Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول by Xiaoyi Ma

Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول by Xiaoyi Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت تے ڈھانچا ڈیزائن Competition Category.

لوہافنِ تعمیر· 2021

Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول

by Xiaoyi Ma

Client: Inclusive Architectural Practice

A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول

باکسز اینڈ یارڈز چین دے بیجنگ شہر دے چانگ پنگ ضلعے وچ اک پرائمری سکول ہے۔ ایہ سکول 29,098 مربع میٹر دے کل تعمیر شدہ رقبے تے پھیلیا ہویا ہے تے 2019 وچ مکمل تھیا۔ ایہدی ترتیب روایتی راہداری تے اکہلے کلاس روم دے ڈیزائن دی تھاں سکھن دیاں برادریاں نال بدلی گئی ہے، جیندے وچ ہر اک دا مرکز اک گریڈ لاؤنج ہے۔ لائبریری، جمنازیم تے کینٹین رکھݨ والے باکس گھماۓ گئے نيں تاکہ مثلث نما صحن بݨن جیہڑے قدرتی روشنی تے ہوا دا گزر آسان بݨاندے نيں۔ کئی کوناں والیاں اندرونی تھانواں نوں لچکدار سکھن مرکزاں دے طور تے ورتیا ویندا ہے۔ ایہ عمارت پیسو ہاؤس معیاراں دی پیروی کریندی ہے تے گھٹ دیکھ بھال گھنڑے والے مواد استعمال کریندی ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام

Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی انہاں چنگے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے جیڑھے چنگی طرح ڈیزائن کیتیاں ہوئیاں تخلیقاں کنوں متوقع پیشہ ورانہ تے صنعتی ضرورتاں پوریاں کریندے ہن۔ لوہے دے جتݨ والے اپݨے خالقاں دی وݙی مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ تے تخلیقی صلاحیت ݙکھیندے ہن۔ Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک بہوں قدر کیتی ہوئی، سراہی ہوئی تے پیاری تخلیق ہوسی جیڑھی عملی تے جدت والی ہے۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام جتیا ہے، صنعت دے بہترین طریقے جمع کریندا ہے تے علم تے صلاحیت نال جڑیاں ہوئیاں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں رکھیندا ہے۔ Boxes and Yards پرائمری سکول دی سنجیدگی کنوں عزت کیتی ویندی ہے تے او زندگی دے معیار وچ بہتری آݨݨ کیتے بݨایا گیا ہے جیڑھی دنیا کوں بہتر جاہ بݨاوݨ وچ مدد کریندی ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A Story of Boxes and Yards showcases the first public school in China designed for Learning Anywhere Anytime, which breaks through the finger plan and cell plus bell classroom layout in a traditional school. It is also the first school building in Beijing built in accordance with Passive House Standards. Despite of tight budget, with a multi-dimensional, multi-center system of learning communities, this school with a history of a hundred years has turned into a School of 21st Century.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 29,098 square meters
Tags: Education, Public school, Passive House, Learner-centered, Eco-friendly
Production Technology: Although the wall finish is mostly latex paint due to tight budget, the building is dynamic and playful with rotated massing and spinning color blocks on walls and floors. The interior polygonal spaces, named as Hub of Intelligence, replacing corridors, serve as Lifestyle Center, Student Center, Makerspace, Cybercafe and other multipurpose learning centers for lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions, performances, and project-based learning, achieving Learning Anywhere, Anytime.
Design Challenge: The challenge came from the conflict of the tight budget and strict building code restrictions against the high expectation on transforming the school with a history of over 100 years to a genuine learner-centered School of the 21st Century. The design team have successfully chosen the most cost-effective, environmental friendly and low-maintenance materials and methods to turn the design intent to the best reality.
Research: The design team have fully implemented the methodology of learning communities to create a school for Learning Anywhere Anytime with a multi-dimensional and multi-center space system. Throughout the design process, the architectural concept was firmly rooted in the idea of education, and spatial layout was a priority over artificial forms. The design team was successful in creating a learning community that is highly versatile in its transparency, openness, interactivity and adaptability.
Inspiration: The learning community centered with a Grade Lounge constitutes the basic unit of space layout and provides a sense of home base, forming a series of boxes together with the library, gymnasium, canteen and other learning facilities. Triangular courtyards are created in between the rotated boxes, introducing ample natural light and ventilation inside. This generative design process, called as a Story of Boxes and Yards, has greatly enhanced openness and interactivity of learning spaces.
Project Duration: The Story of Boxes and Yards, with another name, Huang Cheng Gen Primary School Changping Campus, is located in Changping District of Beijing, China. The project construction was completed in 2019.
Operation Flow: The design team believes that design is an effective tool to make changes in education and future. Education philosophies such as multiple Intelligences by the famous educator Howard Gardener, Education as growth by John Dewey, and the best practice of small learning communities are well embedded in design. The school educators also embrace these concepts and complemented the work of designers with their visions and practice in education.
Team Members: Xiaoyi Ma
Pengfei Chen
Jiajia Wang
Yan Xia
Renzheng Zhu
Yang Ming
Xuejiao Zhou
Chaoyi Meng
Yue Zhao
Yue Wu
Jiequn Liang
Lei Bao
Image Credits: Zhi Xia