Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ by Saup Szu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
IdẹÌkọ́lé· 2023
Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀
by Saup Szu
Client: The Institute of Architecture Design & Research of Shenzhen University
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀
Qutan jẹ́ ìtẹ̀síwájú ilé ilẹ̀kejì fún ilé ẹ̀kọ́ alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ kan tí ó wà ní abúlé jíjìnnà ní gúúsù China. Ilé tuntun yìí ń fi kíláàsì mẹ́rin, yàrá kíkàwé kan, yàrá ìdárayá méjì àti ọ́fíìsì olùkọ́ méjì kún, lórí àgbègbè tí ó tó mítà onígun mẹ́ẹ̀dínlọ́gọ́ta ó dín mẹ́wàá (570). Níwọ̀n bí a ti gbé e ka ilẹ̀ òfìfo tí ó wà ní ìhà ìlà-oòrùn àgbàlá ilé ẹ̀kọ́ náà, ìtẹ̀síwájú yìí ya àgbàlá ilé ẹ̀kọ́ tí ó dákẹ́ kúrò lára pápá abúlé tí ó wà lóde. Àwọn òkúta yíyípo tí a kójọ láti inú àwọn odò abúlé ni a fi kọ́ ògiri òkúta ilẹ̀kìíní. Àwọn ìdábò-oòrùn tí a gbé sí ojú-ilé ìhà ìlà-oòrùn àti ìwọ̀-oòrùn ń dín oòrùn ìgbà ẹ̀ẹ̀rùn kù.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Qutan Ìtẹ̀síwájú Ilé Ẹ̀kọ́ Alákọ̀ọ́bẹ̀rẹ̀ ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
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
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