Architecture Asia - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2019

B-3
Nanshan Foreign Language School is a 54,000sqm elementary
and middle school campus, comprising regular and
specialised classrooms, a library, gymnasium, swimming pool,
auditorium, dining halls, and playgrounds. Located in Shenzhen’s
DaChong neighborhood, the campus represents the last piece
of a decade-long development, which saw the area change from
a compact industrial outskirt into a vertical city.
The campus is conceived as a sweeping, horizontal garden
that stands in contrast to the vertical urban environment it
serves. The design uses low-rise bar arrangements of staggered
classrooms that sweep the site from east to west, chasing
every available square inch of sunlight. In turn, the sinuous motion
of classroom ribbons generates a fluid sequence of outdoor
spaces tailored to the specific needs of each teaching area.
Jury Citation
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veligendebis ulluptatem volut
fugit aut.
SCHOOL ENTRANCE
COURTYARD
COURTYARD
TREE
CLASSROOMS
LIBRARY ENTRANCE
TEACHERS’
DOMITORY
TEACHERS’
OFFICE
ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDING
TREE
PLAZA
LIBRARY
MUSIC
CLASSROOMS
CAMPUS MAIN
ENTRANCE
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