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Nanqiao Academy Comprehensive Building forms an amalgamation of school and communal functions. By employing a methodology resonant of the interlocking "toy blocks," the structure weaves together various typological spaces including the library, lecture hall, theater, cafeteria, laboratories, art studios and music chambers, which were once scattered across disparate locations on the original site. These spaces are collaged and stacked into a cohesive "spatial puzzle cube", giving rise to an array of captivating and innovative places. This arrangement fosters a distinctive spatial experience that remarkably stimulates the students' thirst for imagination and exploration. The space showcases a synergy of diversity and contemporaneity, assimilating into the profound history of Nanqiao Town community.
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Nanqiao Academy Comprehensive Building project locates in historic neighborhoods that connect past and contemporary lifestyles, community and schools, canal views and city life. Following careful analysis of surrounding historical buildings, the architect captures their style and features by employing two material elements, red brick and flexible ceramic tiles with a concrete texture, to echo the context. Concrete as the primary material subtly integrates into the existing environment with a modest demeanor, whilst the library at the heart location features a red brick facade and sloped roof, resonating with the historical essence of the school while harmoniously assimilating into the texture of the adjacent district.
Our design intended to ensure the optimal organization of school functionalities and the efficiency of surrounding traffic circulation, beyond which a surplus of communal spaces should be released in tandem with the waterfront scenic spaces to the general public.This pioneering spirit of openness and diversity is further exemplified by the notion of shared spaces, wherein the campus architecture converges with the ideology of community engagement and public service while security and independent operation are guaranteed. In the future, the underground parking facility, sports hall and ground will all be made accessible to the community. Second Prize of Shanghai Urban Renewal Excellent Demonstration Project, Shanghai 15-minute Community Living Circle "Shared Neighborhood" Creation Award.
The spatial integration within Nanqiao Academy Comprehensive Building “experiments” with high density and intricate complexity. To circumvent the unfavorable large aggregation of campus architectural spaces within the plot, which might lead to disconnection and isolation from the surrounding environment, we gathers spaces through collage of typological spaces in the initial stage，stacking components to craft the entirety of the Comprehensive Building. Drawing inspiration from the architectural outlines of original laboratory building and library, a rectangular footprint was demarcated, forming in a structure spanning five above-ground levels and one underground level, upon which subsequent layers were added successively, encompassing areas for artistic education, a communal lecture hall, a small theater, and a cafeteria. The architecture then embarks on a process of segmentation. The expansive panorama of the canal landscape facilitates the bulkiness and density of the intense cluster to dissipate through a multifaceted and non-repetitive spatial maneuver. In doing so, a meticulous reconsideration of the visual rapport between the functional domains and the adjacent canal has been engaged. The fundamental ethos of the entire architecture departs from the harmonious coexistence of individual components and the collective entity, where independence is coupled with interdependence, which also serves as the starting point of the structural system design.
The renovated Nanqiao Academy, now serving as the Comprehensive Building for Nanqiao Middle School, is a pilot project in Fengxian district in recent years. The humble and unique architecture presents a monument that embodies a dichotomy of history and future, substantiality and vitality, nativeness and openness. It showcases an organic synthesis with the historical and cultural fabric of the local community when avant-garde contemporaneity is also on display.
NODE Architecture & Urbanism (NODE) was established in 2004. As one of the most influential independent architectural design firms in South China, it has received extensive attention at home and abroad. Founded and led by Principal Architect, Doreen Heng LIU, NODE currently consists of about 20 architects and designers.
Based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, LIU and her studio NODE have been conducting diversified architectural and urban design practices in the Pearl River Delta and wider region for years. With her design focuses on urban regeneration, infrastructure, and public space, LIU tries to re-investigate and re-examine the given conditions based on specific sites and issues. Through a series of critical and research-based design exercises, the studio explores and ultimately delivers different but superior architecture alternatives today.
