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2024 GFD 🏆 Awards

Gold Winner | Longhua Renmin Road Nine Year School | Shenzhen Yichuang International Design Co., Ltd

RenMing Road School Project is situated within the urban renewal planning area of the Longhua Central Business District in Longhua District. The site is surrounded by high-density developments on its eastern, southern, and northern sides, with plans for super high-rise buildings in the later stages of development. Only to the southwest does it border school grounds and park green spaces, creating a relatively mellow urban relationship.

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Gold 🏆 Winner
Global Future Design Awards 2024

Longhua Renmin Road Nine Year School
Educational Architecture (Under Construction)

Firm
Shenzhen Yichuang International Design Co., Ltd

Architect/Designer
Yang Junfeng

Design Team
Qiang Hong, Sun Qinguo, Zhou Shijie, Zou Shixiong, Wen Qishan, Wang Jingjing, Zhong Shikun, Li Meng, Huang Jing, Wang Shuhua, Feng Yongxin, Xiao Jinhua, Liu Huike, Zhang Shuo

Location
Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Country
China

Photographer/Copyright
©Yichuang Design

Website
http://www.szycgj.cn

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The project site experiences significant level differences, with a 6-meter-high retaining wall present in the southern part of the site, and the southwest corner being adjacent to a road intersection. Additionally, there are numerous old residential buildings along the western side of an adjacent plot, while the construction of another project is ongoing on the northern side.

Currently, there exists an existing road that traverses through the base of the site, lined with a large number of street trees on both sides, and there is also a considerable tree cluster in the southern part. During the design process, consideration must be given to the preservation and relocation of these trees.

In terms of planning layout, a group-based arrangement model running from north to south is adopted, featuring a partially elevated ground floor. Ventilation corridors and atriums are provided from the second to the fifth or sixth floors, ensuring cool summer breezes pass through. The plan design incorporates naturally ventilated shallow-depth veranda classrooms and sets up sunshade louvers on the facades directly exposed to sunlight to prevent direct sunlight penetration, thereby reducing energy consumption during building use.

The teaching blocks adopt an enclosing architectural form, creating relatively private community atmospheres among different academic departments and minimizing disturbances between students of varying ages. Buildings are interconnected via courtyards, making the entire school enveloped into one large community where students can communicate through courtyards and enjoy shared social spaces.

Each teaching unit is designed as an academy complex, with every level housing standard classrooms, specialized classrooms, and teacher lounges combined around a central courtyard. Two recess activity spaces are created on each floor to provide students with more choices. In these enlarged nodes, aside from student activities, there are display functions for units, space for club activities, and areas for reading at any time in the book corners, ensuring full utilization of break times.

By utilizing corridors set throughout the campus, a floating ‘street’ above the ground level is formed, creating a cloud-like spatial impression that vertically connects various building structures. Students can traverse ‘on the clouds’, linking together the different grade-level communities and serving as an essential bridge for the campus. Combined with the ‘cloud’ walkways, multiple green spaces are arranged, bringing greenery into the campus through transitional spaces, which connect different building sections. Tiered corridors and platforms visually interconnect, allowing students to enjoy green open spaces across various levels.

Taking advantage of mezzanine spaces, multi-level bright spaces (a mistranslation, possibly referring to open or airy spaces) are established to expand the boundaries of educational settings, making learning spaces no longer confined to classroom corners. Corridors, transitional spaces, and extensive use of glass create visual expansiveness, enhancing horizontal visual perception.

For the facade, climate-adaptive materials are chosen, incorporating recycled materials such as brick, stone, and wood commonly used in Lingnan traditional architecture, as well as natural materials. The encouragement of new materials that are environmentally friendly and low-carbon explores the integration of modern architecture with local traditional wisdom, shaping a unique spiritual atmosphere for the campus.

Roof surfaces are also equipped with planted roofs for insulation and heat dissipation, using efficient irrigation methods like sprinklers and drip irrigation to avoid water waste. A comprehensive application of various green building technologies aims to transform the school into an ecological, green educational building.

Overall, the project strives to build a sustainable, eco-friendly school that embodies a blend of contemporary architecture and regional traditions while providing a rich and engaging environment for learning and interaction