Project

The recent Nanjing Youth Olympics helped establish Nanjing’s reputation, both nationally and internationally, as a city dedicated to supporting the physical and mental fitness of China’s young athletes. Our proposal for the new Nanjing Hexi Primary School takes this as a starting point by integrating education and physical health in a sustainable campus design that combines local building practices with German architectural quality.

The school divided into three building slabs separated by the code specified distance and optimally oriented towards the south to ensure daylight. The normal classrooms are all oriented to the south, and the special classrooms are distributed and clustered according to their required daylight.

The running track is located in the north where classrooms cannot be constructed, with seating as a sound buffer from the adjacent major street. The indoor gym is located closest to the track in the north with a radio room that has an overview of the outdoor sports facilities. The entire ground floor is an open public podium, with the entry lobby, library, multifunction hall, and cafeteria easily accessible.

Client

Nanjing Hexi New Town Development Company

Program

15,500 sqm private school, focusing on sport facilities

Stages

2020 Completed

Team

MLA+, MUDI

Awards

2015 1st Prize