The Circle 国际学校 by Coast Palisade Consulting Group Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 金奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.
金建筑· 2023
The Circle 国际学校
by Coast Palisade Consulting Group Ltd.
A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 建筑 Category
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About The Circle 国际学校
"圆环"是一所位于中国合肥空港新区的国际学校。学校涵盖幼儿园、小学与中学,共设九十个班级,总建筑面积达40,000平方米。为呼应西侧的公园与湖景以及场地的椭圆形态,建筑以环抱之势向公园敞开。校园生活围绕中央运动场展开,使大部分房间都能获得开阔视野。幼儿园则独立成栋。高度模块化的建造方式减少了模块类型的数量,并缩短了工期。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 金奖
The Circle 国际学校是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计The Circle 国际学校将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。The Circle 国际学校激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- As the first international school in Hefei Airport New Area, it includes kindergarten, primary school and middle school. In response to the large park and lake view on the west side, as well as the oval shape of the site, the building opens to the park in an embracing gesture. It innovatively makes all kinds of school life revolve around the central dynamic space. Integrate eastern philosophy of equality into architectural form and living conditions.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The building area is 40,000 square meters, including 90 classes.
- Tags
- International School, circle, middle school, primary school, high school, culture, hefei, international town
- Production Technology
- The design of the school enhances its prefabrication rate by being highly modular. Although the building is circular and has many curves, after research, the types of modules have been greatly reduced, which not only saves energy consumption, but also saves construction time and avoids environmental pollution.
- Design Challenge
- 1.The standard field of the 400-meter track is a contradiction with the insufficient land area. The traditional layout will cause the building space to be squeezed, and the teaching space will no longer be comfortable. Put the sports field in the center and let the building surround it to ensure that every room has a good view and faces the park. The architectural form is stretched and imposing.
2.The park on the northwest side is a resource that can be used, although it is not within the red line of the land. Consider the sports fields in the school and the sports facilities in the park in a unified manner, so that they are visually connected to form a larger system of physical education venues. - Research
- Do schools need to be zoned strictly for loud and quiet? This is a subject worth discussing. Due to the very regular behavior of the students, physical exercise and sleep at the same time are rarely seen. So the division of schools can be re-studied and tried.
- Inspiration
- First, the circular site makes the traditional layout of the grid difficult to be self-consistent, and we need a more fluid space experience.
Secondly, the beautiful park and lake makes any blocking of sight a pity, we need to spread all the building spaces around a dynamic center with the best view and atmosphere. - Project Duration
- The project started in may 2022 in hefei, china. Won the bid.
- Operation Flow
- The school consists of two parts: the kindergarten is a separate building because it was built last; the middle school and primary school are in one building, surrounding the playground.
Taking the main entrance as the dividing line, the west side of the main building is the primary school teaching area and dormitory, and the right side is the junior high school and high school. The classrooms are close to the school gate, and the dormitories are at the quiet far end.
Public functions such as the library and gymnasium are located on the lower level and face the playground; classrooms and offices are located above. - Team Members
- Huang fan
Sun yongsong
Chen fangming
Liang qiwei
Li wei
Zhu yuling
Qi yuzhou
Jiang dejiang
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