In the mountain city of Chongqing, there is such a middle school that integrates
individualized educational thinking into the campus environment. It is like a spaceship
that landed on the earth out of nowhere. The conflicting and inclusive traits are just
rightly integrated, which makes you wonder whether there a possibility to subvert the...
Project name
Chongqing Nankai Liangjiang Secondary Schoo
Location
Chongqing, China
Photography
gad, Shiromio Studio, Jinrong Huang, Guangkun Yang
Principal architect
Qiulong Zhu. Project creator: Yan Wu, Yu Guo, Yuanxing Cao, Siyuan Zeng, Lu Gan, Ning Kang, Xin Guo, Kai Tang, Zhen Lu, Xiangpeng Xing
Design team
Qiulong Zhu, Yan Wu, Xin Guo, Yang Yu, Yu Guo, Yuanxing Cao, Siyuan Zeng, Lu Gan, Ning Kang, Lingyan, Wang, Lin Li, Zhen Lu, Kai Tang, Xiangpeng Xing, Jianwei Yang, Lu Zhng, Min Li
Landscape
Chongqing Liang Jiang New District Xixnnan Education
Structural engineer
Tao Yu, Xiaodong Lv, Zhiwei Shan, Jia Huang, Bo Zhou, Qijun Shu, Jitao Shi, Tao Li, Lianhua Wang, Chuankun Wang, Huaqiang Wang, Changling Pei, Haiyang Liu
Environmental & MEP
Water Supply and Drainage: Junfang Cui, Fengyuan Zhou, Zhen Li, Dan Zhao, Haibin Liu, Yunlong Jiang. HVAC: Yuankun Liu, Xiaofeng Zhang, Luchun Wan, Jidong Xia, Zhengguang Liu, Shufeng Liu. Electrical: Lin Zhou, Weihao Mu, Longsheng Feng, Yuanyuan Sui, Xingyue Zhou, Yutuan Wang.
Construction
CMCU Engineering Corporation (Construction Drawing)
Tools used
SketchUp, Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator,Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Enscape, V-ray
Client
Chongqing Liang Jiang New District Xixnnan Education Information Consulting Service Co., Ltd.
Typology
Educational › School
In recent years, the aviation industry in China has accelerated rapidly. Relying on this, Jiande Aviation Town has become the only characteristic town in Zhejiang province to build the whole industrial chain of general aviation. Jiande Aviation Training Base is located in the center of Jiande Aviation Town, which will focus on the role of aviation...
Project name
Zhejiang Jiande Aviation Industry-University-Research Base
Location
Jiande, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Photography
Schranimage, gad
Principal architect
Ming Yang, Shouqing Wu (Project Creator)
Design team
Shengzu Guan, Huiting Lu, Fabing Tan, Ye Su, Mingru Zhuang, Haili Ma
Interior design
Hangzhou Dianshang Architectural Decoration Design Co., L td.
Completion year
April 2020
Structural engineer
Yingdong Wu, Xuefeng Wu, Xiaoling Li, Xiaodong Shen
Environmental & MEP
HV AC: Zhenhuan Zhang, Fangfang Li. Electrical Engineering: Guoping Chen, Yue Wang. Water Supply and Drainage: Maoqing Shao, Min Hu
Landscape
gad Architectural Design (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Client
Zhejiang Provincial Airport Group
Typology
Educational › University
TUDIOPEZ and Zarhy Architects have completed The Helmsley Science Building, a groundbreaking facility located in Tel Hai's College Eastern Campus in northern Israel. The building is the result of a strategic partnership between Tel-Hai College and Migal – Galilee Research Institute, providing both academic teaching and cutting-edge research facilit...
Project name
The Helmsley Science Building, Tel Hai Academic College
Architecture firm
STUDIOPEZ, Zarhy Architects
Location
Tel Hai Academic College, Tel Hai, Israel
Photography
Mikaela Burstow
Design team
Partners-in-Charge: Daniel Zarhy, Pedro Peña, David Zarhy. Project architect: Noa Rapoport w\ Danielle Alon. Competition: Nitzan Zilberman
Collaborators
Lab planner: U.B. Doron. Accessibility: Efrat Fluk
Structural engineer
Keidan Project Management
Environmental & MEP
Plumbing, HVAC, Electricity: Weisberg Engineering. Fire Safety: Moore Fire Engineering
Landscape
Miller-Blum Landscape Architecture
Typology
Educational Architecture › University, Science Building
This project visualises the concept of a new building for the Sociology and Applied Social Sciences departments of Warsaw University designed by our frequent collaborators, Kuryłowicz & Associates Architecture Studio.
Project name
Concept visualization for Warsaw University, Sociology and Applied Social Sciences departments
Architecture firm
Kuryłowicz & Associates Architecture Studio
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
The Digital Bunch
Typology
Educational Architecture › University
The new building designed for 110 children combines a classic municipal kindergarten and a Waldorf kindergarten in a single building located near the confluence of the Jizera and Oleška rivers on the outskirts of Semily town.
Project name
Kindergartens Treperka and Waldorf Semily
Location
Pod Vartou 858, 51301 Semily, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Marek Topič, architect, chief designer
Design team
Michal Pokorný
Collaborators
Investor: Town of Semily [Lena Mlejnková, Vladimír Bělonohý, Jana Dvořáková]. Chief engineer, Project coordination: m3m [Michal Pokorný, Dita Zlámalová, Martin Uher, Jan Roubal]. Statics: POHL statika [Jan Pohl, Martin Víšek]. MEP: TechOrg [Ondřej Hlaváček, Jiří Beran, Jakub Hažmuka]. Sanitary installations: Vodopro [Michal Mošnička, Pavel Jakubů]. Electrical installations: Predrag Laketič. Garden landscaping: Terra Florida [Lucie Vogelová, Lada Veselá]. Transport engineer: Dopravně inženýrská kancelář [Jan Kašpar]. Fire safety: Zdeňka Kubištová, Lucie Soukeníková. Kitchen technology: Oldřich Krejčí. Acoustics: Akustika Praha [Tomáš Rozsíval]. Photometric study: Dalea [Martin Stárka]. 3D thermal analysis: Porsenna [Michal Čejka]. Signage and wayfinding system: Department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague [David Frank Tenora, Kateřina Pravdová, David Novák, Oskar Koutný, Ana Luisa Hinojosa Torres, Sára Svobodová-Míková, Richard Jaroš, Petr Krejzek]. Engineering: Petra Neumannová. Building contractors: BAK stavební společnost [Robert Buďárek, Tomáš Papoušek, Tomáš Martinec], MBQ [Pavel Seeman, Petr Menšík, Filip Balatka, Dušan Mráz]. Technical supervision of the investor: Jan Hájek, Emanuel Mušek.
Built area
Built-up Area 1730 m²; Gross Floor Area 1298 m²; Usable Floor Area 1213 m²
Site area
5250 m² Dimensions 30 x 52 m / 5430 m³
Civil engineer
Michal Pokorný
Structural engineer
Jan Pohl
Environmental & MEP
TechOrg [Ondřej Hlaváček, Jiří Beran, Jakub Hažmuka]
Landscape
Garden landscaping: Terra Florida [Lucie Vogelová, Lada Veselá]
Lighting
Dalea (Martin Stárka)
Supervision
Jan Hájek, Emanuel Mušek
Construction
BAK stavební společnost [Robert Buďárek, Tomáš Papoušek, Tomáš Martinec], MBQ [Pavel Seeman, Petr Menšík, Filip Balatka, Dušan Mráz]
Material
Reinforced concrete – ceilings. Wooden coverings and boards – floors, tiles, terraces. Rubber coverings – floors. HPL boards – internal and external cladding. Steel – columns, exterior structures, fire doors. Stainless steel sheets – skylight cladding, catering equipment. Plasterboard construction – partitions and ceilings. Felt elements – acoustic elements and ceilings. Galvanized sheets – HVAC spiro ducts. Textiles – external and internal screening, partition screens. MDF, particle board, HPL – furniture according to author's design. Ceramics – sanitary elements, holders according to author's design.
Typology
Educational Architecture › Kindergartens
A new creative educational space. In the suburbs of Warsaw, an educational institution for learning, creativity, and inspiration is being built – the STUDY.UA school designed by ZIKZAK Architects. The team of designers and architects has completed the redesign of an existing building and despite tight deadlines and budget constraints, has created a...
Project name
STUDY. UA school
Architecture firm
ZIKZAK Architects
Principal architect
A. Apostu
Design team
A. Apostu, M. Ternova, I. Yashin, V. Boychuk
Client
Education company STUDY. UA
Typology
Educational Architecture › School
With the beginning of 2023, the Zikawei Library, designed by Wutopia Lab for four years, was officially opened. Coming to be the most sensational cultural landmark in Shanghai, it was also the first time that the project was known to the whole city before the official announcement from the studio. Now, this article is more like a summary instead of...
Project name
Zikawei Library
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Pre-Project Architect: LI Mingshuai; Post-Project Architect: PU Shengrui
Collaborators
Library Phase Design Team: KANG Qinghe, JIANG Xueqin, AN An, CHEN Jun, CHEN Shaofen, WANG Jing; Design Consultation: S5 Design Co., Ltd; Bookstore Phase Design Team: JIN Rui, PAN Hui, WANG Liyang, PAN Dali, YU Jing; Graphic Design Consultant: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi，CHEN Siyu); Exhibit Design Consultant: Shanghai Art-Designing Co., LTD.; Installation Construction and Design: Fab-Union Technology; Construction Drawing: Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Lighting Design Consultant: ZHANG Chenlu, CAI Mingjie, WEI Shiyu; Lighting Design Consultant for Installation: ZHANG Chenlu, DU Yuxuan, LI Wenhai
Construction
Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Client
Xuhui District Administration of Culture and Tourism, Xuhui District Library
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
The intention of Vratislavice nad Nisou was to place a multifunctional hall, facilities for associations and a kindergarten centre in addition to the library. The former rectory could not accommodate all the functions, so it was decided to extend the building with an extension.
Architecture firm
atakarchitekti
Location
Nad Školou 342, 463 11 Liberec – Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jiří Janďourek, Ondřej Novák
Design team
Jana Janďourková Medlíková (Co-author)
Collaborators
Graphic design: Jan Stolín
Built area
Built-up Area 590 m²; Gross Floor Area 1550 m²; Usable Floor Area 1247 m²
Site area
Site arear 852 m²; Dimensions 6446 m3
Material
Concrete – bearing structures, retaining walls, floor screed. Folded sheet metal – facade. Glass – connecting bridge between buildings, glass walls, skylight. Steel – steel construction of the connecting bridge, grating floors. Exposed brick – walls and vaults in the original building of the former rectory. Wood – wooden floors from oak mouldings in the building of the former rectory. Plywood – furniture and lining according to the author's design. Terrazzo – floors in the former rectory.
Construction
David Mareček
Client
Liberec – Vratislavice nad Nisou
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
