoria e a proeza dos seus designers. Espera-se que Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária seja uma invenção muito elogiada, pioneira e monumental, que oferece um valor sem precedentes. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ouro é um projeto espetacular e respeitado, que beneficia muito e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Nankai LiangJiang Escola Secundária cria sentimentos intensos de desejo, evoca paixão, incentiva a criatividade e fascina-nos.

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
Image #4: Photographer Shiromio Studio
Image #5: Photographer gad

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