An overview of the project (Photo: archdaily.com) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - A preschool project in the northern province of SonLa has just been listed among the top 10 new architecture projects in the Art& Design column in UK-based newspaper The Guardian.
The list was made based on posts on several architecture websites includingDezeen, ArchDaily, Designboom, Archinect, or the pickier Domusweb, Archpaper,the Architectural Review and Wallpaper since early March.
The list highlights the projects that “... make the world a little moreinteresting and a little more enjoyable”.
“The best of these projects are theatres for life, whether that life is seeingart, living in your home, going to school or meeting friends, and wherever itmight take place: in an ancient city, in a refugee camp, in deep countryside.They aim to make that life richer, fuller and more surprising,” the articlesays.
Mentioning Bo Mon Preschool in Tu Nang commune, Yen Chau district of Son La province by Kientruc O (O Architecture), the article comments: “It’s a simpleenough idea: a big distinctive roof that casts a big distinctive shadow thatmoves around during the course of the day. So the shadow becomes an animatedthing in its own right, not just the absence of sun. The curvy shapes might besaid to have some harmony with the surrounding hills. A tree is hugged at theentrance. The corrugated metal construction is basic, with somesensible-looking devices to ensure ventilation. Charming and deft and does whatit says on the tin.”
Curvy shapes of the roof have some harmony with natural surroundings.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Kientruc O (O Architecture) company said on archdaily.comthat architecture is not a simple plan to meet some specific demands ofutility, aesthetics, and stability.
“Daily used architecture should create an interesting atmosphere for users,”the company’s representative wrote.
“It turns to be more and more difficult and challenging to create meaningfularchitectures because it requires non-stop changes and many surprises happeningduring long constructing time, especially when the project has a limited sourceof budget and should be implemented in severe conditions,” the post continued.
According the company, Bo Mon Preschool has been built for various purposes.Besides serving as a preschool for local children, the building has been alsoused as a communal house for locals.
The courtyard is a multi-functional open area for children to play.
“Through the separation of the classrooms, teacher accommodation and supportingrooms over a common yard, a central layout is formed, making the courtyard theheart where all activities happen,” the article on ArchDaily said.
“The courtyard is essentially a multi-functional open area under a shady awningwhere children play together.
“When school is in session, the yard is a place where siblings from the schoolnext door gather to wait for each other before going home, an outdoorclassroom, and a communal space for local festivals to take place throughoutthe year.
“The soft shape of the roof creates a shady area that transits slowly from thewall to the floor as the sun changes its course, animating a present that connectsthe architecture with its natural context, where it sits among the indefinitemountains and hills, and where it blends itself between the cloud and the mistof a highland afternoon.”
The top projects mentioned in The Guardian also included the Museum ofContemporary Art Helga de Alvear, in Cáceres, Spain, by Emilio Tuñón; TainanSpring, in Taiwan, by MVRDV; Mac House, in Novelda, Spain, by La Errería;Alex’s guesthouse, in Berlare, Belgium, by Atelier Vens Vanbelle; Stone Garden,in Beirut, by Lina Ghotmeh; Emergency Scenery, in Olot, Spain, byunparelld’arquitectes; UHP synagogue, in Asunción, Paraguay, by Equipo deArquitectura; and Fass school and teachers’ residence, in Fass, Senegal, byToshiko Mori.
Kientruc O is led by duo Dam Vu and Anni Le, who also teach at the ArchitectureUniversity of HCM City.
The company seeks architectural manifestations that both satisfy human needsand stimulate coexistence between humans and the natural ecology.
The company has won various domestic and international prizes including theArcasia Awards for Architecture 2016, American Architecture Prize 2016 and wasamong finalists at the World Architecture Festival 2015./.
The list was made based on posts on several architecture websites includingDezeen, ArchDaily, Designboom, Archinect, or the pickier Domusweb, Archpaper,the Architectural Review and Wallpaper since early March.
The list highlights the projects that “... make the world a little moreinteresting and a little more enjoyable”.
“The best of these projects are theatres for life, whether that life is seeingart, living in your home, going to school or meeting friends, and wherever itmight take place: in an ancient city, in a refugee camp, in deep countryside.They aim to make that life richer, fuller and more surprising,” the articlesays.
Mentioning Bo Mon Preschool in Tu Nang commune, Yen Chau district of Son La province by Kientruc O (O Architecture), the article comments: “It’s a simpleenough idea: a big distinctive roof that casts a big distinctive shadow thatmoves around during the course of the day. So the shadow becomes an animatedthing in its own right, not just the absence of sun. The curvy shapes might besaid to have some harmony with the surrounding hills. A tree is hugged at theentrance. The corrugated metal construction is basic, with somesensible-looking devices to ensure ventilation. Charming and deft and does whatit says on the tin.”
Curvy shapes of the roof have some harmony with natural surroundings.
Ho Chi Minh City-based Kientruc O (O Architecture) company said on archdaily.comthat architecture is not a simple plan to meet some specific demands ofutility, aesthetics, and stability.
“Daily used architecture should create an interesting atmosphere for users,”the company’s representative wrote.
“It turns to be more and more difficult and challenging to create meaningfularchitectures because it requires non-stop changes and many surprises happeningduring long constructing time, especially when the project has a limited sourceof budget and should be implemented in severe conditions,” the post continued.
According the company, Bo Mon Preschool has been built for various purposes.Besides serving as a preschool for local children, the building has been alsoused as a communal house for locals.
The courtyard is a multi-functional open area for children to play.
“Through the separation of the classrooms, teacher accommodation and supportingrooms over a common yard, a central layout is formed, making the courtyard theheart where all activities happen,” the article on ArchDaily said.
“The courtyard is essentially a multi-functional open area under a shady awningwhere children play together.
“When school is in session, the yard is a place where siblings from the schoolnext door gather to wait for each other before going home, an outdoorclassroom, and a communal space for local festivals to take place throughoutthe year.
“The soft shape of the roof creates a shady area that transits slowly from thewall to the floor as the sun changes its course, animating a present that connectsthe architecture with its natural context, where it sits among the indefinitemountains and hills, and where it blends itself between the cloud and the mistof a highland afternoon.”
The top projects mentioned in The Guardian also included the Museum ofContemporary Art Helga de Alvear, in Cáceres, Spain, by Emilio Tuñón; TainanSpring, in Taiwan, by MVRDV; Mac House, in Novelda, Spain, by La Errería;Alex’s guesthouse, in Berlare, Belgium, by Atelier Vens Vanbelle; Stone Garden,in Beirut, by Lina Ghotmeh; Emergency Scenery, in Olot, Spain, byunparelld’arquitectes; UHP synagogue, in Asunción, Paraguay, by Equipo deArquitectura; and Fass school and teachers’ residence, in Fass, Senegal, byToshiko Mori.
Kientruc O is led by duo Dam Vu and Anni Le, who also teach at the ArchitectureUniversity of HCM City.
The company seeks architectural manifestations that both satisfy human needsand stimulate coexistence between humans and the natural ecology.
The company has won various domestic and international prizes including theArcasia Awards for Architecture 2016, American Architecture Prize 2016 and wasamong finalists at the World Architecture Festival 2015./.
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