Architecture

Hongling Primary School

Idea

Instead of stacking a school into a tower on a dense Shenzhen site, we lifts the building off the ground and folds the campus into terrain — an artificial landform park below, two open-sided "valley" courtyards above.

Insight

Hongling's argument is sectional, not formal. By elevating the building, O-office returns the most contested surface in a hyper-dense city — the ground — to play, then layers sports fields, club rooms, theaters and playgrounds across levels so children constantly see each other in motion. In a humid subtropical climate, shaded semi-outdoor space becomes the default rather than the exception. The paired drum-shaped classrooms push further, dissolving the corridor-and-box typology that Chinese school codes usually enforce.

Client

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Industry

O-office Architects

Location

Shenzhen, China

Year

2019

Credits

O-office Architects

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