Press Release
Hangzhou Haishu School by Xi Wang Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Xi Wang for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Hangzhou Haishu School by Xi Wang has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Hangzhou Haishu School
Hangzhou Haishu is a school complex that combines a kindergarten and a primary school. The campus includes teaching buildings, an administration building, a gym and a canteen. All functional spaces are linked in series by corridors and inner courtyards with different degrees of openness. Exposed stairs and dynamically shaped corridors serve both circulation and activity. The design was inspired by a child drawing of an ideal school seen as a small town. The campus of 28000 square metres is divided into 15 small gabled volumes, and each volume grows in scale with the age of the children.
Award Record
Xi Wang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/132375
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/132375
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!132375
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/302654
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hangzhou Haishu School
- Function
- School
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Lavender, Powder Blue, Dark Olive Green, Sienna and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Xi Wang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #132375
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Theproject of Hangzhou Haishu School with a kindergarten and a primary school. The school project consists of teaching buildings, an administration building, a gym, a canteen, etc. All the functional spaces are connected in series through corridors, inner courtyards and corridors of different opening degrees. Exposed stairs and corridors shaped dynamically are not only designed for circulation, but also for plenty of activity spaces.
- Inspiration
- It is inspired by a random impromptu child drawing that depictshis ideal school which is like a small town full of small scale spaces and “happy” streets.Based on this inspiration, architects divided the 28000sqm campus into 15 much smaller scale gabled volume. The scale of each volume gradually increases according to the growth of children’s ageand the variation in their behaviors. A comfortable campus environment is formed by small inner courtyards within and among these volumes.
