Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga by Xiaoyi Ma

Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga by Xiaoyi Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ArioTotonu· 2021

Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga

by Xiaoyi Ma

Client: Inclusive Architectural Practice

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga

Book Text: O le Montage of Melodies o se galuega mamanuina o totonu mo se a'oga fa'ava-o-malo K12 i Beijing, Saina. O le toe fa'aleleia e suia ai avanoa fa'alea'oa'oga tutusa i le lima 'au'aiga fa'apitoa e a'oa'o ai, e aofia ai se 'au'aiga o a'oa'oga muamua, se nofoaga o faatufugaga, se faletusi, se nofoaga o mamanu, ma se nofoaga o faatufugaga o faafiafiaga. O 'au'aiga ta'itasi e fuafuaina mo se vaega fa'apitoa o tausaga ma polokalama o a'oa'oga, ma e taʻitasi ma lona nofoaga tutotonu o le 'au'aiga. O puipui e mafai ona feaveaʻi ma meaafale e mafai ona faanofonofo e mafai ai ona toe fa'atulagaina avanoa. O laupapa ma le sima fa'amaeʻaina e fatuina ai se siʻosiʻomaga toafilemu ma faanatura.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Montage of Melodies Primary Function: Mamanuina o Totonu o le A'oga o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Montage of Melodies, a proactive interior design approach to renovate the International School of Beijing, aims to transform this leading K12 school to the cutting edge of learning environment by replacing the over-unified, solemn institutional building with a versatile, dynamic learning center empowered by variety of age-appropriate, program-centered communities. All learning communities are imagined as music melodies, composing a unique montage to activate new order of school environment.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site Area: 133,333 m2
Existing Building Area: 54,087 m2
Expansion Building Area: 11,079 Square m2
Architectural & Interior Design Area: 16636 m2
Building Height: 24 m
School including: Early Year 3 through Grade 12
Tags: K12, Education, International School of Beijing, Renovation, Montage
Production Technology: Environmental-friendly, cost-effective and low-maintenance are keys to material selection. Low eaves, small fenestrations, simple forms, modest access colors and a large amount of wood and concrete finishes are utilized to create natural and relaxing ambience, counterbalancing the existing solemn environment. Movable partitions, vertically or horizontally operable, and loose furniture instead of fixed millwork, are employed universally to ensure the maximum flexibility of learning spaces.
Design Challenge: It was a privilege to work with ISB educators and administrators whose visions in education complements the tremendous K12 design experience of the design team. The challenge came from the conflict of the limited budget and high expectation from each learning community that refused to compromise. 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 first international school established in Beijing, ISB is composed of 1,650 students from EY3 to G12 representing 50 countries. The existing building with over-unified spaces is unable to represent the diversity of students and learning programs that are critical to curriculum innovation. The designers, in collaboration with educators and administrators, have implemented a proactive architectural approach, Montage of Melodies, to transform it to the cutting edge of learning environment.
Inspiration: Inspired by motion picture montage and music melodies, it is the design intention to create each small learning community with colors, forms and placemaking drastically different from one another and fill it to the existing architectural framework, even though the design logic is consistent: each community, highly open and adaptable, is designed to student age and learning program, with a feature community center, and able to be re-configured to meet ever-changing learning requirements.
Project Duration: The International School of Beijing (ISB) is located in Shunyi District of Beijing, China. The design was commenced in May 2017 followed by construction, lasting for a total duration of nearly three and half years. In September 2020, ISB moved its students and faculties into the newly expanded and renovated facility.
Operation Flow: The project consists of 5 learning communities including Early Learning Community, ES Arts Center, ES Library, MS/HS Design Center and MS/HS Performing Arts Center, each represented by different educators and students, with whom the design team worked closely to establish design strategies together. The collaboration was successful in methods of questionnaires, focus group discussion, design charette, and etc. The designer even worked with kindergartners to observe their feedbacks.
Team Members: Xiaoyi Ma
Jiajia Wang
Pengfei Chen
Yan Xia
Yang Ming
Xuejiao Zhou
Chaoyi Meng
Weihui Yan
Renzheng Zhu
Jing Wang
Xiaoang Li
Xuan Zhang
Haining Gu
Jing Zhu
Jiayi Wu
Yajuan Li
Yue Zhao
Min Shao
Image Credits: Zhi Xia