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Wuxi Xinfang Experimental Middle School
Wuxi Xinfang Experimental Middle School
Wuxi, China
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Wuxi Xinfang Experimental Middle School
Wuxi, China
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
Unknown
The project is located next to Chunyang Experimental Primary School on the west and a river on the east, with unique triangular shape of the site and relatively high plot ratio.
This project was originally supposed to be an expansion of junior high school for the existing primary school, but later converted to independent operation after completion. Thus the design followed the logic of expansion.
The existing primary school building is in a traditional fishbone layout. The newly built part corresponds to the existing layout with an addition of four new fishbones and a long straight volume along the river on the east side, which expands the semi-open courtyard space of the existing primary school and encloses it into three new landscaped courtyards with varied spatial scales and atmospheres.
The courtyards penetrate into each other on the ground floor. Standing on the platform connecting the existing part and the newly built part, one can see activities happening in the courtyards on both sides.
Meanwhile, the design adopts the strategy of “Stepping back”, which is an excellent strategy for providing more outdoor space in a high-density campus and helps to control the scale of the building as well. The building volume falls from north to south layer by layer, not only solving the severe sunlight problem, but also creating a multi-story outdoor terraces as activity spaces. Each floor is guaranteed an outdoor activity space serving exclusively to the classrooms of the same floor.
Although facing the objective difficulties of small site and high density, the design still set up some more experiential architectural spaces as much as possible.
With a river on the east side, we made some changes called “water ripples” to the façade. When the lightings are turned up at night, the façade looks like really sparkling up.
This project was originally supposed to be an expansion of junior high school for the existing primary school, but later converted to independent operation after completion. Thus the design followed the logic of expansion.
The existing primary school building is in a traditional fishbone layout. The newly built part corresponds to the existing layout with an addition of four new fishbones and a long straight volume along the river on the east side, which expands the semi-open courtyard space of the existing primary school and encloses it into three new landscaped courtyards with varied spatial scales and atmospheres.
The courtyards penetrate into each other on the ground floor. Standing on the platform connecting the existing part and the newly built part, one can see activities happening in the courtyards on both sides.
Meanwhile, the design adopts the strategy of “Stepping back”, which is an excellent strategy for providing more outdoor space in a high-density campus and helps to control the scale of the building as well. The building volume falls from north to south layer by layer, not only solving the severe sunlight problem, but also creating a multi-story outdoor terraces as activity spaces. Each floor is guaranteed an outdoor activity space serving exclusively to the classrooms of the same floor.
Although facing the objective difficulties of small site and high density, the design still set up some more experiential architectural spaces as much as possible.
With a river on the east side, we made some changes called “water ripples” to the façade. When the lightings are turned up at night, the façade looks like really sparkling up.
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