This project is a bold exploration in campus design，We are determined to create a campus that can 'waste time’under the “Efficiency First”teaching principles.The shortage of urban space, the surge in school population and the heavy pressure of higher eduction entrance, determined the "efficiency first" urban campus construction principles.we believe that under the heavy academic pressure, a place for students to unload and "waste time" is much needed,A place to adjust body and mind, and to discover beauty.
By “condensing”the teaching space, We have freed up a “floating forest” in the direction where the teaching building faces the morning sun,Students can quickly arrive to this “forest” after class, to a piece of primitive nature where they can temporarily escape from the burden of school.
We also try to make some classrooms not to follow the strict norms, by“hanging”them in each corner of the forest in free form, so that the classrooms are no longer considered as neatly arranged“machines”and classes within them can be full of adventures.
The paths between classrooms are no longer ”the shortest straight line between two points“they presents a state of “growth and spreading”Meandering like the“gallery roads” in the forest, the paths ease time and stress for the passerby.
The “condensed”teaching buildings also “vacate” the ground, instead become a “street” where students can roam freely throughout the campus.
The tightly connected teaching buildings naturally form a continuous undulating roof, classrooms can also apprear on the roof,wrapped by garden trails.
As time goes by, the vegetation in the forest will become more luxuriant, and vines will cover the fair-faced concrete walls, columns, and verandas. This urban campus will grow naturally under the nourishment of time.