Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua by Saup Szu

Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

ApamemeaFausaga Fale· 2023

Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua

by Saup Szu

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

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua

O Qutan o se faaopoopoga e lua fogafale mo se aoga tulagalua i se nuu mamao i le itu i saute o Saina. O le fale fou e faaopoopo ai fale vasega e fa, potu faitautusi e tasi, potu gaoioiga e lua ma ofisa faiaoga e lua i totonu o se vaega e 570 mita fa'afuainumera. O loo tu i luga o se fanua avanoa i le itu i sasae o le lotoa aoga, o le faaopoopoga e vavae ese ai le lotoa filemu o le aoga mai le maota o le nuu i fafo. O maa na aoina mai vaitafe i le lotoifale ua fausia ai puipui maa o le fogafale muamua. O faamalu e puipuia ai ave o le la i itu i sasae ma sisifo o loo faaitiitia ai le vevela o le la i le tau mafanafana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Qutan Faaopoopoga o le Aoga Tulagalua e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

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