Article source: People’s Architecture Office

Fuqiang elementary school is designed to support new ways of learning to feed Shenzhen’s growing thirst for creative talent and innovation to feed its rapidly expanding economy.

To inspire curiosity and passion for exploration the school is designed around the idea of ‘hybrid space’. Space takes on the role of the ‘third teacher’ and functions as an integral part of student’s education. Different programs and activities are juxtaposed together in three dimensions to offer new connections across different levels. For example standard classrooms, special classrooms, and the athletic field are adjacent to one another to support cross-disciplinary interaction. Students in the library on the first floor can look down into performances in the theater and activities in the gym in the basement level.

Image Courtesy © Zhu Yumeng, ACF, People’s Architecture Office

• Architects: People’s Architecture Office
• Project: Learning Terraces
• Location: Futian District, Shenzhen, China
• Client: Shenzhen Fuqiang Elementary School
• Principals: He Zhe, James Shen, Zang Feng
• Project Leader: Li Zhenghua

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