Recently, the 2019 ICONIC AWARDS announced the winners of LYCS Architecture's "Haishu School in Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City" as the "Winner" in the school architecture category. The winner will be invited to participate in the annual award ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Munich, together with many internationally renowned design firms and designers.
Established in 1953 by the German Design Council, ICONIC AWARDS is one of the world's most important and professional design and architecture awards, with five categories: architecture, interior, product, communication and concept. As an international competition that promotes multidisciplinary interaction, ICONIC AWARDS provides a platform for the entire architecture and design community to discover visionary works in the fields of architecture, design and industry.
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.
