The Surface and Body 教育中心 by Jung Tien Hsu

The Surface and Body 教育中心 by Jung Tien Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

铜建筑· 2023

The Surface and Body 教育中心

by Jung Tien Hsu

Client: DAL Design Group Inc.

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About The Surface and Body 教育中心

《面与体》是位于台湾台中的一座教育中心，楼地板面积约1089平方米。建筑由一道倒L形墙体与一个矩形混凝土量体构成。清水混凝土为主要材料，简洁的造型与朴素的质感相得益彰。墙面经过折叠处理，形成以30度角设置的窗洞，既开启开阔视野，又限制阳光直射。大面积玻璃帷幕将自然光引入主要空间，减少人工照明的使用。量体向后退缩，形成有遮蔽的都市开放空间。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

The Surface and Body 教育中心是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计The Surface and Body 教育中心将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。The Surface and Body 教育中心出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Since the left side of this site is adjacent to a tall building. The right side is adjacent to a low-rise building; the designer has purposely created an inverted L shaped wall extending from the left side to the roof to wash away the oppressive feeling brought by the tall building on the left side.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is about 1089 square meters.
Tags: Architecture, Design, Education Center, Modern, Style
Production Technology: In contrast, the right side of the facade is constructed as a suspended concrete carrier with the image of penetrating large glass to bring out a distinct and unique urban spatial expression. Turning to the right side of the building, one will realize the wall is folded to create a 30 degree angled window design, with each window facing in the direction of a wide field of vision. The folded wall will also avoid direct sunlight, thus achieving excellent lighting and shading.
Design Challenge: For the primary space on the project’s north side, the designer adopts a large glass curtain design, which allows much natural light indoors. It reduces the number of light hours during the daytime, thus reducing the use of lighting, extending the life of lighting, lowering electricity consumption, and achieving energy saving and carbon reduction.
Research: The whole building is made of fair faced concrete as the main building material, and the simple and clean architectural shape complements the simple and pure texture of the material. The dark gray vertical volume at the right rear of the building is not only the highest point of the building but also the space for vertical movement. The floating concrete box is glued from here and extended horizontally to the front, presenting a visual image of forceful tension.
Inspiration: For this project, the designer uses the basic geometric concept of surface and body to construct the spatial formation and the facade structure and to reflect the difference and the urban texture of the base frontage. Through the designers exquisite planning and delicate execution, an inverted L shaped wall surface and a rectangular body carrier are constructed, and the building is wrapped, glued, overhanging, retracted, and folded to demonstrate a multi layered architectural image.
Project Duration: The project was completed in August 2006 in Taichung, Taiwan
Operation Flow: The designers plan to retreat the building into the base and combine it with the shaded space underneath the concrete box to create an urban open space where one can stay and watch. By installing a large glass curtain, the designer introduces natural light indoors during the daytime, while the interior light source can be mapped out to light up the city at night. Inside, the high ceiling design opens up the lobby space, delivering a spacious look. On the other side, a section of yellow lacquered glass is wrapped around each column to liven up the spatial imagery.
Image Credits: Hsu Jung Tien, 2022