Teaching Block A&B are the biggest twin buildings in the Campus. The entire campus plan was inspired by the "Red Brick Cuo Village" preserved from Ming Dynasty, which is constructed in a unique way with white stone embedded in red brick wall. Instead of following the original task book to set up 12 separated buildings, we integrated various modules into two micro villages with united courtyards, linking all departments to share all teaching resources. The integrated teaching blocks not only save land for the campus, but also connect different schools together to encourage students' interdisciplinary exchange and research.
For organizing space system of the entire building, we used the "double screens" artifice of ancient Chinese painting to increase the transparency of public spaces. Basing on a square grid, various traditional Chinese garden elements were introduced into the courtyards: red hollow brick walls, tortuous bridge, moon gate, floating pavilion, lifted platform, scenic window, etc. The overlapping interfaces create the "transparency" of architecture with a composition of various materials.
At present, each box in the courtyard has specific function: a skylight studio, a black box theater, a mock court and an outdoor theater. In the future, the entire yard will be more like a set of devices that might be redefined for different scenes and events. What's more exciting is that those spaces without names are becoming the best site for students to hold a party on the weekends, or lovers' favorite spot for dating, even a popular place for parkour fans.
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