The finalists of the 2019 Architizer A+Awards were recently announced. LYCS Architecture's "Haishu School in Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City" won the Most Popular Award in the School Architecture category of the A+Awards, out of thousands of entries from over 100 countries worldwide. This is the second award after the A+Awards 2015 for the Tiantai Elementary School.
The A+Awards, organized by Architizer, the world's largest architectural media, is one of the most influential design awards in the world, organized by the Wall Street Journal, USAToday and other internationally renowned media outlets. It is also known as the "Oscars of Architecture" and encourages designers to be bold and innovative, to overturn stereotypes, and to provide exemplary practice.
Hangzhou Haishu School of Future Sci-Tech City, located in the Future Tech City area in western Hangzhou, is a comprehensive building project that includes a kindergarten and elementary school, with its architecture and interior designed by LYCS Architecture in an integrated manner. The design is inspired by the language of children's drawings, where the ideal campus is full of friendly scales and joyful streets, and from this we break up the 8,000-square-meter volume into 15 small houses with sloping roofs. The corridors and staircases are not only a connection between classrooms but also a place for students to meet, and the playgrounds and roofs are not only their literal function but also a space for students to communicate. The school serves as a small-scale community in which children build their own sense of community through personal experience.
